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Parable about beauty

Name of speaker:

Mazzal Hadassa (Fortuna ʿAsis)

Participants in the conversation:

Shoshana Kḥila

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Seamstress and carer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Proverbs, Sermons and moral tales

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2020

Pogroms during the holocaust

Name of speaker:

Mazzal Hadassa (Fortuna ʿAsis)

Participants in the conversation:

Shoshana Kḥila

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Seamstress and carer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Holocaust, Pogroms, World War II

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2020

Proverbs and songs

Name of speaker:

Mazzal Hadassa (Fortuna ʿAsis)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Seamstress and carer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Folk songs, Proverbs, Women's songs

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2020

Aliya, absorption and family life

Name of speaker:

Mazzal Hadassa (Fortuna ʿAsis)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Seamstress and carer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Aliya, Family, Settlement and absorption

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2020

Relationship with the Muslims and roots trip

Name of speaker:

Mazzal Hadassa (Fortuna ʿAsis)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Seamstress and carer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Relationships with non-Jews, World War II

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2020

Women's gathering, story readings and women's honour

Name of speaker:

Mazzal Hadassa (Fortuna ʿAsis)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Seamstress and carer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

81

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Conversation topics:

Leisure, Proverbs, Women

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2020

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