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Piyyut for the people of Israel

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and poet
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Hebrew (Al-Khums tradition)
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim, Sacred songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

"I didn't look at your beautiful face"

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and poet
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Meeting his wife and sharing a life

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and poet
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Relationship with the Muslims and women's abduction

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and poet
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Song about earthquake

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and poet
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Bridal song

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and poet
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Wedding, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Song about American aircraft

Name of speaker: 
Nissim Rubin
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner, volunteers at the Libyan Jewish Heritage Center
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs, Holocaust, World War II
Documentation: 
ʿAliza Brosh (Arviv) and Meʾir Brosh
Year of recording: 
2019

Life story

Name of speaker: 
Nissim Rubin
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner, volunteers at the Libyan Jewish Heritage Center
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
ʿAliza Brosh (Arviv) and Meʾir Brosh
Year of recording: 
2019

World War II

Name of speaker: 
Nissim Rubin
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner, volunteers at the Libyan Jewish Heritage Center
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Khums
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Holocaust, World War II
Documentation: 
ʿAliza Brosh (Arviv) and Meʾir Brosh
Year of recording: 
2019

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