Issa al-Araj, aged 92 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Issa al-Araj, aged 92 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: Issa al-Araj (92 years old from Bethlehem) interviewed by Jiries al-Ali on 15 March 1995. He discusses the following: country was better before World War I; when the war started the situation worsened, especially after the onset of the drought and the locust plague; people used to fight to get enough food to eat; after the spread of cholera people suffered more. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 4 of Box 8.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7271102
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Diaspora; Ottoman Empire and World War I collection; World War I in Bethlehem; Ottoman Empire in Bethlehem; Locust plague 1915; Bethlehem University
License: CC BY 4.0
Creator: Jiries al-Ali
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Date: 15/03/1995
Type: Digital reproduction of cassette tape and handwritten transcript
Source: Bethlehem University
Language: Arabic
Spatial Coverage: 31.7053996/ 35.1936877
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University

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