English

The Jewish and Muslim dialects

The recording took place at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda

Name of speaker: 
David Khedher Basson
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Chemical Engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1995
Departure date: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Language
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Life story, occupation and livelihood

The recording took place at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda

Name of speaker: 
David Khedher Basson
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Chemical Engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1995
Departure date: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Life story, Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

School and attempt to get a student visa in the UK

The recording took place at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda

Name of speaker: 
David Khedher Basson
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Chemical Engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1995
Departure date: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Relationship with the Muslim neighbour and meeting her again

The recording took place at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda

Name of speaker: 
David Khedher Basson
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Chemical Engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1995
Departure date: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

First meeting with the extended family

The recording took place at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda

Name of speaker: 
David Khedher Basson
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Chemical Engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1995
Departure date: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

First attempt to immigrate to the UK

The recording took place at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda

Name of speaker: 
David Khedher Basson
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Chemical Engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1995
Departure date: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Political background and Jews' immigration from Iraq

The recording took place at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda

Name of speaker: 
David Khedher Basson
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Chemical Engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1995
Departure date: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Life and family in Baghdad

The recording took place at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda

Name of speaker: 
David Khedher Basson
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Chemical Engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1995
Departure date: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Family
Documentation: 
Ophir Fofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Flight to the UK and absorbing the country

The recording took place at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda

Name of speaker: 
David Khedher Basson
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Chemical Engineer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1995
Departure date: 
1972
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

'Ha Laḥma ʿAnya' from Baghdad

Dedicated to my grandfather Ḥacham Garji Yaʾir ZT"L

*We thank Ḥacham David Menaḥem for his permission to use this recording

Name of speaker: 
Ḥacham David Menaḥem
Occupation of speaker: 
Rabbi, musician and composer
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Piyyutim, Translations

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