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. <br>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. <br>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. <br>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.

阿卜杜勒-拉赫曼·塔哈（来自纳哈林，时年97岁）于1998年10月29日接受纳德·纳贾杰拉的采访。<br>他详述了如下内容：奥斯曼帝国的统治尚属得当，但英国殖民者则截然不同——他们在阿拉伯族群间制造矛盾，挑动彼此对立、自相残杀；蝗灾爆发之年的情景，以及蝗虫群如何遮蔽日光；第一次世界大战期间霍乱、伤寒等疫病的蔓延情况；「塞费贝里克（seferberlik）」——奥斯曼帝国的军事征兵制度。<br>原始录音载体为盒式磁带，转录文本为摘要版。该盒式磁带在伯利恒大学（Bethlehem University）的原始馆藏中被归类为第8盒第9号档案。<br>此档案集是行星伯利恒档案馆（Planet Bethlehem Archive）旗下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」馆藏的组成部分。