Interview with Ᾱminah Yāsīn Sa‘d مقابلة مع آمنة ياسين سعد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Socio-economic Life in al-Jish

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Khalāylī; al-Zayādnī; Ayyūb; Saʻd.

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural products; Children's games; Coexistence; Dwellings; Family structure; Farming practices; Land ownership; Rural life; Sūq; Women education; Work songs

00:08:24 - Religious places, practices, and social life in al-Jish

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Khiḍir (Maqām); al-Nabī Sabalān (Maqām); al-ʻAjamī (Maqām).

Significant Figures: Ayyūb, Salīm ʻAlī (Mayor); Jubrān, Samʻān (Mayor).

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Keywords: Celebrations; Childlessness; Churches; Circumcision; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Grooms; Herbal remedies; Hospitals; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Maqām; Marriage contracts; Marriage proposals; Medical aid; Midwives; Mosques; Mourning; Religious belief; Social classes; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; ʻĪd celebrations

00:28:01 - Political Dynamics in al-Jish

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥulayḥil, Aḥmad (Reporter).

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Keywords: Balfour Declaration, 1917; British colonialism; Celebrations; Convents; Home demolition; Imprisonment; Land partition; Mayors; Political activity; Revolutionaries; Revolutionary songs; Village siege; Ḥizb al-Najjādah

00:33:50 - Events that led to the expulsion from al-Jish

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Jadīd, Ghassān (Arab Salvation Army commander); al-Nāṣir, Aḥmad (Poet); al-Nāṣir, Aḥmad (Martyr); Ḥūrān, Maḥmūd Ḥusayn (Martyr); Fayyūm, Salīm (Mayor); al-Khaṭīb, Najīyah (Martyr); Sirḥān, Faṭṭumah (Martyr).

Families: Zaydān; Fahdah.

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Bombings; British colonialism; Childlessness; Damaged weapons; Death; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Gunshots; Haifa (Palestine); Home demolition; Injuries; Jewish settlements; Land partition; Martyrs; Mass graves; Mayors; Military withdrawal; Moroccan Army; Personal belongings; Return; Safad (Palestine); Shepherds; Trenches; Village leaders; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Women; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948; Ḥiṭṭīn (Palestine)

00:59:41 - Final reflections on expulsion and refugee experience

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Keywords: Bint Jubayl (Lebanon); Brothers; Children; Emotions; Expulsion; Family reunification; Hardship; Passing on memories; Refugee experience; Return