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Life in Yemen

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana Ben Shimʿon
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: 
Life story
Documentation: 
Ayelet Halel
Year of recording: 
2018

The abduction of Yemenite children

                                    

Name of speaker: 
Avraham Levi
Participants in the conversation: 
Naomi Dahari
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Egged bus driver, tour guide
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
70
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Life story, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Neriya Levi
Year of recording: 
2018

The thwarted son's abduction

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: 
Life story, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Ayelet Halel
Year of recording: 
2018
Translation: 

General description: Shoshana tells how her son, Dani, was nearly abducted if it was not for her husband’s resilience and determination at the hospital.

Life 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: 
Community
Documentation: 
Neriya Levi
Year of recording: 
2018

Song for Passover: "ya ilahna ya ilahna rəbbi fraji ikun mʿana"

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: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs
Documentation: 
Raḥamim and Suzi Cohen
Year of recording: 
2018

Song of Aliya to the Land of Israel

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: 
Aliya, Women's songs, Zionism
Documentation: 
Raḥamim and Suzi Cohen
Year of recording: 
2018

Ḥanna's lamentation and her seven sons (Qesat Ḥanna)

Name of speaker: 
Ilan ʿAmarusi
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Ḥazzan at the "Tree of Life" synagogue named after Rabbi Ḥaim Ḥuri in Tiberias
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
58
Year of immigration: 
1967
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Medenine
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Sacred songs
Documentation: 
Tsila Cohen
Year of recording: 
2011

Song for a bride: Your White Hand

In memory of Orida Mezig, a wonderful woman who spread Djerba's scents wherever she went

Name of speaker: 
Orida Mezig
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Women's songs
Documentation: 
Tsila Cohen
Year of recording: 
2011
Translation: 



Explanation and translation appear at the second part of the recording, from minute 1:49 onward.



Song for my beloved

In memory of Orida Mezig, a wonderful woman who spread Djerba's scents wherever she went

Name of speaker: 
Orida Mezig
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Women's songs
Documentation: 
Tsila Cohen
Year of recording: 
2011

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