Sultana Abd Rabo, aged 104 from Bethlehem; Nakhleh Matar, aged 85 from Beit Jala discussing the Ottoman Period and World War I

Sultana Abd Rabo discusses the following: locusts came from the east and first went to Silwan in Jerusalem, then to Jerusalem itself and then to the whole country; starvation caused by the locusts; Arab men in the army working doing heavy lifting and manual labour; Britain repaired the roads, opened schools, taught people sports and sent gifted students abroad; later Britain gave up on the Arab population in favour of the Jews.

Nakhla Matar discusses the following: Sherif Hussein’s deal with Britain; locusts ate everything; people emigrated to Jordan; some wealthy people went to Jordan to buy food to sell on the black market. Original audio recording: cassette tape. Transcript: summary.