Interview with Zaynah Ṣāliḥ مقابلة مع زينب صالح

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood and everyday life

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Building practices; Childhood memories; Chores; Clothing and dresses; Dwellings; Farmers; Handicrafts; Maʻlūl (Palestine); Nuns; Pre-Nakba life; Rural life; Schools; Siblings; Weaving; Women education

00:08:27 - Agricultural life in Maʻlūl

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural land lease; Agricultural machinery; Farming practices; Haifa (Palestine); Intervillage relations; Landowners; Nazareth (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Self-sufficiency; Trade; Water resources

00:13:37 - Social and community life in the village

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Partial Transcript: Families: ‘Awwād; al-Ṣāliḥ; al-Sarāḥinah.

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Keywords: Arbitration; Bridal customs; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Churches; Coexistence; Dabkah; Desserts; Dowry; Dīwān; Education; Entertainment; Interreligious relations; Jewish settlements; Jews; Marriage; Nazareth (Palestine); Professions; Religious diversity; Social norms; Sūq; Weapon acquisition; Wedding customs; Wedding songs; Zaffah; ʻĪd celebrations

00:31:46 - Political turmoil and popular resistance

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Attack; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Bullets; Collaborationists; Crops; Dairy products; Guards; House raid; Husbands; Jewish settlements; Military training; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Peasants; Resistance movements; Revolutionaries; Rural life; Tanks; Trade; Weapon acquisition

00:41:39 - War time, displacement and exile

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Battles; Crops; Dairy products; Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Farming practices; Martyrs; Mayors; Military superiority; Military withdrawal; Return; Zionist occupation

00:50:14 - Military occupation and exile

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation).

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Keywords: ; Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Battles; Dairy products; Dispersion; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Harvesting; News; Radio stations; Relief; Return; Seeking refuge; Suffering; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:01:15 - Refugee life in Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū al-ʻArdāt, Khalīl (Mayor).

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Keywords: Armenians; Children in armed conflicts; Dairy products; Dogs; Fleas; Food; Homeland; Hope; Hunger; Living conditions; Nostalgia; Personal belongings; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Right of return; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Water resources; Women in agriculture