Interview with Raʼīfah Sha‘fāṭī

Title:

Interview with Raʼīfah Sha‘fāṭī
مقابلة مع رئيفة شعفاطي

Creator:

Interviewee: Sha‘fāṭī, Raʼīfah
Interviewer: Hindī, Rīhām

Contributor:

شعفاطي، رئيفة
هندي، ريهام

Date:

1997-10-07
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Description:

Biography: The interview was recorded on October 7, 1997 with Raʼīfah Sha‘fāṭī, female, born in 1912? in Akka, Palestine and resides in ‘Aramūn, Lebanon.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Jazzār (Mosque); Sīdī Abū ‘Atabah (Maqām): al-Nabī Ṣāliḥ (Maqām); Sīdī ‘Izz al-Dīn (Maqām).Significant figures: al-Jazzār, ‘Abdullāh (Muftī); al-Khalīl, Nadīyā (Dressmaker).Table of contents: Community and family life in Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Family, childhood and schooling. (@ 10:31)Table of contents: Wedding and marriage customs. (@ 22:31)Table of contents: Ceremonies and community traditions in Akka. (@ 51:23)Table of contents: Refugees and living conditions. (@ 67:49)Table of contents: Forced departure from Palestine. (@ 80:8)Table of contents: Exile from Palestine. (@ 93:39)Table of contents: Economic conditions in Palestine before Nakba. (@ 102:6)Table of contents: Refugee life in Lebanon. (@ 125:52)

Language:

Arabic

Type:

Sound

Type (Narrower):

Oral History

Type (Broader):

Sound

Subject:

Akka (Palestine)
Domestic violence
Dwellings
Expulsion from Palestine
Marital relations
Marriage
Mawlid
Neighbors
Pre-Nakba geographical territories
Trade
Traders
Bakeries
Bread
Children's games
Dietary practices
Education
Income
Languages
Qurʼānic teaching
Sewing
Siblings
Social norms
ʻĪd celebrations
Bridal customs
Bridal gowns
Communal celebrations
Engagement
Family relations
Family structure
Feasts
Fishermen
Gifts
Grooms
Ḥinnah
Interpersonal relations
Invitations
Marriage proposals
Mischief
Public baths
Wedding celebration
Wedding night
Wedding songs
Wedding traditions
Wedding veils
Zaffah
Babies
Bicycles
Childbirth
Chores
Clothing and dresses
Customs and traditions
Desserts
Gender role
Gramophones
Graveyards
Media
Midwives
Radio stations
Soap
Social relations
Trains
Uncles
Bombardment
Cost of living
Famine
Gold
Jewelry
Means of transportation
Personal belongings
Refugee experience
Shoe industry
Socio-economic conditions
Theft
Work
World War, 1914-1918
Zionist occupation
Zionist propaganda
Boats
Brokers
Buses
Children
Convents
Dispersion
Earthquakes
Medical care
Palestinian diaspora
Refugee aid
Refugee camps
Arabic proverbs
Beliefs
Birds
Collaborationists
Death
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Hardship
Living conditions
Nahariya (Palestine)
Palestinian Jews
Palestinian-Jewish relations
Pre-Nakba life
Routes
Traditional medical procedures
Women socio-economic role
Aleppo (Syria)
Beggars
Economic aid
Interreligious relations
Jewels
Lebanese Government
Mosques
Refugee camps conditions
Refugee legal status
Resistance movements
Telephone
Terrorism
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Violation of humanitarian law
British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948
Construction
Weddings--Palestine--20th century
Palestine--Social life and customs--20th century
Expulsion--Palestine--History--20th century
Refugees, Palestinian--Lebanon--Social conditions
Refugee camps--Lebanon--Social conditions
War and families--Palestine--20th century
Manners and customs--Palestine--20th century
Zionist terrorism--Palestine--History--To 1948
Crimes against humanity--Palestine--20th century

Geographic region:

Village: Akka

Extent:

Duration: 02:15:06

Rights:

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The copyright holder of this interview is the Nakba Archive, all rights reserved.

Identifier:

jn_0059_raifah_shaghmati.xml

Format:

audio
mp3

Is part of:

POHA, Al-Jana, Nakba Collection

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