Interview with Waṭfah ‘Abd al-Muʻṭī مقابلة مع وطفة عبد المعطي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:22 - Childhood under British occupation

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Keywords: Agricultural products; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Eldest child; House raid; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Prisoners; Revolutionaries; Revolutionary leadership; Revolutionary songs; Rural life; Seas; Traitors; Village siege; al-Furaydīs (Palestine); al-Ṭanṭūrah (Palestine)

00:10:36 - Political dynamics and economic conditions under British rule

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Keywords: Agricultural products; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Dietary practices; Education; Educational grants; Haganah; Harvesting; Husayn Ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, 1853?-1931; Intervillage relations; Jewish immigrants; Lebanon; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Public schools; Revolutionary songs; Strikes; Sūq; Tools; Zakāt

00:23:40 - Wedding customs and social conditions

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Sīdī al-Mjayramī (Maqām).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Emotions; Fathers; Fishing; Grooms; Horses; Marriage; Mass graves; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Return; Water resources; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions

00:41:43 - War time and military occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū al-Haná, Fayṣal (Wounded).

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Keywords: Balfour Declaration, 1917; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Damaged weapons; Guards; Haganah; Haifa (Palestine); Injuries; Jordanian Army; Martyrs; Means of transportation; Military superiority; Palestinian Jews; Personal belongings; Pregnancies; Railways; Refugee experience; Routes; Typhoid fever; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Ṭanṭūrah (Palestine); al-Ṭanṭūrah Massacre, 1948