Interview with Muḥammad Dyāb al-Mir‘ī مقابلة مع محمد دياب المرعي

Partial Transcript: Families: Suwayṭ; Darwīsh; Mir‘ī; ʻAwaḍ.

Significant Figures: al-Mir‘ī, Maḥmūd (Village leader); al-Mir‘ī, Dyāb (Village leader); Ḥmaydār, Riḍā (Landowner); Muṣṭafá, Salīm (Landowner); al-Ḥusayn, Muḥammad (Mayor).

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Keywords: Agricultural prosperity; Bedouins; Building practices; Childhood; Conduct of life; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Dīwān; Education; Family structure; Farm animals; Farmers; Intervillage relations; Means of transportation; Neighboring villages; Orchards; Pre-Nakba life; Punishment; Social norms; Socio-economic conditions; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Trade; al-Suwayṭāt (Arab tribe)

Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Ja‘tūn (Maqām).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arbitration; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British colonization; Burial; Communal celebrations; Dabkah; Entertainment; Grooms; Marriage proposals; Pre-Nakba life; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; Zionist occupation

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Bombings; Camels; Destruction; Expulsion from Palestine; Farmers; Hope; Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949; Jamʻiyyat al-Kaff al-Aswad; Jewish settlements; Lebanon; Mines; Mortars; Nation; Neighboring villages; Resistance; Return; Seeking shelter; Sūq; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Zionist Invasion of Palestine,1948