Issa al-Araj, from Bethlehem discussing the 1920 great snow

Issa al-Araj (92 years old from Bethlehem) is interviewed by Grace al-Ali on 15 April 1995. Interview focuses on the great snow of 1920; snow was 2 metres deep and people could not even go outside; people had to burn wood to keep warm; everyone was hungry and cold; illness and disease quickly spread; the snow lasted for a whole month; people used to work together to clear the snow; the snowfall severely damaged the houses in Bethlehem and especially the souq; poor people were the worst affected. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 20 of Box 21. This fileset exists as part of the 1920 Great Snow & 1927 Earthquake collection within the Bethlehem University Oral History project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.

1995年4月15日，格蕾丝·阿拉利（Grace al-Ali）对来自伯利恒的92岁老者伊萨·阿拉拉吉（Issa al-Araj）进行了访谈。本次访谈围绕1920年特大暴雪展开：当时积雪深度达2米，民众根本无法外出，只能通过焚烧木材取暖；所有人都饱受饥饿与寒冷的折磨，疾病迅速蔓延；暴雪持续了一整月，民众曾协同开展清雪工作。此次降雪严重损毁了伯利恒的房屋，尤其是苏克（souq），贫困群体受影响最为严重。原始录音载体为盒式磁带，访谈转录稿为摘要版本。该盒式磁带在伯利恒大学馆藏中被归类为第21盒第20号文件。此文件集隶属于行星伯利恒档案馆（Planet Bethlehem Archive）的伯利恒大学口述历史项目下的「1920年特大暴雪与1927年地震」馆藏系列。