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Proverbs

Dedicated to my eldest son, Gil Taḥan

Name of speaker: 
Ḥanna Taḥan (Yeḥezkel)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
87
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Tal Meʾir Boaron
Year of recording: 
2018

Proverb against betrayal

Dedicated to all Iraqi Jews and to all those who are unaware of the Germans’ operations in Iraq

Name of speaker: 
Naomi Moshe
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Dowry, ḥenna and ḥenna songs

Dedicated to all Iraqi Jews and to all those who are unaware of the Germans’ operations in Iraq

Name of speaker: 
Naomi Moshe
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

Dedicated to all Iraqi Jews and to all those who are unaware of the Germans’ operations in Iraq

Name of speaker: 
Naomi Moshe
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk beliefs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Brit mila

Dedicated to all Iraqi Jews and to all those who are unaware of the Germans’ operations in Iraq

Name of speaker: 
Naomi Moshe
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Cooking

Dedicated to all Iraqi Jews and to all those who are unaware of the Germans’ operations in Iraq

Name of speaker: 
Naomi Moshe
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1952
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Cuisine
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Fighting for Zionism

The recording was edited at The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center 

Name of speaker: 
Zmira Sasson
Participants in the conversation: 
Yehuda ʾAvrahami
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Pensioner
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
67
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Life story, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke
Year of recording: 
2017

Deterioration of the Jew's' conditions in Iraq and Aliya to Israel

Name of speaker: 
Shulamit Ḥaziza
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture and housekeeping
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Pogroms, Relationships with non-Jews, Zionism
Documentation: 
Mor Rivka Lasri

Life in Iraq and story about the souk (bazaar)

Name of speaker: 
Shulamit Ḥaziza
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture and housekeeping
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community
Documentation: 
Mor Rivka Lasri
Year of recording: 
2019

Engagement, wedding, marriage life and domestic violence

Dedicated to my son ʾAdir

Name of speaker: 
Zakia Ḥucha
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Geriatric care
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Zakho, Mosul, Baghdad
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Family, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018

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