Interview with Fāṭimah ʻAbd ‘Īsá مقابلة مع فاطمة عبد عيسى

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:07 - Childhood, memories and entertainment in Qadas

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Keywords: Childhood memories; Children's stories; Everyday life; Family income; Family structure; Farmers; Grandfathers; Lebanon; Qurʼānic teaching; Ṣandūq al-Furjah

00:25:35 - Socio-economic dynamics in the village

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural products; Bint Jubayl (Lebanon); British army camps; Currencies; Customs and traditions; Dietary practices; Economic conditions; Economic prosperity; Family income; Folk songs; Manners; Neighboring villages; Pre-Nakba life; Rural life; Safad (Palestine); Social norms; Sūq; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964

00:40:13 - Ceremonies practices and political conditions during the British rule

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Keywords: Arranged marriage; British army camps; Dabkah; Folk songs; Intervillage relations; Jafrā; Orchards; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prisoners' treatment; Prisons; Revolutionaries; Revolutionary leadership; Social norms; Wedding celebration; Wedding presents; Wedding songs; Work songs; Ẓarīf al-Ṭūl

01:01:32 - Political conditions, battles and the exile from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Īsá, Aḥmad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Battles; Bombings; Boundaries; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Economic prosperity; Expulsion from Palestine; Harvesting time; Nation; Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prisoners; Prisoners' treatment; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Return; Revolutionaries; Routes; Suffering; Treason; Village siege; Zionist occupation; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964