Interview with Ẓarīfah Ḥasan Zaydān مقابلة مع ظريفة حسن زيدان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Socio-economic conditions in the village

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Ḥishbat Haifa (Market).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; Coeducation; Germans; Haifa (Palestine); Land appropriation; Means of transportation; Orchards; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Peasants; Schools; Shaykhs; Tanks; Tools; Trade; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; al-Ṭīrah, Haifa (Palestine)

00:08:25 - Social relations, rites and ceremonies

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū ‘Umar, Laṭīfah (Midwife); Ḥajīr, Um Sāmī (Midwife); Abū Hilāl, Fāṭimah (Midwife).

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Keywords: Condolences; Desserts; Embroidery; Everyday life; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Group marriage; Handicrafts; Horses; Intervillage relations; Midwives; Mourning; Nadbīyah; Poets; Rural life; Sewing; Spies; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding celebration; Zajal; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; Ṭarbūsh

00:20:12 - Violence and armed resistance

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Partial Transcript: Families: Ḥajīr.

Significant Figures: Abū Jrās, Amīnah (Martyr); Ḥajīr, Ḥusayn (Teacher).

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Keywords: Attacks; Bombings; Breastfeeding; Childbirth; Circumcision; Clans; Courage; Dhabīḥah; Haganah; Haifa (Palestine); Home demolition; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Martyrs; Medical care; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Rain; Rites; Survival; Village leaders; Weapon acquisition; ʻAtlit (Prison: Palestine)

00:35:32 - Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity in al-Ṭīrah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAsqūl, Asʻad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arrest; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Brokers; Collaborationists; Crimes against humanity; Daughters; Haganah; Interreligious marriage; Killing; Marriage; Prisons; Resistance; Songs; Vandalism

00:44:23 - Land, defense and resistance

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Collaborationists; Food; News; Radio stations; Resistance; Revolutionaries; United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon; Weapon smuggling; Women; Zarīf al-Ṭūl; al-Jabhah al-Dīmuqrātīyah li Taḥrīr Filasṭīn; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Qādir Mūsá, 1908-1948

00:50:40 - Violence, battles and armed resistance

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Mustashfá Ḥamzah (Hospital).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Attacks; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Haifa (Palestine); Laborers; Martyrs; Medical care; Mines; Neighbors; Ports; Resistance; Village siege; Weapons; Women in armed conflicts; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:00:32 - Expulsion and refugee experience

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Keywords: Attacks; Bombings; Childlessness; Depression; Dispersion; Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Fidā’iyyīn; Generations; Home bombing; Homeland; House rent; Identity cards; Lebanon; Maliciousness; Martyrs; Naturalization; Poems; Refugee aid; Refugee camps; Sharon, Ariel, 1928-2014; Ships; Socio-economic conditions; Victory; Village leaders; al-Ṭirah Battle; ʻAtābā