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Origins of the family

Name of speaker: 
Rabbanit Marcel Sabato
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Rabbanit
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1965
Speaker's country of origin: 
Egypt
Speaker's community of origin: 
Cairo
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: Family
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2016

Writing in Judeo-Arabic

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: 
Egypt
Speaker's community of origin: 
Cairo
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education
, Languages
Documentation: 
Liran Osi
Year of recording: 
2018

Yeshiva in Cairo

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: 
Egypt
Speaker's community of origin: 
Cairo
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Education
Documentation: 
Liran Osi
Year of recording: 
2018

Relationships with 'Non-Jews'

Name of speaker: 
Rabbanit Marsel Sabato
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Rabbanit
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1965
Speaker's country of origin: 
Egypt
Speaker's community of origin: 
Cairo
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2016

Relationships with the Muslims

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: 
Egypt
Speaker's community of origin: 
Cairo
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Liran Osi
Year of recording: 
2018

The spoken languages in Egypt

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: 
Egypt
Speaker's community of origin: 
Cairo
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community
, Languages and Dialects
Documentation: 
Liran Osi
Year of recording: 
2018

Purim

Name of speaker: 
Hadassa Toledano
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Executive at the Israeli tax authority
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Purim
Documentation: 
Hodaya Toledano
Year of recording: 
2018

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