Interview with Laṭīfah Qaddūrah مقابلة مع لطيفة قدورة

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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POHA, Al-Nakba Collection |
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00:00:03 - Childhood, agriculture and everyday life

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Children's games; Children's stories; Farmers; Farming practices; Neighboring villages; Olive trees; Schools; Siblings; Suḥmātā (Palestine); Tobacco trade; Trade; Women education

00:13:06 - Agricultural life in Suḥmātā

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Partial Transcript: Families: Mūsá; Ḥusayn; Qaddūrah.

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Keywords: Bint Jubayl (Lebanon); Brutal treatment; Churches; Flour mills; Harvesting; Intervillage relations; Neighboring villages; Olive oil mills; Olive trees; Professions; Religious diversity; Rural life; Tobacco trade; Village siege; Water wells; Work songs

00:25:23 - Community life during the British rule

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Shaykh Ibrāhīm (Maqām); al-Nabī Sabalān (Maqām).

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Keywords: Arbitration; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Building materials; Building practices; Caves; Dhabīḥah; Dwellings; Interreligious relations; Mosques; Prisoners' treatment; Religious belief; Village leaders; Village siege; Wedding customs; ʻAtlit Prison (Prison: Palestine); ʻĪd celebrations

00:39:25 - Communal celebrations and marriage customs

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qaddūrah, Kāmil ʻAlī (Poet).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Bedouins; Bridal customs; Dowry; Farm animals; Hospitality; Marriage; Suḥmātā (Palestine); Traditional medical procedures; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; ʻĪd celebrations

00:55:25 - Political turmoil and revolution during the British Mandate

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; British Army; Collaborationists; Displacement; Fidā’iyyīn; Guards; House raid; Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, 1913-1938; Land sale; Military training; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Weapon acquisition; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938

01:08:44 - Village occupation, displacement and exile

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAbd, Sa‘īd (Revolutionary); Sallūm, Khalīl (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British-Jewish relations; Crimes against humanity; Druzes; Expulsion from Palestine; Fidā’iyyīn; Haganah; Mass murder; Mayors; Pamphlets; Psychological warfare; Return; Seeking shelter; Suffering; Women; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948