Judeo-Arabic - Mother Tongue

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Reciting a nursery rhyme

Name of speaker:

Sara (Zohara) Nissim

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

92

Year of immigration:

1949

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Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

Preparing the bride for the wedding

Name of speaker:

Tamar Ḥuta (Tamo Shuqrun)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer and Ḥevra Qadisha volunteer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

92

Year of immigration:

1955

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Speaker's community of origin:

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Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Relationship with Muslims and her father's work as a singer for Jews and Muslims

Name of speaker:

Yona Karaz

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Farmer, art teacher, kindergarten aide, brides' dresser, artist and dancer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

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Conversation topics:

Family, Occupations and livelihoods, Relationships with non-Jews

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2022

Song in Berber

Dedicated with love to my family, and especially my granddaughters and grandsons!

Name of speaker:

Shimʿon ʾOhana

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Manufacturing plant worker and events singer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

73

Year of immigration:

1963

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Documentation:

Yaʿel Baruch

Year of recording:

2020

Raḥel speaks about her mother

Name of speaker:

Raḥel Swissa

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife

Age of speaker at time of recording:

90

Year of immigration:

1956

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

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Conversation topics:

Childhood, Family, Women

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2021

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