English

Family

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Lalush
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi ʾAmzaleg
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Aliya

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Lalush
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi ʾAmzaleg
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Proverbs and short tales

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Shalem
Participants in the conversation: 
Flora Maman (Sabag), Odette Sofri, Michael Segev (Mayer Michel Sabag) and Rivka Ben David (Sabag)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Radiographer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
77
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Meknes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020
Translator: 
Odette Sofri

Leah's son

Name of speaker: 
Leah ʾAzrad
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Asammer
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Her husband, women's roles and relationship with the Muslims

Name of speaker: 
Leah ʾAzrad
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Asammer
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Relationships with non-Jews, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Birth, bar and bat mitzva

Name of speaker: 
Leah ʾAzrad
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Asammer
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Passover and Mimouna

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel Lalush
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi ʾAmzaleg
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Mimouna, Passover
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

The house in Kirkuk and the wedding that took place there

Name of speaker: 
ʾIlana Brina
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Managed a steel factory
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Kirkuk
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Family, Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Holidays

Name of speaker: 
ʾIlana Brina
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Managed a steel factory
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Kirkuk
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover, Purim, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Shavuot, Sukkot
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Foods

Name of speaker: 
ʾIlana Brina
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Managed a steel factory
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Kirkuk
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

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