Nicola Saras from Beit Jala discussing the Ottoman Period and World War I

Title: Nicola Saras from Beit Jala discussing the Ottoman Period and World War I
Description: Nicola Saras (from Beit Jala) interviewed by Reem Abu Sa'da. He discusses the following: allies entered Beit Jala via the village of al-Walaja; they killed the locusts by using holy water in the church; issue of military conscription under Ottoman rule and how men used to wear women's clothes to avoid being caught. Original audio: CD. Transcript: word for word. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this CD was categorised as File 4 in Box 4.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7271030
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
License: CC BY 4.0
Creator: Reem Abu Sa'da
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Type: Digital reproduction of CD and handwritten transcript
Source: Bethlehem University
Language: Arabic
Spatial Coverage: 31.7160165/ 35.1783942
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University
Date (approximate): c.1992-2008

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