Interview with Zahrah Ḥmayyid

Title:

Interview with Zahrah Ḥmayyid
مقابلة مع زهرة حميّد

Creator:

Interviewee: Ḥumayyid, Zahrah
Interviewer: Suwayd, Ḥasīb

Contributor:

حميّد، زهرة
سويد، حسيب

Date:

1997-09-27
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Description:

Biography: The interview was recorded on September 27, 1997 with Zahrah Ḥumayyid, female, born in 1927 in ʻAyn al-Zaytūn, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Ḥammīd; Khaṭṭāb; Idrīs; Ghrayyib; al-Sha‘bī.Significant figures: Khaṭṭāb, ‘Abd (Mayor); Ḥamad, As‘ad (Olive mill owner); Yāsīn; Aḥmad (Olive mill owner); al-Zayn, Salīm (Revolutionary); Ḥamad; Fū'ād As‘ad (Prisoner); Khaṭṭāb, Aḥmad Murrah (Martyr); al-Ṭabarānī, ʻAlī (Prisoner); Maḥmūd, Qāsim Ibrāhīm (Martyr); al-Ḥāj Muḥammad, Qāsim (Martyr); Sulaymān, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-‘Abd, Ḥāmid Ḥasan (Martyr); al-‘Abd, ‘Abd Muḥammad (Martyr); Nimr, Asʻad (Martyr); al-Rashīd, Muḥammad Maḥmūd (Martyr); Khaṭṭāb, Kāyid (Martyr); al-Sha‘bī, Nimi r (Martyr); al-Sha‘bī, ʻAbdullāh (Martyr); Idrīs, Jamīl (Martyr); al-Shāwīsh, Amīnah (Martyr); al-Mtawwat, Zaynab (Martyr); Idrīs, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); Idrīs, Zaynab (Martyr); Khaṭṭāb, Maḥmūd al-Ḥamad (Matyr).Table of contents: Village history . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Childhood, agriculture, and everyday life. (@ 10:6)Table of contents: Community celebrations and customs. (@ 31:41)Table of contents: Marriage celebrations. (@ 41:2)Table of contents: Political conditions during the British rule. (@ 52:47)Table of contents: War time, massacres and exodus. (@ 67:48)

Language:

Arabic

Type:

Sound

Type (Narrower):

Oral History

Type (Broader):

Sound

Subject:

Agricultural calendars
al-Mālikīyah (Palestine)
Arranged marriage
British Army
Building practices
Death
Economic hardship
Employment
Family structure
Famine
Farm animals
Fathers
Graveyards
Jaundice
Means of transportation
Mothers
Neighboring villages
Olive trees
Orchards
Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918
Revolutionaries
Uncles
Water resources
Women in armed conflicts
ʻAyn al-Zaytūn (Palestine)
Dairy products
Dalʻūnā
Dwellings
Farming practices
Handicrafts
Helpfulness
Income
Intimidation
Marūn al-Rās (Lebanon)
Orphans
Pre-Nakba life
Shepherds
Spring
Stoves
Thieves
Trade
Weaving
Women in agriculture
Ẓarīf al-Ṭūl
Children's games
Clothing and dresses
Desserts
Dīwān
Ḥinnah
Prayers
Ramaḍān
ʻĪd celebrations
British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948
Chores
Lanterns
Maiden
Olive oil mills
Rural life
Schools
Soap
Social norms
Wedding celebration
Wedding preparations
Women education
Ambushes
Arab Revolt, 1936-1939
Arrest
Caves
Celebrations
Deception
Disguise
Dogs
Home bombing
House burning
House raid
Imprisonment
Independence
Injuries
Medical care
Peasant workers
Pistols
Spying
Trenches
Vandalism
Village siege
ʻAtlīt (Prison: Palestine)
Arab Salvation Army
Attack
Bīrīyā (Palestine)
Bombardment
British-Jewish relations
Brothers
Child mortality
Crimes against humanity
Defense
Dispersion
Displacement
Ein Zeitim (Jewish settlement: Palestine)
Electricity
Expulsion
Expulsion from Palestine
Haganah
Ḥizb al-Najjādah
Honor
Jaffa (Palestine)
Jewish immigrants
Jewish settlements
Land deeds
Massacres
Mayors
Medical doctors
Nazareth (Palestine)
Palestinian Jews
Palestinian-Jewish relations
Personal belongings
Relief
Resistance movements
Seeking shelter
Terrorism
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181
Village occupation
Violation of humanitarian law
Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948
ʻAyn al-Zaytūn Battle, 1938
ʻAyn al-Zaytūn Massacre, 1948
Agriculture--Palestine--20th century
Martyrs--Palestine--20th century
War and families--Palestine--20th century
Palestine--Socio-economic conditions--20th century
Zionist settlement--Palestine--History--To 1948
Battles--Palestine--History--To 1948
ʻAyn al-Zaytūn Massacre, Palestine, 1948
Expulsion--Palestine--History--20th century
Palestine--History--Zionist invasion, 1948
Palestine--Zionist colonization--History--To 1948
Weddings--Palestine--20th century
Manners and customs--Palestine--20th century
Palestine--History--Nakba, 1948
Palestine--History--British Mandate, 1922-1948
Zionist terrorism--Palestine--History--To 1948

Geographic region:

Village: ʻAyn al-Zaytūn

Extent:

Duration: 01:34:07

Rights:

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Identifier:

jb_0096_zahra_humayyid.xml

Format:

audio
mp3

Is part of:

POHA, Al-Jana, Biographies Collection

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