Norris, Jacob Howat-Maxted, Freja Sansour, Leila Brown, Bea Jabra Ghabar, from Beit Jala discussing the 1920 great snow and the 1927 earthquake POOR QUALITY AUDIO.<br><div>Jabra Ghabar (from Beit Jala) is interviewed by Victoria Abkrian - 1995.</div><div><br></div>Discusses life during the Ottoman period, World War I and the British Mandate; talks about the great snow of 1920; discusses the earthquake of 1927 and how it destroyed people's houses; 4 people from Beit Jala died in the earthquake as well as some people in Bethlehem; living conditions were very hard, people lived off their land.<br><div><br></div><div>Original audio recording: cassette tape.</div>Transcript: word for word.<br><div><br></div><div>In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 18 of Box 19.</div><div><br></div><div>This fileset exists as part of the 1920 Great Snow & 1927 Earthquake collection within the Bethlehem University Oral History project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.</div> British Mandate in Palestine;Bethlehem snow;1927 Earthquake;Bethlehem oral history;Bethlehem University;1920 Great Snow and 1927 Earthquake collection;Middle Eastern and African History;Middle Eastern and North African history 2019-08-21
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