Zakhariya Abu Aita, aged 90 from Beit Sahour discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Title: Zakhariya Abu Aita, aged 90 from Beit Sahour discussing the Ottoman period and World War I
Description: Zakhariya Abu Aita (90 years old from Beit Sahour) interviewed by Nisreen Ibrahim on 13 April 1995. He discusses the following: Ottoman period; looting that took place during World War I; some people emigrated to Jordan (Madaba, Karak and Salt); only the farmers stayed behind; Ottomans used to steal people’s food; military conscription; spread of deadly diseases; women’s lives during the war in Bethlehem and Beit Sahour – they used to collect animal dung, especially from buffalos that the Ottoman army kept in the Latin convent to use for transportation. Original audio recording: cassette tape Transcript: word for word. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 4 of Box 13.
Identifier: pb_bu_wwi_7272815
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: Nisreen Ibrahim
Contributor: Adnan Musallam; Niveen Hazboun; Laila Ayyad; Yacoub Alatrash
Date: 13/04/1995
Type: Digital reproduction of cassette tape and handwritten transcript
Source: Bethlehem University
Language: Arabic
Spatial Coverage: 31.6978535/ 35.2197752
Rights Holder: Bethlehem University

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