Warda Simha, aged 93 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Warda Simha, aged 93 from Bethlehem discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: Warda Simhan (93 years old from Bethlehem) interviewed by Grace al-Ali. She discusses the following: Ottoman rule was good until World War I began; her family had land which they used to farm for their food but when the locusts came they destroyed everything and this was followed by the drought; military conscription and how rich people were able to pay to not be recruited. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: none.In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 5 of Box 8.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7271105
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: Grace al-Ali
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: 31.7053996/ 35.1936877
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University
Date (approximate): c.1992-2008

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