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A dedicated and precise mohel who assists the poor

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster ʿAttar
Participants in the conversation: 
Tsipi Bar Yamin
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Social worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1962
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Marrakesh
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education, Persons
Documentation: 
Tsipi Bar Yamin and Shay Rabad
Year of recording: 
2021

Painting maternity home to ward off ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) and reciting Psalms for protection

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster ʿAttar
Participants in the conversation: 
Tsipi Bar Yamin
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Social worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1962
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Marrakesh
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk beliefs
Documentation: 
Tsipi Bar Yamin and Shay Rabad
Year of recording: 
2021

Daughter preference and child delivery

Name of speaker: 
ʾEster ʿAttar
Participants in the conversation: 
Tsipi Bar Yamin
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Social worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1962
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Marrakesh
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Tsipi Bar Yamin and Shay Rabad
Year of recording: 
2021

Change to a Hebrew name, child labor to save on school expenses, raising poultry and avoiding injections

Name of speaker: 
Yafa Michaʾeli (Janet Buḥbut)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
School secretary and secretary at the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
74
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
El Kelaa des Sraghna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Names, Occupations and livelihoods, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Bar Mitzva at the synagogue, Tora study and youth after school activities

Name of speaker: 
Malka (Regina) Barda (ʾArbiv)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Education
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Tripoli proud and connection with other Tripoli Jews in Israel

Name of speaker: 
Malka (Regina) Barda (ʾArbiv)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

The mother's work as a nurse in Libya with a Muslim sheikh despite the family's concern

Name of speaker: 
Malka (Regina) Barda (ʾArbiv)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Occupations and livelihoods, Relationships with non-Jews, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Shavuot foods: bazin and shkak

Name of speaker: 
Malka (Regina) Barda (ʾArbiv)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Shavuot
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022
Translator: 
Yehudit Henshke

Bsisa ceremony during the month of Nisan

Name of speaker: 
Malka (Regina) Barda (ʾArbiv)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Her uncle's murder in Giado concentration camp and her mother's silence

Name of speaker: 
Malka (Regina) Barda (ʾArbiv)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Libya
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tripoli
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Holocaust, World War II
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

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