Interview with Fahdah Khālid Shmaysī مقابلة مع فهدة خالد شميسي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Family Life, Socio-economic Dynamics and Traditions in al-Ghābisīyah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Wardah, Shiḥādīah (Shop owner); Banāt, Muḥammad (Driver); Banāt, Khālid (Driver).

Families: al-Nābulsī.

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Arranged marriage; Brides; Buses; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Employment; Family structure; Grooms; Intervillage relations; Islamic education; Kafr Yāsīf (Palestine); Landowners; Means of transportation; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Peasant workers; Routes; Schools; Social norms; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq; Trade; Wedding traditions

00:21:30 - Community life, social dynamics, and medicine in al-Ghābisīyah

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Partial Transcript: Families: ʻAbd al-ʻᾹl; ʻAwaḍ; al-Bayk; Ayyūb; Mūsá; Shmaysī; al-Maqdāḥ; al-Ḥāj ʻAlī.

Significant Figures: Khāzin, Adīb (Doctor); Qaṭrān, Naʻīm (Doctor).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Childbirth; Circumcision; Family relations; Herbal remedies; Landowners; Marriage contracts; Marriage proposals; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Peasant workers; Ruqyah (Islam); Social classes; Social norms; Social relations; Traditional medical procedures; al-Shaykh Dāūd (Palestine); ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī

00:46:42 - Arbitration and wedding traditions in al-Ghābisīyah

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Keywords: Brides; British authorities; British policy; Grooms; Imprisonment; Mayors; Murder; Social norms; Village leaders; Wedding songs

01:00:19 - Zionist invasion of Palestine, 1948 and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Families: Ṣabḥah; al-Miʻārī; al-Bayk.

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Aid; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Bernadotte, Folke, 1850-1948; British authorities; Childbirth; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Farming practices; Fidā’iyyīn; Gunshots; Injuries; Jewish settlements; Medical doctors; Military strategy; Mines; Murder; Neighboring villages; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Passing on memories; Revolutionary songs; Torture; War crimes; Women; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; Ṣandūq al-Furjah