Interview with Badī‘ah Nāyfah مقابلة مع بديعة نايفة

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:03 - Socio-economic conditions and wedding celebrations at Qāqūn

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Na‘ālwah; Fuqahā’; Bahatah; Nāyfah.

Significant Figures: Nāyfah, Qāsim (Village leader).

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Keywords: Animals; Arbitration; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Disputes; Dwellings; Economic prosperity; Family relations; Farmers; Folk songs; Grooms; Horseback riding; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Invitations; Marital relations; Marriage proposals; Orchards; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Schools; Siblings; Social norms; Sūq; Traders; Tulkarm (Palestine); Village leaders; Wedding celebration; Wedding presents; Wedding songs.Ḥinnah; Women education; al-Shuwaykah (Palestine)

00:25:02 - Community patterns and mechanisms

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Nāṣir, Shafīqah (Tailor).

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Keywords: Arranged marriage; Babies; Clothing and dresses; Embroidery; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Generosity; Hope; Hospitals; Jewish settlements; Landowners; Marital relations; Medical care; Medical doctors; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Photographs; Sewing; Social norms; Surgery; Sūq; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Theft; Traditional medical procedures

00:41:43 - Political dynamics at the village during Zionist attack

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Betrayal; Coffeehouses; Defense; Dignity; Displacement; Economic prosperity; Entertainment; Farmers; Hiding; Interreligious marriage; Iraqi Army; Marriage; Martyrs; Means of transportation; News; Order; Radio stations; Resistance; Return; Social norms; Social relations; Torture; Trenches; Zionist Forces; Zionist occupation

00:57:44 - Political situation and resistance during the Zionist occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Nāsir, Ᾱminah (Midwife).

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Keywords: Arrest; British colonization; British forces; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Hospitality; House raid; Investigation; Jewish settlements; Land appropriation; Land sale; Martyrs; Mizhrahi Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Rain; Resistance; Return; Revolutionaries; Shelter; Songs; Spies; Trains; Village siege; Weapons; Women in armed conflicts; World War, 1939-1945; al-Shuwaykah (Palestine)

01:27:29 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Keywords: Border crossing; Employment; Expulsion; Identity cards; Jerusalem (Palestine); Means of transportation; Official documents; Parents; Rain; Refugee experience; Return; Seeking refuge

01:40:12 - The expulsion and socio-economic conditions in Lebanon

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Keywords: Birth certificates; Border crossing; Death; Economic conditions; Economic prosperity; Employment; Family relations; Homeland; Identity cards; Jordan; Medical aid; Medical care; Nation; Photographs; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Return; Revolutionary songs; Sons; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Victory; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948