shammers

Updated: August 29, 2026

The officers, however, have learned to see beyond these little tricks, and few Arabs succeed in wriggling through their drag-net. I have watched dozens of Arabs being brought in to the recruiting office on camels or horses, so weak were they, and welcomed into the service with a severe beating the sick and the shammers sharing the same fate.

Alexander Aaronsohn - With the Turks in Palestine