Ahmad Muhammad from Artas discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Ahmad Muhammad from Artas discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: Ahmad Muhammad (from Artas) interviewed by Ahmad Issa. He discusses the following: during the Ottoman period his father who was from Artas (near Bethlehem) was conscripted into the Ottoman army for 10 years enduring extremely harsh conditions, he eventually ran away from Palestine and took a further 6 months to arrive home; during the locust year people used to compete to see who could collect the most animal dung to grind it into wheat. Original audio recording: cassette tape. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 6 of Box 6.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7271069
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
License: CC BY 4.0
Creator: Ahmad Issa
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Type: Digital reproduction of cassette tape and handwritten transcript
Source: Bethlehem University
Language: Arabic
Spatial Coverage: 31.6899745/ 35.1794812
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University
Date (approximate): c.1992-2008

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