Hamda Eid, aged 87 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Hamda Eid, aged 87 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: Hamda Eid (87 years from Bethlehem) interviewed by Sukaina Issa. <br>He discusses the following: World War I; locusts destroyed the city; men married to a foreign woman were exempt from military conscription; four men were taken to the military and never came back; story of a rebellion against the British; the injustice of Ottoman rule. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 7 of Box 12.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7271180
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: Sukaina 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: 31.7053996/ 35.1936877
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University
Date (approximate): c.1992-2008

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