Mariam al-Khoury Elias Awwad from Beit Sahour, aged 90 discussing the Ottoman period and World War I Howat-MaxtedFreja SansourLeila BrownBea NorrisJacob 2019 Mariam al-Khoury Elias Awwad (90 years old, born in 1915, from Beit Sahour) interviewed by Ali Abd Rabu on 27 June 2005. <div><br></div><div>She discusses the following: how unjust Ottoman rule was; year of the locusts and how they used to catch and kill them by burning them; living conditions improved during the British Mandate through funding for public works. </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 was categorised as File 1 of Box 4. </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>