Ibrahim Rishmawi, aged 91 from Beit Sahour discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Ibrahim Rishmawi, aged 91 from Beit Sahour discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: Ibrahim Rishmawi (91 years old from Beit Sahour) interviewed by Manar al-Sous in 2006. He discusses the following: British Mandate and the Arab Revolt of 1936-39; Balfour Declaration and the uprisings against British rule; development of conflict with Zionism; poverty of the people during the Arab Revolt and how his family suffered trying to harvest their fig trees near Jewish settlements; during the Revolt people used to go out to buy things and were protected along the road by the rebels. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 17 of Box 18.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7272827
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Diaspora; Ottoman Empire and World War I collection; Bethlehem oral history; Bethlehem University; British Mandate in Palestine
License: CC BY 4.0
Creator: Manar al-Sous
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Date: 28/06/2005
Type: Digital reproduction of cassette tape 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