Shukri al-Sleibi, born in 1920 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Shukri al-Sleibi, born in 1920 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: Shukr al-Sleibi (born in 1920 from Bethlehem) interviewed by Abeer Michel al-Sleibi (granddaughter of interviewee) on 16 May 2006. He discusses the following: locust plague of 1915 and the Arab Revolt of 1936-39; some people in Bethlehem used to sell their land to Jewish immigrants in the mandate period. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: word for word. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 22 of Box 18. This fillet exists as part of the Ottoman Empire and World War I collection within the Bethlehem University Oral History Project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7272842
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: Abeer Michel al-Sleibi
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Date: 16/05/2006
Type: Digital reproduction of cassette tape and handwritten transcript
Source: Bethlehem University
Language: Arabic
Spatial Coverage: 31.7053996/ 35.1936877
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University

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