Interview with Zaynab ʻAbd al-Ḥay al-Asadī مقابلة مع زينب عبد الحي الاسدي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:05 - Marriage, family relations and community life in the village

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Agricultural products; Bridal customs; Children's games; Dayr al-Asad (Palestine); Economic prosperity; Embroidery; Everyday life; Flour mills; Handicrafts; Homeland; Interreligious marriage; Intervillage relations; Neighboring villages; Rural life; Traders; Wedding customs; Women education; Zaffah; al-Biʻnah (Palestine)

00:12:54 - Socio-religious customs and celebrations

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Bayḍūn, Nājī (Doctor).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Muḥammad al-Asadī (Maqām); al-Khiḍir (Maqām).

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Keywords: Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Herbal remedies; Intervillage relations; Means of transportation; Medical care; Medical doctors; Mourning; Religious belief; Swings of ʻĪd; Wedding customs; ʻĪd celebrations

00:25:24 - War events, socio-economic conditions and the expulsion

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bint Jubayl (Lebanon); Dispersion; Generations; Gold; Homeland; Jordan; Means of transportation; Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918–1970; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba life; Radio stations; Refugee experience; Resistance; Return; Revolutionary songs; Skirmishes; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948