Said Abu-Khdeira discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

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Title
Said Abu-Khdeira discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description
Said Abu-Khdiera interviewed by Nader Salah. He discusses the following: Turkey (the Ottoman Empire) treated the local population well - better than the Britain did because they didn’t work with Zionists; locust plague; diseases the plague caused in 1915 devastated the local population; no role for women; relationships between Christians, Muslims and Jews were very good; only education was Islamic; denies that Ottomans took taxes by force; never heard about any rebellion against the Ottomans. Original audio: cassette tape. Transcript: word for word. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 6 of Box 3.
Identifier
pb_bu_wwi_7271015
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
Nader Salah
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
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