Interview with ‘Alyā al-Maw‘ad مقابلة مع عليا الموعد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Education and childhood in Ṣaffūrīyah

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Najjār; ʻAbd al-Majīd.

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Childhood; Children's games; Christians; Embroidery; Rural life; Sacred places; School children; Women education

00:10:28 - Socio-economic conditions of a Palestinian family

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Sit Sukaynah (Maqām); al-Khiḍir (Maqām).

Significant Figures: al-Mūsá, Ibrāhīm (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arranged marriage; Collaborationists; Crops; Dietary practices; Economic sectors; Family relations; Landowners; Marriage contracts; Means of transportation; Religious belief; Revolutionaries; Social norms; Sūq; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding celebration; Wedding presents

00:37:16 - British policy towards Palestinians during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Muḥammad al-Maw‘ad (Mayor); al-Salīm, Ṣāliḥ (Leader); al-Salīm, Muḥammad (Poet); ‘Abd al-Salām, Ḥamad (Poet); al-Salīm, Ṣāliḥ (Village leader).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arbitration; Arrest; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; British policy; Collaborationists; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Village siege

00:50:29 - Songs of social events

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Keywords: Children's songs; Circumcision; Folk songs

00:56:39 - Zionist occupation and war events

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Partial Transcript: SF :Yāsῑn, Mifliḥ (Resistance leader); Abū Rajāʼ, Sa‘īd (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Ambushes; Attack; Caves; Collaborationists; Customs and traditions; Defense; Guns; Injuries; Neighboring villages; Relief; Resistance; Shelter; Weapon acquisition; Women; Zionist invasion of Palestine, 1948; Ṣaffūrīyah (Palestine)

01:10:39 - Expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Salīm.

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Keywords: Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Identity cards; Lebanon; Living conditions; Neighboring villages; Nostalgia; Psychological warfare; Refugee camps; Refugee experience; Return; Routes; Rumors