Interview with Ḥasnah Dīb Munayzil مقابلة مع حسنة ديب منيزل

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:01 - Social life at al-Manshīyah

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Ḥammām al-Bāshā (Public bath).

Significant Figures: Khraybī, ʻAlī (Mayor).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British colonization; Dietary practices; Dīwān; Family structure; Farm animals; Farmers; Home bombing; House raid; Islamic education; Means of transportation; Mines; Religious stories; Revolutionaries; Siblings; Songs; Swings of ʻĪd; Sūq; ʻĪd celebrations

00:17:02 - Socio-economic dynamics of al-Manshīyah

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Partial Transcript: Families: Mannā‘; Da‘bis; Khraybī; Yāsīn.

Significant Figures: Ẓalām, ʻAbd (Policeman); al-Qūwatlī, Sham‘ah (Landowner); Ṣaqr, Dyāb (Water supplier); ʻUṭir, ʻAlī (Water supplier).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Beliefs; Building practices; Childhood dreams; Dwellings; Economic prosperity; Embroidery; Employment; Everyday life; Harvesting; Knitting; Landowners; Marriage; Neighboring villages; Orchards; Sewing; Water wells; Wives; Women education

00:37:41 - Religious pluralism and political activity during the British mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Mannā‘, Nimir (Revolutionary leader); Ḥamdū, Muḥammad (Revolutionary leader); Shuqayrī, Anwar (Doctor).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); British authorities; British officers; British-Jewish relations; Crimes against individuals; Curfew; Disputes; Executions; Haganah; Hebrew; Intervillage relations; Jerusalem (Palestine); Jewish immigration; Jewish settlements; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Punishment; Revolutionaries; Ships; Shuqayrī, Aḥmad, 1908-1980; Social norms; Village leaders; Village siege

00:52:36 - Weddings pre-Nakba and Zionist occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Mannā‘, Yāsīn (Poet); al-‘Abd, Rashīd (Poet); Sa‘d, Muḥammad (Martyr); Shukrī, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter)

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Arabic proverbs; Bridal customs; British colonization; Dabkah; Damaged weapons; Defense; Dhabīḥah; Displacement; Food; Guards; Haganah; Home demolition; Invitations; Jewish settlements; Marriage; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Resistance; Social conditions; Social norms; Spies; Trenches; Weapon acquisition; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; ʻAtābā

01:16:20 - War, displacement and strategies of survival

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shukrī, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter); al- Ṭarāwī, Aḥmad (Coffeehouse owner); Ḥāmid, al-Fahid (Coffeehouse owner).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Akka (Palesyine); Bombings; British army camps; Coffeehouses; Druzes; Executions; Expulsion from Palestine; Kafr Yāsīf (Palestine); Murder; Priests; Radio stations; Return; Route choices; Rumors; Spies; Village leaders; Water resources; Zionist invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:33:16 - Homeland and diaspora

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Maqdaḥ, Umm Khalīl (Martyr); Ṭūqān, ʻAbdullāh (Martyr); al-Sakhnīnī, al-ʻAbd (Martyr); Shukrī, Aḥmad (Martyr); Sa‘d, Muḥammad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Akka (Palestine); Aleppo (Syria); Cities and towns; Crimes against individuals; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Dignity; Dispersion; Economic prosperity; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Fidā’iyyīn; Generations; Gold; Homecoming; Homeland; Lebanese Government; Military training; Nation; Propaganda; Refugee experience; Resistance; Suḥmātā (Palestine); Trains; Travel; Zionist Commission