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Life in the maʿabara (absorption camp) ‘Shaʿar Haʿaliya’ and settlement in ‘Mekor Ḥaim’ in Jerusalem

Dedicated to my loving daughters and my dear family

Name of speaker: 
Malka Mizraḥi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Nurse
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Khanaqin
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler, Tali Heiman
Year of recording: 
2019

Blessing to the family

Dedicated to my loving daughters and my dear family

Name of speaker: 
Malka Mizraḥi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Nurse
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Khanaqin
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: Blessings
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler, Tali Heiman
Year of recording: 
2019

Fighting for Zionism

The recording was edited at The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center 

Name of speaker: 
Zmira Sasson
Participants in the conversation: 
Yehuda ʾAvrahami
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
67
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Life story, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2017

Escaping Ben Gardane during the Nazi invasion

Dedicated to the Cohen Jonathan family throughout its generations 

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana Cohen (of Cohen Jonathan)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ben Gardane
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Holocaust, World War II
Documentation: 
Tsila Cohen
Year of recording: 
2017

Jewish holidays

Name of speaker: 
Baḥla Sofer (Mazuz)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zarzis
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Fasting, Hanukka, Lag Ba'omer, Passover, Purim
Documentation: 
ʾOr Oḥana
Year of recording: 
2020

Shabbat and Rosh Ḥodesh

Name of speaker: 
Baḥla Sofer (Mazuz)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zarzis
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Rosh Ḥodesh, Shabbat
Documentation: 
ʾOr Oḥana
Year of recording: 
2020

Women's work

Name of speaker: 
Baḥla Sofer (Mazuz)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zarzis
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Occupations and livelihoods, Women
Documentation: 
ʾOr Oḥana
Year of recording: 
2020

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