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Dowry and wedding gifts

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

How to turn to Hakadosh Baruch Hu (Almighty)

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Prayer
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Protection against ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk beliefs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Love song

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Ḥenna song

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Dialect differences between ʿAden and Sharʿab

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAden, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Language
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

The meaning of the name 'Shamʿa'

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Names
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Life in Yemen

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Life story
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Leaving Yemen and making Aliya to Israel

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Transit camps: Ḥashed, Aden and ʿEin Shemer

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

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