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Songs for the bride

Name of speaker: 
Yasmin Shmuʾel
Participants in the conversation: 
Daniel Shmuʾel
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
54
Year of immigration: 
1970
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Wedding, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

My Dear (ya Ghʾaliya)

Name of speaker: 
Yasmin Shmuʾel
Participants in the conversation: 
Daniel Shmuʾel
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
54
Year of immigration: 
1970
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Her mother's poverty, poor girls' marriage and her parents' marriage

Name of speaker: 
Yasmin Shmuʾel
Participants in the conversation: 
Daniel Shmuʾel
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
54
Year of immigration: 
1970
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Life story, Occupations and livelihoods, Women
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Smearing oil for medical purposes

Name of speaker: 
Yasmin Shmuʾel
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
54
Year of immigration: 
1970
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Health
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Song: Nari ʿAla Zarzish

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: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

Life story

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: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Life story, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2021

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