Interview with ʻĀʼishah Muḥamad ʻAbd مقابلة مع عائشة محمد عبد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Social conditions, employment and marriage traditions in Waʻarat al-Sarrīs pre- Nakba 1948

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arranged marriage; Building stones; Children's games; Customs and traditions; Dowry; Dwellings; Employment; Family relations; Family structure; Landowners; Neighboring villages; Orphans; Palestine Railways; Peasants; Professions; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Social conditions; Sūq; Trade; Wedding dresses; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; Women education; ʻAtābā

00:14:09 - Socio-economic conditions and community life in Waʻarat al-Sarrīs

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Arbitration; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Circumcision; Coexistence; Convents; Death; Dietary practices; Entertainment; Farm animals; Flour mills; Folk songs; Funerals; Haifa (Palestine); Holidays; Marital relations; Medical doctors; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Religious belief; Religious diversity; Religious traditions; Sewing; Social relations; Water resources; ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī; ʻĪd celebrations

00:29:48 - Political turmoil during the British Mandate

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Keywords: Akka (Prison: Palestine); Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Haifa (Palestine); Jewish settlements; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prison sentences; Prisoners' treatment; Revolutions; Weapons

00:39:21 - Displacement and expuslion from Palestine

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Keywords: Aid distribution; Arab Salvation Army; Attack; Casualities; Dispersion; Displacement; Expulsion; Family structure; Gangs; Health conditions; Lebanon; Means of transportation; News; Personal belongings; Radio stations; Ramaḍān; Refugee experience; Resistance; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Suffering; Tanks; Zionist occupation

00:51:33 - Expulsion to Lebanon and final reflections

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Border cities and towns; Dispersion; Expulsion; Family structure; Farm animals; Health conditions; Hope; Journeys; Medical doctors; Personal belongings; Return; Seeking shelter; Social conditions; Survival; Suḥmātā (Palestine); Tarshīḥā (Palestine)