Interview with Raʼīfah Rashīd Shibʻānī مقابلة مع رئيفة رشيد شبعان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood, family employment and social life in Safad

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Partial Transcript: Families: Qaddūrah; al-Shammah; al-Naḥwah.

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Keywords: Building practices; Building stones; Childhood; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Conduct of life; Craftsmen; Customs and traditions; Dwellings; Family structure; Gender role; Holidays; Interreligious relations; Landowners; Marriage; Means of transportation; Neighborhoods; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Professions; Safad (Palestine); Sūq; Women education

00:12:46 - Wedding traditions in Safad

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Keywords: Bridal customs; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dowry; Engagement; Family structure; Gold; Grooms; Means of transportation; Musical instruments; Sacrifice; Wedding celebration; Wedding presents; Wedding songs; Weddings

00:27:36 - Inter-religious relations, social and economic life in Safad

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Partial Transcript: SF:ʻAṭāyā, Faṭṭūm (Midwife); Ismāʻīl, Um ʻAbd al-Raḥmān (Midwife); al-Naḥawī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī (Landowner); Yūsuf, Khalīl (Mayor).

Families: Qaddūrah; Shammā; al-Naḥwah.

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Mustashfá al-Jāmiʻ al-Aḥmar (Hospital).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arbitration; Building practices; Celebrations; Childbirth; Children's games; Christian holidays; Circumcision; Coexistence; Coffeehouses; Conduct of life; Crafts; Customs and traditions; Decoration; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Funerals; Gender role; Gifts; Graveyards; Hospitals; Jewish holidays; Jewish neighbors; Midwives; Mizrahi Jews; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Professions; Schools; Social norms; Swings of ʻĪd; Trade; Traders; Women; ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī

00:49:29 - Political turmoil and the events that led to the expulsion from Safad

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al- Shāʻir, ʻAbdullāh (Revolutionary); Abū al-Laban, Ṣāliḥ (Revolutionary); ʻAbdallī, Rashīd (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Assassination; Ayn al-Zaytūn Massacre, 1948; Clans; Damaged weapons; Displacement; Haganah; Haifa (Palestine); Jewish neighbors; Land ownership; Massacres; Military training; Mizrahi Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Resistance; Revolutionaries; Zionist occupation; al-Aṣbaḥ, ʻAbdullāh, 1910-1938

01:02:37 - Expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Landowner).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Agricultural prosperity; Aid distribution; Bedouin women; Broken promises; Conduct of life; Employment; Expulsion; Family reunification; Farm animals; Hope; Horseback riding; House keys; House rent; Land ownership; Means of transportation; Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Refugee camps; Routes; Trade; Women in agriculture; al-Ghawārinah (Arab tribe)