Interview with Ᾱminah Fatḥ Allāh al-Sa‘dī مقابلة مع آمنة فتح الله السعدي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Female education in al-Zīb

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Saʻdī, Fatḥ Allāh ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd (Shaykh).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat al-Ḥadīqah (School).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Ḥisbat Haifa (Market).

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Keywords: Cheating; Children's games; Classrooms; Coeducation; Inheritance; Olive trees; Peasants; Qurʼānic teaching; Rural life; Schools; Shaykhs; Siblings; Social norms; Students; Teachers; Waqf; Women education

00:14:23 - Socio-economic dynamics in the village

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Afandī, ʻAṭāyā; Saʻd al-Dīn; al-Fallāḥīn; Abū Yūsuf; al-Shaykh Ṭāhā.

Significant Figures: Salīm, Saʻīd (Shaykh); ʻAzīz, Abū Nāyif (Village leader); ʻAṭāyā, Abū Fāyiz (Village leader); ʻAṭāyā, Maḥmūd (Mayor).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Ḥisbat Haifa (Market).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Ibrāhīm (Maqām); al-Mughāzī (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Arbitration; Dwellings; Dīwān; Illness; Inheritance; Intervillage relations; Land acquisition; Land appropriation; Landowners; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Olive oil mills; Olive trees; Peasant workers; Police; Religious belief; Social classes; Trade; Traditional medicinal products; Village leaders; al-Zīb (Palestine)

00:29:06 - Ceremonies and community traditions in the village

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Partial Transcript: Families: ʻAṭāyā; Qiblāwī.

Significant Figures: al-Ḥāj, Nimir (Doctor).

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Keywords: Arranged marriage; Bribery; Condolences; Disputes; Dowry; Grooms; Herbal remedies; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Marriage contracts; Medical doctors; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionary songs; Traditional medical procedures; Ululation; Wedding customs; Wedding songs; Zaffah; al-Zīb (Palestine); ʻĪd celebrations; Ḥinnah

00:58:02 - Expulsion from al-Zīb

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAbd al-Ḥafīẓ, Maḥmūd (Martyr); ʻAwaḍ, Maḥmūd ʻAbd (Martyr); ʻAwaḍ, Muḥammad (Martyr); ʻAṭāyā, ʻIzzat (Resistance fighter); ʻAwaḍ, Maḥmūd ʻAbd (Resistance fighter); ʻAwaḍ, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat al-Ḥadīqah (School).

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Keywords: Ambushes; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Defense; Destruction; Displacement; Dwellings; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; House burning; House rent; Humiliation; Identity cards; Imprisonment; Inheritance; Injuries; Jewish immigrants; Marriage contracts; Massacres; Mines; Money; Newly weds; Palestinian unity; Personal belongings; Photographs; Psychological warfare; Qurʼān; Refugee experience; Resistance movements; Return; Sacrifice; Vehicles; Village occupation; Weapon acquisition; al-Zīb Battle, 1948; al-Zīb Massacre, 1947