Interview with Najlah Asʻad al-Ḥudayrī مقابلة مع نجلة أسعد الحديري

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
Transcript
Toggle Index/Transcript View Switch.
Index

Search this Index
X
00:00:05 - Social, cultural and religious practices in al-Ẓāhirīyah

Play segment

Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat Jāmiʻ al-Aḥmar (School).

Families: al-Zāyid; Khāyin.

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Agricultural products; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Deception; Dwellings; Embroidery; Family structure; Handicrafts; Jewish holidays; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Peasants; Public schools; Rural life; Safad (Palestine); ‘Īd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī

00:17:41 - Marriage traditions and family celebrations

Play segment

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Bridal customs; Bridal gowns; Brides; Childbirth; Children's songs; Circumcision; Dabkah; Feasts; Grooms; Marriage proposals; Singing; Wedding celebration; Wedding preparations; Wedding songs; Zaffah; Ḥinnah; ‘Īd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī

00:30:04 - Zionist invasion, political conditions and expulsion from al-Ẓāhirīyah

Play segment

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shāhῑn, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Mir‘ī, Shiḥādah (Martyr); Nuffajah, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); Shāhῑn, Sa‘īd (Martyr); Salāmah, Nazhah (Martyr); Qaddūrah, Rīmah (Martyr); Ṭāfish, Najῑb (Contractor).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Aerial bombing; Atābā; Bint Jubayl (Lebanon); Collaborationists; Dispersion; Displacement; Druzes; Expulsion from Palestine; Harvesting; Home demolition; Mass graves; Mines; Olive trees; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Refugee experience; Return; Revolutionaries; Weapon acquisition; al-Burj al- Shamālῑ (Lebanon); al-Hayb (Arab tribe)