Name of speaker:
Prof. Jacob Choueka
Gender of speaker:
Male
Occupation of speaker:
Professor (emeritus) of computer science, head of the Friedberg Cairo Geniza Computerization Project, chief editor of the dictionary 'Rav Milim'
Age of speaker at time of recording:
81
Year of immigration:
1957
Speaker's country of origin:
Speaker's community of origin:
Language:
Conversation topics:
Documentation:
Liran Osi
Year of recording:
2018
Translation:
General translation:
I was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1936. My mother came from Ḥalab in Syria.
At home we spoke Arabic and French. Amongst us brothers we spoke Arabic, and with mother we spoke French.
With the Muslim Egyptian Arabs we spoke Arabic.