Khalil Attallah, Abdullah Hamdan and Hanya Teyah discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
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Title
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Khalil Attallah, Abdullah Hamdan and Hanya Teyah discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
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Description
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Khalil Attallah, Abdullah Hamdan and Hanya Teyah interviewed by Fared Yousef. They discuss the following: Ottoman rule in Bethlehem during World War I; Palestinian economic situation couldn’t handle the war; Ottoman authorities stole from the people; trade and industry declined; when the Ottomans entered the war the situation worsened; spread of disease and the locust plague destroyed all the food; forced military conscription – Arabs who were recruited were treated badly and some ran away but those who were caught were killed; Ottomans used to cut down the trees to use as fuel for the trains – this worsened the starvation; when the locusts came people used to bury their food in a hole in the ground; when there was a lack of water diseases spread more quickly; drought of 1916 caused great unrest as people were demanding bread; people used to share their food with those who didn’t have enough to eat. Original audio: 2 cassette tapes. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University these cassette tapes were categorised as File 7a and 7b of Box 1.
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Identifier
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pb_bu_wwi_7265624
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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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License
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CC BY 4.0
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Creator
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Fared Yousef
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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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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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Rights Holder
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Bethlehem University
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Date (approximate)
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c.1992-2008
