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Honor thy parents

Name of speaker: 
Shashuna (Shoshana) Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
101
Year of immigration: 
1978
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zarzis
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Sacred songs, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Raḥamim and Suzi Cohen
Year of recording: 
2018

Proverb: the eye sees what is written on a man's forehead

Name of speaker: 
Shashuna (Shoshana) Cohen
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
101
Year of immigration: 
1978
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zarzis
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Sermons and moral tales
Documentation: 
Raḥamim and Suzi Cohen
Year of recording: 
2018

Bride leaving her father's house song

Name of speaker: 
Salḥa Faiez
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1993
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥaydan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Women's songs
Documentation: 
Malka Shushan
Year of recording: 
2018

Matchmaking in Yemen

                                                                                                            

Name of speaker: 
Naomi Dahari
Participants in the conversation: 
Avraham Levi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1947
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Raymah
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Neriya Levi
Year of recording: 
2018

Proverbs and song

In memory of her son who was abducted, Shlomo Ben Kamer, and Yitzhak Maʿatuf

Name of speaker: 
Kamer Maʿatuf
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥabban
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Eviatar Said
Year of recording: 
2018

Polygamy

Name of speaker: 
Salḥa Faiez
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1993
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥaydan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: Women
Documentation: 
Malka Shushan
Year of recording: 
2018

Bereavement customs

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana Ben Shim'on
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Dairy farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Yarim
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Ayelet Halel
Year of recording: 
2018

Wedding and marriage

Name of speaker: 
Salḥa Faiez
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1993
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥaydan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Wedding
Documentation: 
Malka Shushan
Year of recording: 
2018

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