Interview with Zahrah ‘Āṣī مقابلة مع زهرة عاصي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood and early life in al-Farrāḍīyah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Naḥawī, Ṣalāḥ (Teacher).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arab Salvation Army; Farmers; Military withdrawal; Orchards; Peasants; Pre-Nakba life; Rural life; Schools; Spring; Water resources; Women education; al-Farrāḍīyah (Palestine)

00:08:44 - Community life in Farrādīyah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Yūsuf, Najīyyah (Dressmaker); al-Ᾱghā, Ṣubḥī (Vehiclr driver).

Families: al-Ᾱghā.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Manṣūr (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Arab countries; Birth; Crimes against humanity; Druzes; Embroidery; Homeland; Interreligious relations; Jews; Mass murder; Medical care; Midwives; Neighboring villages; Palestinian diaspora; Peasants; Professions; Refugee experience; Rulers; Self-sufficiency; Sewing; Sūq; Trade; Vehicles; Wedding celebration; Women dressmakers

00:23:35 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Burial; Childbirth; Conspiracy; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Farrāḍīyah, Massacre, 1948; Food; Forced evacuation; Hunger; Mayors; Military withdrawal; Naturalization refusal; Nostalgia; Palestinian diaspora; Pregnancies; Prisoners of war; Right of return; Routes; Safad (Palestine); Suffering; Trucks; Village siege; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948