Issa al-Araj, aged 92 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
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Title
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Issa al-Araj, aged 92 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
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Description
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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.
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Identifier
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pb_bu_wwi_7271102
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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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Ottoman Empire in Bethlehem
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Locust plague 1915
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Bethlehem University
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License
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CC BY 4.0
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Creator
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Jiries al-Ali
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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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15/03/1995
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Type
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Digital reproduction of cassette tape 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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31.7053996/ 35.1936877
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Rights Holder
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Bethlehem University