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Interview with Najmah ’Abbās

Biography: The interview was recorded on April 24, 2003 with Najmah ’Abbās, female, born in 1918 in al-Mallāḥah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. She worked in rugs weaving.
Interviewer: al-Khaṭīb, Āminah
Interviewee: ’Abbās, Najmah
Place of Origin: Mallāḥah
In Collection: POHA, Al-Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format: video
Duration: 01:23:25
Language: Arabic
Interview Date: 2003-04-24
Permanent Link: https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3w03m
Subjects:
al-Ḥusaynīyah Massacre, Palestine, 1948.
Crimes against humanity -- Palestine -- 20th century.
Manners and customs -- Palestine -- 20th century.
Rural conditions -- Palestine -- 20th century.
Palestine -- History -- British Mandate, 1922-1948.
Battles -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948.
Expulsion -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century.
Refugees, Palestinian -- Lebanon -- Social conditions.
Palestine -- History -- Zionist invasion, 1948.
Palestine -- History -- Nakba, 1948.
Significant Figures:
al-Ḥāj, Yāsīn (Mayor); al-Rashīd, Muḥammad (Trader); Fānūs, Aḥmad (Trader); al-Mūsá, Khālid (Wounded).
Families:
al-Khaṭīb; Abū ‘Azzām; al-Ḥāj; Nāsir.
Landmarks-Cultural and Touristic Institutions:
Ḥammām Ṭabarayyā (Public bath).
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:
Wādī ‘Arūs (Valley).
Table of Contents: Families, agriculture and ceremonies in al-Malāḥah. (@ 00:00:00)
Everyday life and communal ceremonies. (@ 00:16:18)
Politics, land and conflict. (@ 00:38:13)
Expulsion and refugee life. (@ 01:06:37)

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