Interview with Zakīyah Maḥmūd al-ʻArīḍ مقابلة مع زكية محمود العريض

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood amidst the invasion of Nahārīyā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Bombings; Burial; Displacement; Dwellings; Murder; Neighbors; Peasant workers; Stepmothers; Umm al-Faraj (Palestine)

00:06:28 - Early childhood, community life, and traditions

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥasan, Naʻīm (Shop owner); Shiḥādah, Muḥammad (Shop owner); Ḥasan, Qāsim (Butcher).

Families: al-Ḥallāq; Abū Qāsim; Aṣlān; Drāz; Ḥasan; al-Staytī; Marzūq; Zamzam; al-Khawwāṣ; Yāsīn; Huwaydī; al-ʻAdawī; al-ʻŪd; al-Ᾱghā; al-Saʻīd; Abū Fattāḥ; ʻAbd al-ʻᾹl; Mifliḥ; ʻArīḍ; Abū al-Saʻd.

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Animal sacrifice; Arranged marriage; Child labour; Children's games; Cooking; Flour mills; Intervillage relations; Landowners; Marriage proposals; Means of transportation; Peasant workers; Rural life; Rural life; Schools; Social norms; Stepmothers; Umm al-Faraj (Palestine); Water resources; Wedding celebration; Women education

00:26:14 - Socio-political dynamics in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻArīḍ, Ṣāliḥ (Revolutionary); al-ʻArīḍ, Khalīl (Revolutionary); al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Assault; British colonialism; Building practices; Disputes; House raid; Jewish neighbors; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Political parties; Social relations; Torture; Umm al-Faraj (Palestine); Village leaders

00:33:43 - Expulsion from Palestine and Refugee Life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Quṭṭ , Abū al-Dīb (Resistance fighter); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Khālid (Butcher).

Families: Zamzam.

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Burial; Child killings; Collaborationists; Dispersion; Displacement; Family reunification; Gunshots; Hiding; Husbands; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Mayors; Military aid; Military operations; Military withdrawal; Mortars; Olive oil mills; Personal belongings; Refugee aid; Return; Routes; Seeking shelter; Tanks; Umm al-Faraj (Palestine); War crimes; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Kābrī (Palestine)

00:56:52 - Pre-Nakba events that led to expulsion, refugee life in Lebanon, and hope of return

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Zayn al-Dīn, Khalīl (Revolutionary); al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader).

Families: Aṣlān.

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Anṣār (Detention camp: Lebanon); Arrest; Atrocities of war; Bombings; Displacement; Dwellings; Fidā’iyyīn; Gramophones; Hope; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Land deeds; Martyrs; Massacres; Military officials; Palestinian national identity; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Refugee aid; Seeking shelter; Umm al-Faraj (Palestine); Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Kābrī (Palestine); al-Mughrabī, Dalāl Sa‘īd, 1958, 1978; al-Rashīdīyah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); al-Zīb (Palestine)