Interview with Āminah Muḥammad Zaydān مقابلة مع آمنة محمد زيدان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Education, agriculture, and community life in al-Ṭīrah, Haifa

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Hajjūj, Bahjāt (Mayor); al-ʻAbbās, Fahd (Village leader); al-Hajjūj, Ramaḍān (Village leader); al-Rabānī, Nimir (Village leader); al-Rabānī, Muḥammad (Village leader).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Carriages; Children's games; Custody; Entertainment; Folk poetry; Land ownership; Neighboring villages; Poets; Public schools; Rural life; Social norms; Students; Teachers; Wedding customs; Women education

00:11:48 - Social life, wedding customs, and celebrations

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Khalīl (Maqām); al-Khiḍir (Maqām); al-Nabī Yaḥyá (Maqām).

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Keywords: Brides; Circumcision; Consolation; Dietary practices; Engagement; Grooms; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Marriage proposals; Medical doctors; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Religious belief; Songs; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding presents; Wedding songs; al-Ṭīrah, Haifa (Palestine)

00:25:13 - Zionist attacks on al-Ṭīrah, Haifa

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Partial Transcript: Families: Ḥazīr; al-Dabbūr.

Significant Figures: al-Zawāwī, ʻAlī (Revolutionary); al-Zawāwī, Nimir (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British army camps; British authorities; Burial; Crimes against humanity; Home bombing; Martyrs; Massacres; Murder; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Rifles; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

00:36:41 - Conduct of life and expulsion from al-Ṭīrah, Haifa

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Zaydān, Maḥmūd Salīm (Businessman).

Families: al-Rabānī; ʻAsqūl; al-Ḥalabī.

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Sharikat al-Mustaqbal (Corporation).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Boats; Buses; Caves; Coffeehouses; Cost of living; Currencies; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Dietary practices; Dispersion; Displacement; Entertainment; Family reunification; Gunshots; Haganah; Living conditions; Means of transportation; Mosques; Mothers; Personal belongings; Routes; Songs; War crimes; Women; ʻAtābā