Howat-Maxted, Freja Sansour, Leila Brown, Bea Norris, Jacob Ali Ajaja discussing the Ottoman period and World War I Ali Ajaja interviewed by Sheran Sbeeh on 27 March 1994.<div><br></div><div>He discusses the following: public life during World War I, including how people used to grow their own food; lack of awareness of war when it first broke out; German leaders blamed Ottoman leadership; Ottoman leadership blamed the Arabs; conflict between Ottomans and Arabs but lack of action on the part of the Arab army; Sherif Hussein of Mecca and his betrayal of the Arabs after striking deal with the British. </div><div><br></div><div>Original audio: cassette tape. </div><div>Transcript: word for word. </div><div>In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 1 of Box 3. </div><div><br></div><div>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.</div> Ottoman Empire and World War I collection;World War I in Bethlehem;Bethlehem oral history;Ottoman Empire in Bethlehem;Locust plague 1915;Bethlehem University;British Mandate in Palestine;Middle Eastern and African History;Middle Eastern and North African history 2019-07-26
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