Helwa Qumsieh from Beit Sahour, born 1913 discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
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Title
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Helwa Qumsieh from Beit Sahour, born 1913 discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
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Description
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Helwa Qumsieh (born 1913 from Beit Sahour) interviewed Rana Halal on 3 December 2006. She discusses the following: locust plague - her father explained to her how people starved during this period and sometimes they used to eat the locusts after cooking them; her grandfather paid for her uncle to avoid conscription under Ottoman rule but was eventually killed; story of a man who was in hiding; situation improved after the British came. Original audio recording: CD. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this CD was categorised as File 3 of Box 7.
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Identifier
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pb_bu_wwi_7271078
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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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Rana Halal
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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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Date
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12/03/2006
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Type
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Digital reproduction of CD 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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31.6978535/ 35.2197752
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Rights Holder
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Bethlehem University