Interview with Zakīyah Salīm مقابلة مع زكيّة سليم

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:01 - Social and economic conditions at Umm al-Faraj during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-ʻArīḍ; ʻAbd al-ʻĀl.

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Keywords: Agricultural products; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Building practices; Children's games; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Economic prosperity; Education; Embroidery; Everyday life; Girls; Gold; Intervillage relations; Pre-Nakba life; Rural life; Singing; Social norms; Umm al-Faraj (Palestine)

00:25:15 - Characteristics of Umm al-Faraj society during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Arabī, Maryam (Hairdresser); Salῑm, Muḥammad (Mayor); al-Ḥmayyid, Qāsim (Poet); Salāmah, Mūsà (Poet); Farfaḥῑnῑ, Dīb (Poet).

F :al-ʻArīḍ.

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Keywords: Bridal accessories; Bridal customs; Clothing and dresses; Dowry; Family relations; Intervillage relations; Manners; Marriage; Morale; Neighboring villages.; Political activity; Social norms; Wedding celebration

00:52:25 - Zionist invasion of Umm al-Faraj and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Families: Twaynῑ; Sursuq.

Significant Figures: al-Rā‘ī, Muḥammad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt 1936-1939; Arrest; Battles; British colonialism; British policy; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Haganah; Jewish immigration; Jewish settlements; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Landowners; Lebanon; Massacres; Prisoners; Revolutionaries; Zionist occupation; al-Zīb (Palestine)