Muhammad Adaweha, aged 94 from Joret al-Shama' near Bethlehem; and Yusra Shakhtour discussing Ottoman period and World War I

Muhammad Adaweha (94 years old from Joret al-Shama') and Yusra Shakhtour interviewed by Sahar Shakhtour on 20 June 1998. He discusses the following: injustice of Ottoman rule and how they took people’s food, especially from farmers; Ta‘amra Bedouin tribes were exempted from conscription in World War I as well as those who married women from the Ta‘amra; locust plague and how much people suffered; Sherif Hussein of Mecca brought the British to Palestine; when the British and the Jews came they made the people of Bethlehem sign in the white book; during World War I men from al-Khader were conscripted into the military; poverty of the people caused them to eat dead camels; women used to collect wood and coal to sell to people in Bethlehem and Beit Jala; when the Ottoman army used to come to take men from al-Khader for conscription they had to turn back because the houses were too close together. Yousra Shakhtour discusses the following: affirms the injustice of Ottoman rule; poverty and starvation of World War I. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 2 of Box 9. 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.

1998年6月20日，萨哈尔·沙赫图尔（Sahar Shakhtour）对来自杰雷特·沙马（Joret al-Shama'）的94岁老人穆罕默德·阿达韦哈（Muhammad Adaweha）与尤斯拉·沙赫图尔（Yusra Shakhtour）进行了采访。穆罕默德·阿达韦哈谈及以下内容：奥斯曼帝国统治的不公行径，其对民众粮食的掠夺，尤其针对农民群体；塔阿姆拉（Ta‘amra）贝都因（Bedouin）部落，以及与该部落女性成婚者，可免于第一次世界大战征兵；蝗灾肆虐与民众承受的深重苦难；麦加谢里夫侯赛因引英军进驻巴勒斯坦；英军与犹太人到来后，伯利恒民众需在"白册"上签署姓名；第一次世界大战期间，来自哈德尔（al-Khader）的男性被征召入伍；民众因极度贫困，不得不食用病死的骆驼；女性曾捡拾木柴与煤炭，前往伯利恒与拜特贾拉（Beit Jala）售卖；奥斯曼军队曾前往哈德尔抓捕壮丁，却因当地房屋间距过密而被迫作罢。

尤斯拉·沙赫图尔谈及以下内容：证实奥斯曼帝国统治的残暴不公；第一次世界大战时期的贫困与饥荒状况。

本次采访的原始录音载体为盒式录音磁带（cassette tape），转录内容为摘要版本。此盒式磁带现收藏于伯利恒大学档案馆，分类编号为第9盒第2号文件。该数据集隶属于行星伯利恒档案馆（Planet Bethlehem Archive）下属的伯利恒大学口述历史（Oral History）项目中的"奥斯曼帝国与一战"专题馆藏（Ottoman Empire and World War I collection）。