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Co-living and orphan marriage for fear of converting

Name of speaker: 
Sara ʾAqoʿa
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Poultry farmer and special education teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
76
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shaghadirah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Geographical space, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Blowing the shofar at the end of Yom Kippur, Seliḥoth (Jewish penitential prayers) and Tishʿa BeʾAv fasting

Name of speaker: 
Carmella ʾOḥayun (Nazima Sasson)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tuz Khurmatu
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Fasting, Seliḥoth
Documentation: 
May Ḥasidian
Year of recording: 
2021

Building the Sukka at the end of Yom Kippur and school holiday on Chol HaMoed

Name of speaker: 
Carmella ʾOḥayun (Nazima Sasson)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tuz Khurmatu
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Sukkot
Documentation: 
May Ḥasidian
Year of recording: 
2021

Aliya to Israel with the family and arrival to the maʿabara (absorption camp)

Name of speaker: 
Carmella ʾOḥayun (Nazima Sasson)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tuz Khurmatu
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
May Ḥasidian
Year of recording: 
2021

Integration difficulties and living in a tent at the maʿabara (absorption camp)

Name of speaker: 
Carmella ʾOḥayun (Nazima Sasson)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tuz Khurmatu
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
May Ḥasidian
Year of recording: 
2021

Her school experience of studying together with the Muslims

Name of speaker: 
Carmella ʾOḥayun (Nazima Sasson)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tuz Khurmatu
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
May Ḥasidian
Year of recording: 
2021

Shabbat cooking preparations, the frog story and Shabbat songs

Name of speaker: 
Carmella ʾOḥayun (Nazima Sasson)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tuz Khurmatu
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim, Shabbat
Documentation: 
May Ḥasidian
Year of recording: 
2021

Lighting Shabbat and Hanukka candles, women and reading the Megilla

Name of speaker: 
Carmella ʾOḥayun (Nazima Sasson)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tuz Khurmatu
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Hanukka, Purim, Shabbat, Women
Documentation: 
May Ḥasidian
Year of recording: 
2021

Passover Eve at her grandparents', reading the Haggada and first Passover in Israel

Name of speaker: 
Carmella ʾOḥayun (Nazima Sasson)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tuz Khurmatu
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Passover
Documentation: 
May Ḥasidian
Year of recording: 
2021

Life in Iraq: relationship with the Muslims, family life and speaking Turkish

Name of speaker: 
Carmella ʾOḥayun (Nazima Sasson)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tuz Khurmatu
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Language, Occupations and livelihoods, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
May Ḥasidian
Year of recording: 
2021

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