Interview with Nāyfah D‘aybis مقابلة مع نايفة دعيبس

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Agriculture and community life

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-ʻAjjāwī; Shaḥrūr; ʻAzzām; Ḥajjāj; Sulaymān.

Significant Figures: ʻAql, Ḥusayn (Mayor); Sulaymān, Aḥmad Muḥammad (Mayor).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Bi’ir Rīḥān (Water resource).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Arbitration; Beliefs; Bridal gowns; Building practices; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Conduct of life; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Embroidery; Family structure; Farm animals; Farmers; Harvesting; Intervillage relations; Means of transportation; Neighboring villages; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Sewing; Sūq; Water resources; Water wells; Women education; ʻAlmā (Palestine)

00:30:08 - Wedding tradiotions and customs

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ghannām, ʻAbdullāh (Poet).

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Keywords: Bridal gowns; Brides; Dabkah; Dalʻūnā; Grooms; Marriage proposals; Musical instruments; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; ʻAlmā (Palestine)

00:59:31 - Expulsion from ʻAlmā

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Circassians; Dalʻūnā; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Illness; Imprisonment; Jafrā; Lebanon; Mayors; Murder; Palestinian diaspora; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Psychological warfare; Refugee experience; Return; Songs; Suffering; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948