English

Love song

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Ḥenna song

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

 
Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

Dialect differences between ʿAden and Sharʿab

Dedicated to my dear children, ʾAviram, Igʾal, Shulamit, Ḥaim, Ron and Raḥel and to my dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren a wish of success, health and happiness

Name of speaker: 
Miriam Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Children's caretaker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2020

The meaning of the name 'Shamʿa'

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Life in Yemen

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Leaving Yemen and making Aliya to Israel

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Transit camps: Ḥashed, Aden and ʿEin Shemer

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Moving to moshav (village) 'Tnuvot' and agricultural theft

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Introduction with her future husband and wedding

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Song in Yemeni

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019
Translator: 
Naʿama Ratsaby

Translation: 

The child near the house

Why are you here?

I’m here thinking about myself

Thinking about my father and my mother

Where they brought me

Brought me to a place I do not know and no one knows me

.The dog was stoned, they stoned me

 

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