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Aliya to Israel, absorption, spending Shabbat at the spring, livelihood and gathering food in the mountains

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Suha) Mordechai
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Cuisine, Leisure, Settlement and absorption, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

Communal identity, children's games, shopping on Shabbat and wedding

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Suha) Mordechai
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Childhood, Community, Shabbat, Wedding
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

Making tbit at a Muslim bakery and relationship with the Muslims

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Suha) Mordechai
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

Her father's work at the hospital during Shabbat and the hospital head's assistance when making aliya

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Suha) Mordechai
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Occupations and livelihoods, Relationships with non-Jews, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

Folktale: Juḥa in the middle of the sea

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Suha) Mordechai
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales, Jokes
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

Baking matzot during Passover and distributing them to neighbors

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Suha) Mordechai
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Cuisine, Cycle of the year, Passover
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

Personal details and name change after making Aliya

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Suha) Mordechai
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housemother
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
84
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Names
Documentation: 
Ophir Carmel-Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2022

Good relationship with the Muslims and the hostility resulted from Zionism and World War II

Name of speaker: 
Sara ʿAdaqi
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi Michael
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver, cook and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Duhok, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews, World War II, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Cemetery, women at funerals and washing the deceased

Name of speaker: 
Sara ʿAdaqi
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi Michael
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver, cook and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Duhok, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

Proverb: leave us alone, we left you alone

Name of speaker: 
Sara ʿAdaqi
Participants in the conversation: 
Simi Michael
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver, cook and housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
92
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Duhok, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2022

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