Helwa Qumsieh from Beit Sahour, born 1913 discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Helwa Qumsieh from Beit Sahour, born 1913 discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: 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.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7271078
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: Rana Halal
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Date: 12/03/2006
Type: Digital reproduction of CD and handwritten transcript
Source: Bethlehem University
Language: Arabic
Spatial Coverage: 31.6978535/ 35.2197752
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University

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