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

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. 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.

1995年4月13日，尼斯琳·易卜拉欣（Nisreen Ibrahim）对来自拜特萨霍（Beit Sahour）的90岁老者扎卡里亚·阿布·艾塔（Zakhariya Abu Aita）进行了访谈。访谈内容涵盖以下方面：奥斯曼帝国时期、第一次世界大战期间发生的劫掠事件、部分民众移民至约旦（马代巴（Madaba）、卡拉克（Karak）与萨尔特（Salt））、仅农民留守故土、奥斯曼军队曾劫掠民众粮食、征兵制度、致命疾病的蔓延，以及战争时期伯利恒与拜特萨霍地区女性的生活境况——她们曾捡拾动物粪便，尤其是奥斯曼军队为满足运输需求在拉丁修道院饲养的水牛所产生的粪便。原始录音载体为盒式磁带，转录内容为逐字记录。该盒式磁带现被归类于伯利恒大学（Bethlehem University）馆藏的第13箱第4号档案，其所属合集为行星伯利恒档案馆（Planet Bethlehem Archive）下属的伯利恒大学口述历史项目中的“奥斯曼帝国与第一次世界大战”专题馆藏。