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Passover

Name of speaker: 
Michael Segev (Mayer Michel Sabag)
Participants in the conversation: 
Laurette Olansky (Sabag)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Ministry of Education
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Meknes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Passover
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020
Translator: 
Odette Sofri

Purim

Name of speaker: 
Michael Segev (Mayer Michel Sabag)
Participants in the conversation: 
Laurette Olansky (Sabag)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Ministry of Education
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Meknes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Purim
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020
Translator: 
Odette Sofri

Education, Aliya and my name change

Name of speaker: 
Michael Segev (Mayer Michel Sabag)
Participants in the conversation: 
Laurette Olansky (Sabag)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Ministry of Education
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1956
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Meknes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education, Life story, Names
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020
Translator: 
Odette Sofri

Life in Meknes

Name of speaker: 
Perla Maman (Sabag)
Participants in the conversation: 
Michael Segev (Mayer Michel Sabag) and Rivka Ben David (Sabag)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Carer and teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
94
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Meknes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Shabbat, World War II
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020
Translator: 
Odette Sofri

Wedding songs and customs

Name of speaker: 
Perla Maman (Sabag)
Participants in the conversation: 
Odette Sofri
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Carer and teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
94
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Meknes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Wedding, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020
Translator: 
Odette Sofri

Life story - Aliya, family and livelihood

Name of speaker: 
Simi Amzaleg
Participants in the conversation: 
Raḥel Lalush
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Meknes, Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Family, Life story, Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Pregnancy, birth, brit and relationship with the Muslims

Name of speaker: 
Simi Amzaleg
Participants in the conversation: 
Raḥel Lalush
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Meknes, Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions, Relationships with non-Jews, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Life story

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster Shalem
Participants in the conversation: 
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: 
Education, Language, Life story
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020
Translator: 
Odette Sofri

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

Holidays, Rabbi Meʾir Baʿal HaNes and Rabbi Toledano

Name of speaker: 
Mira Sharon
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Cosmetologist
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
67
Year of immigration: 
1968
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Meknes
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover, Passover Haggada and the Seder, Persons, Purim, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Shavuot, Sukkot
Documentation: 
Meʾira Romem
Year of recording: 
2019

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