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Recitation composed after Aliya to Israel

Name of speaker: 
ʿAziza Dishek
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture and housekeeping
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Msallata
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Song and proverb: "You laugh, the world laughs"

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Magro
Participants in the conversation: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Msallata
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs, Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Story and song of friend lost along the way

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Magro
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Msallata
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

'Eternal Lord' and 'dwell in houses of clay'

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Magro
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Msallata
Language: 
Hebrew (Msallata tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Piyyutim
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Passover customs

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Magro
Participants in the conversation: 
ʾAriella ʾEliyahu and ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Msallata
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

His father and bar mitzva

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Magro
Participants in the conversation: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Msallata
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Meeting his future wife, youth and conscription

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Magro
Participants in the conversation: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Msallata
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Childhood, Life story, Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Schooling and education

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Magro
Participants in the conversation: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Msallata
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Aliya to Israel

Name of speaker: 
Yosef Magro
Participants in the conversation: 
ʿAmos Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
81
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Msallata
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Holidays and their foods

Name of speaker: 
ʾEliyahu Shamaka
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Msallata
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Cycle of the year
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

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