Salem Hamdan, aged 95 from al-Ubeidiya discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Salem Hamdan, aged 95 from al-Ubeidiya discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: Salem Hamdan (95 years old from al-Ubeidiya) interviewed by Abdullah. He discusses the following: locust plague; locusts came from Jericho and destroyed the crops; people tried to combat the locust plague by digging a hole in the ground and burning wood to kill the locusts; locust plague lasted 4 months and was accompanied by diseases for which were was no cure. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 16 of Box 16.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7272824
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: Abdullah
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Type: Digital reproduction of cassette tape and handwritten transcript
Source: Bethlehem University
Language: Arabic
Spatial Coverage: 31.7238475/ 35.2830662
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University
Date (approximate): c.1992-2008

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