Shakir Hirmas, aged 85 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
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Title
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Shakir Hirmas, aged 85 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
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Description
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Shakir Hirmas (85 years old, born in 1910, from Bethlehem) interviewed by Wafa' Ahmad on 9 March 1994. He discusses the following: military conscription during World War I – whoever could pay 50 jineih (pounds) was able to avoid going to the army, likewise anyone married to a woman from the Ta‘amra Bedouin tribes as they moved around a great deal and were exempt; deal between Sherif Hussein of Mecca and Britain; locust plague; his mother raised him alone when his father was in the military – she had to sell her gold to have enough money to raise her children. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: word for word. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 3 of Box 9. This fileset exists as part of the Ottoman Empire and World War I
collection within the Bethlehem University Oral History project of the
Planet Bethlehem Archive.
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Identifier
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pb_bu_wwi_7271150
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Subject
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Bethlehem
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Palestine
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Palestinian Diaspora
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Ottoman Empire and World War I collection
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World War I in Bethlehem
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Bethlehem oral history
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Ottoman Empire in Bethlehem
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Bethlehem University
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British Mandate in Palestine
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License
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CC BY 4.0
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Creator
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Wafa' Ahmad
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Contributor
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Adnan Musallam
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Niveen Hazboun
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Laila Ayyad
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Yacoub Alatrash
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Date
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04/03/1994
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Type
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Digital reproduction of cassette tape and handwritten transcript
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Source
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Bethlehem University
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Language
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Arabic
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Spatial Coverage
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31.5695325/ 35.2211752
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Rights Holder
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Bethlehem University
