Judeo-Arabic

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Conversation topics:

Folk tales

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

A tale of a poor man

In memory of my mother, Diamanta Shelley, my father, Nissim Mesika and my brother Meʾir Mesika – may they rest in peace

Name of speaker:

Raḥel Mesika

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Florist

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1956

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Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Folk tales

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Bridal song: Your White Hand

In memory of my mother, Diamanta Shelley, my father, Nissim Mesika and my brother Meʾir Mesika – may they rest in peace

Name of speaker:

Raḥel Mesika

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Florist

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1956

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Women's songs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Song: Ya Rabbi Ḥnini

In memory of my mother, Diamanta Shelley, my father, Nissim Mesika and my brother Meʾir Mesika – may they rest in peace

Name of speaker:

Raḥel Mesika

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Florist

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1956

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Folk songs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Wedding songs and more

In memory of my mother, Diamanta Shelley, my father, Nissim Mesika and my brother Meʾir Mesika – may they rest in peace

Name of speaker:

Raḥel Mesika

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Florist

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1956

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Folk songs, Women's songs

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Song: Ya Ghaliya

In memory of my mother, Diamanta Shelley, my father, Nissim Mesika and my brother Meʾir Mesika – may they rest in peace

Name of speaker:

Raḥel Mesika

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Florist

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Year of immigration:

1956

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Folk songs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

More info:

This Arabic poem inspired the creation of the Hebrew poem 'Goali-ya' by Asher Mizrahi

A tale of the lagmi drink

Name of speaker:

Nissim Naʿim

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Cuisine, Life story

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

His father's rescue from the Nazis and the fate of La Goulette's Jews

Name of speaker:

Nissim Naʿim

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Holocaust, World War II

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Grandfather the painter and dream

Name of speaker:

Nissim Naʿim

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Persons

Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2021

Purim

Name of speaker:

Nissim Naʿim

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

78

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

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