Abd al-Rahman Taha, aged 97 from Nahalin discussing the Ottoman period and World War I

Abd al-Rahman Taha (97 years old from Nahalin) interviewed by Nader Najajra on 29 October 1998. He describes the following: Ottomans were good but the British were not as they created conflict among the Arabs and turned them against each other; locust year and how they covered the sun; spread of diseases during World War I such as cholera and typhoid; ‘seferberlik’ – Ottoman military conscription. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 9 of Box 8. 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10月29日，纳德·纳贾杰拉（Nader Najajra）对来自纳哈林的97岁老人阿卜杜勒-拉赫曼·塔哈（Abd al-Rahman Taha）进行了口述访谈。老人讲述了以下内容：奥斯曼帝国的统治尚可，但英国殖民当局却在阿拉伯族群间制造矛盾，致使阿拉伯人彼此对立；蝗灾爆发的场景，以及蝗虫遮蔽天日的景象；第一次世界大战期间霍乱、伤寒等疫病的蔓延态势；还有「seferberlik」——奥斯曼帝国的军事征兵制度。原始录音载体为盒式磁带，转录内容为摘要形式。该盒式磁带现被归类为伯利恒大学馆藏第8盒第9号文件。此数据集作为行星伯利恒档案馆（Planet Bethlehem Archive）下属伯利恒大学口述历史项目中「奥斯曼帝国与第一次世界大战」专题馆藏的一部分得以留存。