Khalil Attallah, Abdullah Hamdan and Hanya Teyah discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Khalil Attallah, Abdullah Hamdan and Hanya Teyah interviewed by Fared Yousef. They discuss the following: Ottoman rule in Bethlehem during World War I; Palestinian economic situation couldn’t handle the war; Ottoman authorities stole from the people; trade and industry declined; when the Ottomans entered the war the situation worsened; spread of disease and the locust plague destroyed all the food; forced military conscription – Arabs who were recruited were treated badly and some ran away but those who were caught were killed; Ottomans used to cut down the trees to use as fuel for the trains – this worsened the starvation; when the locusts came people used to bury their food in a hole in the ground; when there was a lack of water diseases spread more quickly; drought of 1916 caused great unrest as people were demanding bread; people used to share their food with those who didn’t have enough to eat. Original audio: 2 cassette tapes. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University these cassette tapes were categorised as File 7a and 7b of Box 1. This fileset exists as part of the Ottoman Empire and World War I collection within the Bethlehem University Oral History project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.

法里德·优素福（Fared Yousef）采访了哈利勒·阿塔拉（Khalil Attallah）、阿卜杜拉·哈姆丹（Abdullah Hamdan）与哈尼亚·泰亚赫（Hanya Teyah），三人围绕以下主题展开讨论：第一次世界大战（World War I）期间奥斯曼帝国（Ottoman Empire）对伯利恒的统治；巴勒斯坦经济无力支撑战争；奥斯曼当局劫掠民众；贸易与工业陷入衰退；奥斯曼帝国参战令当地局势进一步恶化；疾病蔓延与蝗灾摧毁全部粮食储备；强制征兵政策下，被征召的阿拉伯人遭受严苛对待，部分人逃亡，但被捕者会被处决；奥斯曼当局砍伐树木以作为火车燃料，此举加剧了饥荒；蝗灾爆发时，民众会将粮食埋入地下储存；水资源短缺令疾病传播速度更快；1916年的旱灾引发大规模民众不满，民众因面包短缺发起诉求；民众会将食物分享给口粮不足的群体。原始音频载体为2盒录音带，转录内容为摘要形式。该批录音带在伯利恒大学（Bethlehem University）的原始馆藏中被归类为1号箱的7a与7b文件。此数据集隶属于伯利恒星球档案馆（Planet Bethlehem Archive）的伯利恒大学口述历史项目（Oral History Project）下的奥斯曼帝国与第一次世界大战馆藏系列。