Interview with Maryam Aḥmad al-ʻAlī مقابلة مع مريم أحمد العلي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood and everyday life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Awdah, Salīm (Trader).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Building practices; Charity; Children's games; Coeducational schools; Dwellings; Education; Landowners; Mothers; Nation; Orphans; Schools; Siblings; Uncles; Water resources; Women socio-economic role; al-Zīb (Palestine)

00:10:26 - Economic condition and political activity in the village

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Partial Transcript: Families: ‘Aṭāyā; al-Qiblāwī; ‘Awaḍ; Fāris; ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd.

Significant Figures: Shiḥādah, ʻAbd (Butcher); al-Nābulsī, Sa‘d al-Dīn (Butcher); Fāris, ʻAbd (Mayor); Kāmil, Aḥmad (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Animosity; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Armored vehicles; Arrest; British Army; British Army, Royal Engineers; British army camps; Buses; Collaborationists; Crops; Dwellings; Employment; Interrogations; Intervillage relations; Killing; Landowners; Martyrs; Mayors; Neighboring villages; Peasants; Professions; Revolutionaries; Sūq; Traders; Trucks; Women socio-economic role; al-Zīb (Palestine)

00:21:11 - Social relations, rites and ceremoniies

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Maghāzī (Maqām); al-Shaykh Ibrāhīm (Maqām).

Families: ‘Aṭāyā; al-Qiblāwī.

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Keywords: Bridal customs; British Army; Dhabīḥah; Disputes; Engagement; Food; Gold; Intervillage relations; Irrigation; Marriage proposals; Mosques; Political parties; Religion; Religious belief; Shaykhs; Village leaders; Vows; Water resources; Wedding celebration; Wedding preparations; Wedding presents; Ḥinnah

00:34:16 - Social celebrations, political turmoil and military activity

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Sa‘dī; al-Qiblāwī; ‘Aṭāyā.

Significant Figures: al-Qiblāwī, Ṣāliḥ (Revolutionary leader); al-Qiblāwī, ‘Umar (Martyr).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Animosity; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Attitudes; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948.; Childbirth; Circumcision; Customs and traditions; Graveyards; Mawlid; Mosques; Mourning; Orchards; Weapons; Weddings

00:45:13 - Political turmoil, Zionist occupation and displacement

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Border crossing; Brokers; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Expulsion from Palestine; Fishermen; Fishing; Germans; Gold; Grenades; Interreligious relations; Jewish settlements; Land appropriation; Military withdrawal; Money; News; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Psychological warfare; Radio stations; Weapon trade; Weapons; Zionist occupation

00:53:31 - War time and military occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū ‘Awaḍ, Aḥmad (Martyr); Mūsá, Sumayyah (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bedouins; Border crossing; Burial; Collaborationists; Dispersion; Expulsion from Palestine; Gold; Hostages; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Lebanese Government; Martyrs; Military superiority; Money; Neighbors; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Resistance; Return; Threats; Weapons; Women in armed conflicts; Zionist occupation; al-Zīb Massacre, 1947

01:05:46 - Expulsion and refugee life

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Arab Salvation Army; Border crossing; Burial; Child mortality; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Home demolition; Homeland; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Medical doctors; Medications; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Permits; Refugee aid; Refugee camps; Refugee experience; Return; Rifles; Sons; Suffering; Syria; Trains; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East