Elias Hammad from Bethlehem, aged 85 discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
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Title
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Elias Hammad from Bethlehem, aged 85 discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
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Description
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Elias Hammad (85 years old from Bethlehem) interviewed by Haya Abu Ramees on 28 June 2006. He discusses the following: military conscription which led some boys to leave for Madaba (in present day Jordan); Ottomans only cared about money; diseases and the locust year; due to the difficulties of World War I some people emigrated to Europe; British Mandate and how the local population initially viewed them favourably.
Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 1 of Box 7.
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Identifier
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pb_bu_wwi_7271075
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Subject
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Bethlehem
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Palestine
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Palestinian Diaspora
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Ottoman Empire and World War I collection
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World War I in Bethlehem
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Bethlehem oral history
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Ottoman Empire in Bethlehem
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Locust plague 1915
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Bethlehem University
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British Mandate in Palestine
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License
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CC BY 4.0
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Creator
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Haya Abu Ramees
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Contributor
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Adnan Musallam
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Niveen Hazboun
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Laila Ayyad
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Yacoub Alatrash
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Type
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Digital reproduction of cassette tape and handwritten transcript
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Source
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Bethlehem University
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Language
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Arabic
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Spatial Coverage
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31.7053996/ 35.1936877
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Rights Holder
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Bethlehem University
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Date (approximate)
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28/06/2006