Naji Abdullah Muhammas, aged 106 discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Naji Abdullah Muhammas, aged 106 discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: Naji Abdullah Muhammad (106 years old) interviewed by Firas al-Jaraiseh. He discusses the following: locust plague of 1915 and the drought of 1916; when the locusts came they destroyed everything and left the people with no food; people used to eat the locusts which he describes as delicious (2 different ways to eat them); Ottoman military conscription; conditions improved when the British came. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 24 of Box 18.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7272851
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: Firas al-Jaraiseh
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Type: Digital reproduction of cassette tape and handwritten transcript
Source: Bethlehem University
Language: Arabic
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University
Date (approximate): c.1992-2008

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