Abd al-Rahman Taha, aged 97 from Nahalin discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Abd al-Rahman Taha, aged 97 from Nahalin discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: Abd al-Rahman Taha (97 years old from Nahalin) interviewed by Nader Najajra on 29 October 1998. He describes the following: Ottomans were good but the British were not as they created conflict among the Arabs and turned them against each other; locust year and how they covered the sun; spread of diseases during World War I such as cholera and typhoid; ‘seferberlik’ – Ottoman military conscription.
Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 9 of Box 8.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7271126
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Diaspora; Ottoman Empire and World War I collection; World War I in Bethlehem; Bethlehem oral history; Ottoman Empire in Bethlehem; Locust plague 1915; Bethlehem University; British Mandate in Palestine
License: CC BY 4.0
Creator: Nader Najajra
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Date: 29/10/1998
Type: Digital reproduction of cassette tape and handwritten transcript
Source: Bethlehem University
Language: Arabic
Spatial Coverage: 31.6856255/ 35.1116072
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University

Item sets: The Bethlehem University Oral History Collections; The Ottoman Empire and World War I