Shakib Adeeb Abdullah al-Nijweh, aged 80 discussing the Ottoman period and World War I Freja Howat-Maxted Leila Sansour Bea Brown Jacob Norris 10.25377/sussex.7271009.v1 https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Shakib_Adeeb_Abdullah_al-Nijweh_aged_80_discussing_the_Ottoman_period_and_World_War_I/7271009 Shakib Abdeeb Abdullah al-Nijweh (80 years old - though his wife claims he's a bit older) interviewed by Pauline Nono. <div><br></div><div>He discusses the following: World War I during the Ottoman period; military conscription suffered by the Arabs caused them to welcome the British conquest; racism of the Ottoman regime and how Palestinians saw the collapse of the Ottoman Empire as liberation; education – not everyone was able to study, women were not allowed to work. </div><div><br></div><div>Original audio: cassette tape. </div><div>Transcript: word for word. In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 3 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> 2019-08-21 07:26:34 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