Shakir Harmes discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Shakir Harmes discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: POOR QUALITY AUDIO. Shakir Harmes interviewed by Samia Issa. He discusses the following: World War I and military conscription from age 15; exemption from conscription if a man was married to foreign woman or woman from al-Ta‘amra Bedouin tribe; never heard of any rebellion against the Ottomans other than the Great Arab Revolt of 1916; Ottomans took control over political jobs – there were no jobs for Arabs; people suffered from poverty but social relations were good with Christians and Muslims living together as one; locust plague; worsening of the situation in Palestine.
Original audio: cassette tape. Transcript: word for word. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 7 of Box 3.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7271018
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: Samia Issa
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: 31.5695325/ 35.2211752
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University
Date (approximate): c.1992-2008

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