Yusef Shama, aged 110 from al-Khader discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Yusef Shama, aged 110 from al-Khader discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: POOR QUALITY AUDIO. Yusef Shama (110 years old from al-Khader) interviewed by Manal Abd al-Qader on 20 March 1994. He discusses the following: way of life and standard of living in the Ottoman period; people lived off the land; relations between Ottomans and Arabs were good; Ottomans were not interested in producing birth certificates; Ottoman regime used to give people a 10 year supply of rice and sugar; social status and healthcare; locust plague of 1915 and the drought in 1916; military conscription during World War I; collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In this original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 14 of Box 15.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7272818
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: Manal Abd al-Qader
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Date: 20/03/1994
Type: Digital reproduction of cassette tape and handwritten transcript
Source: Bethlehem University
Language: Arabic
Spatial Coverage: 31.6948285/ 35.1619902
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University

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