Interview with Fāṭimah Maḥmūd Qāsim مقابلة مع فاطمة محمود قاسم

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:06 - Social life and religious pluralism at al-Jish community

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ṭālib, Muḥammad (Teacher).

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Keywords: Children's games; Christians; Convents; Dwellings; Family structure; Farmers; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Mayors; Means of transportation; Muslims; Neighboring villages; Pre-Nakba life; Rural life; Schools; Siblings; Wedding celebration; Women education

00:15:27 - Political dynamics at al-Jish during the Zionist occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shāhīn, Ḥusayn (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Bint Jubayl (Lebanon); Christians; Clothing and dresses; Damaged weapons; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Injuries; Lebanon; Martyrs; Mass graves; Means of transportation; Mīyah wa Mīyah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Neighboring villages; Revolutionaries; Seeking shelter; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

00:27:06 - War crimes and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shāhīn, Ḥusayn (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; British-Jewish relations; Christians; Clothing and dresses; Dispersion; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Homeland; Hope; House burning; House keys; Lebanon; Martyrs; Mass graves; Neighboring villages; Nostalgia; Photographs; Resistance; Resistance movements; Return; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948