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Aliya and family

To my deceased parents, and to the whole Kurdish community 

Name of speaker: 
Dalya Ḥarfuf (ʿAmedi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Tour guide abroad and works with the disabled; host at the “Kurdish Experience”
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
69
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Amadiya, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Family, Zionism
Documentation: 
Alona Dashevsky Apkarian and Yaʿel wecsler
Year of recording: 
2019

Birth story and midwife gift

In memory of my father Yona Gabbay Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Ḥabiba Masousani
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife; cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Women
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

Daily life in Zakho

In memory of my father Yona Gabbay Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Ḥabiba Masousani
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife; cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

Raising children and women's lives in Zakho

In memory of my father Yona Gabbay Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Ḥabiba Masousani
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife; cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Women
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

Shabbat preparation and Shabbat dinner

In memory of my father Yona Gabbay Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Ḥabiba Masousani
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife; cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Cycle of the year, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

Foods

In memory of my father Yona Gabbay Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Ḥabiba Masousani
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife; cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Cuisine
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

Story about a donkey (Barzan dialect)

Dedicated to those who came from "there" and built Jerusalem 

Name of speaker: 
Itsik Baruch
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Writer and poet, instructor, scholar of Arabic culture, tour guide, Israel police pensioner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
66
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Barzan, Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

Visit at the Ḥacham (sage of Talmud)

Dedicated to those who came from "there" and built Jerusalem 

Name of speaker: 
Itsik Baruch
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Writer and poet, instructor, scholar of Arabic culture, tour guide, Israel police pensioner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
66
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Barzan, Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales, Jokes
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

Of Zakho dialect and Barzan dialect

Dedicated to those who came from "there" and built Jerusalem 

Name of speaker: 
Itsik Baruch
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Writer and poet, instructor, scholar of Arabic culture, tour guide, Israel police pensioner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
66
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Barzan, Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Language
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

Parents' meeting and wedding

Dedicated to those who came from "there" and built Jerusalem 

Name of speaker: 
Itsik Baruch
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Writer and poet, instructor, scholar of Arabic culture, tour guide, Israel police pensioner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
66
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Barzan, Zakho
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Life story
Documentation: 
Batya Mazor Hoffman
Year of recording: 
2018

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