Interview with Turkīyah al-Aḥmad مقابلة مع تركية الأحمد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Tribal community life in Pre-Nakba Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Khamrah, Abū Yūsuf (Mayor); al-ʻAwaḍ, Ṣāliḥ (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Blood money; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Building practices; Childhood; Chores; Clothing and dresses; Coexistence; Dairy products; Dwellings; Education; Embroidery; Employment; Farmers; Fathers; Flour mills; Haifa (Palestine); Imprisonment; Jewish settlements; Landowners; Marriage; Means of transportation; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Polygamy; Sewing; Siblings; Socio-economic conditions; Zionist occupation; al-Ṣuwaylāt (Arab tribe)

00:23:08 - Tribal customs and social life

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Keywords: British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Dabkah; Dance; Feasts; Folk dance; Friendship; Herbal remedies; Horseback riding; Illness; Medical care; Mourning; Revolutionary songs; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding celebration; Wedding customs; Wedding presents; Wedding songs; Zaffah; al-Ṣuwaylāt (Arab tribe)

00:41:13 - Zionist occupation and expulsion from Haifa

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

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Boats; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British-Jewish relations; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Family reunification; Haifa (Palestine); Mass graves; Military withdrawal; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prisons; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Relief; Routes; Syrian Army; Weapon acquisition; World War, 1939-1945; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist propaganda; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948; al-Ṣuwaylāt (Arab tribe)

01:05:00 - Hope of return and final reflections

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Keywords: Family reunification; Generations; Hope; Lebanese Government; Nostalgia; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Right of return; Weapons; al-Burj al-Shamālī (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)