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A mother's fable

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
Ezra Mashiaḥ‘
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour
Year of recording: 
1973
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of an angry man

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
‘Ezra Mashiaḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour
Year of recording: 
1973
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Tale of the man and the porter

From Prof. Jacob Mansour’s (1924-2020) research

In the memory of one of greatest scholars of Baghdadi Jews’ spoken Arabic, and one of the founders of the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University

Name of speaker: 
‘Ezra Mashiaḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
63
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales
Documentation: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour
Year of recording: 
1973
Translator: 
Prof. Jacob Mansour

Shabbat and Rosh Ḥodesh (first of the month)

To my children Ḥezi, Asi, Vera and Aviva

Name of speaker: 
Daisy Elias
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Rosh Ḥodesh, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2019

Purim

To my children Ḥezi, Asi, Vera and Aviva

Name of speaker: 
Daisy Elias
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Cycle of the year, Purim
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2019

Hanukka

To my children Ḥezi, Asi, Vera and Aviva

Name of speaker: 
Daisy Elias
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Hanukka
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2019

Sukkot

To my children Hezi, Asi, Vera and Aviva

Name of speaker: 
Daisy Elias
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Sukkot
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2019

Yom Kippur

To my children Ḥezi, Vera, Aviva and Asi

Name of speaker: 
Daisy Elias
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2019

Birth and midwife

 To my children Ḥezi, Asi, Vera and Aviva

Name of speaker: 
Daisy Elias
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2018

Shiv‘a (week-long mourning)

To my children Hezi, Asi, Vera and Aviva

Name of speaker: 
Daisy Elias
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baqubah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Lilach Rocker
Year of recording: 
2018

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