Interview with Dībah Muṣṭafá Ḥijāzī مقابلة ديبة مصطفى حجازي

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

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Sirḥān, Fāris (Village leader)

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arbitration; Blood money; Building practices; Children's games; Crops; Dwellings; Farmers; Generosity; Living conditions; Mayors; Mosques.; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Sūq; Water resources; al-Ghābisīyah (Palestine); ʻĪd celebrations

00:14:59 - Community celebrations and customs

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Partial Transcript: Families: ‘Awaḍ; Ayyūb; Ḥammād; Dāwūd.

Significant Figures: al-Ḥasan, Abū Ṣāliḥ (Circumcisor).

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Keywords: Children's songs; Communal celebrations; Dowry; Funerals; Harvesting; Horses; Landowners; Maqām; Marriage proposals; Mosques; Mourning; Palestinian Palestinian Ballads; Prayers for rain; Sewing; Traditional medicinal products; Village leaders; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs

00:37:54 - Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity in al-Ghābisīyah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-‘Awaḍ, Rabāḥ(Revolutionary leader); al-Aḥmad, ‘Abdullāh (Martyr); Ḥammīd, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Arab Salvation Army commander); Rāḍī, Ḥasan (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British Mandate for Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; Burial; Land sale; Martyrs; Neighboring villages; Radio stations; Strikes; Terrorism; Village siege

00:45:08 - Violence, battles and resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Badī‘ah, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); Marār, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); al-Rāʻī, Ḥasan (Martyr); Ghurrah, Aḥmad (Martyr); Ḥijāzī, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter); al-Zaynah, Dāwūd (Martyr); ʻŪthmān, Ḥasan (Martyr); ʻŪthmān, Asʻad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Crimes against humanity; Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Haganah; House keys; International Committee of the International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Jewish settlements; Massacres; Military superiority; Military training; Mines; Personal belongings; Police; Psychological warfare; Refugee aid; Resistance; Terrorism; Village leaders; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948

01:02:34 - Village occupation, displacement and exile

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arab Salvation Army; Burial; Death; Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Famine; Farm animals; Generations; Hope; Hygiene; Illness; Lebanon; Means of transportation; Official documents; Personal belongings; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Resistance; Return; Right of return; Routes; Suffering; Survival; Water resources; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948