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Aliya and relationship with the Muslims

Name of speaker: 
Yona Ben-David
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Poultry farm owner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Gades
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Her father's illness, starvation and poverty

Name of speaker: 
Yona Ben-David
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Poultry farm owner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Gades
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Family, Health
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Synagogues and studying at the Yeshiva

Name of speaker: 
Yona Ben-David
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Poultry farm owner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Gades
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education, Synagogues
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Matchmaking, wedding and girl's request not to be sold

Name of speaker: 
Yona Ben-David
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Poultry farm owner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Gades
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Wedding, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

The house in Al-Gades and cooking

Name of speaker: 
Yona Ben-David
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Poultry farm owner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Gades
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Family, Geographical space
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Prayer and reading the Tora

Name of speaker: 
Yona Ben-David
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Poultry farm owner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Gades
Language: 
Hebrew (Al-Gades tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Prayer
, Tora reading
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Life story

Name of speaker: 
Kamar (Bat Saʿid Mantsur) Gadasi
Participants in the conversation: 
Shthara (Bat Harun) ʿOziri
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Gades
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Geographical space, Life story, Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Prof. Shelomo Dov Goitein and his team
Year of recording: 
1954
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Making Harees

Name of speaker: 
Miriam Gadasi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Al-Gades
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine
Documentation: 
Prof. Shelomo Dov Goitein and his team
Year of recording: 
1954
More info: 

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