Geographical space - Mother Tongue

Algeria

El Oued (Souf)

Life in Yoshivia

Mikve (purification bath) in El Oued (Souf)

Sukkot, Shabbat and relationship with the Arab neighbours

Israel

Life in Yoshivia

Egypt

Alexandria

The Jewish community of Alexandria

Cairo

Europe: Western

Izmir

Sephardic communities in Italy

Milan

Sephardic communities in Italy

Iran

Golpayegan

Neighborhood and women

Gorgan

Neighborhood life and relationships between Jews and Muslims

Hamadan

Neighborhood life and relationship with the Muslims

The city of Hamadan: daily life and spoken languages

Isfahan

Life in Iran and drawing water from wells

Neighborhood, clothing and relationship with the Muslims

Seraḥ of ʾAsher and the Tomb of ʾEsther and Mordechai at Hamadan

The Jewish quarter in Isfahan and two Jewish women marrying Muslims

Kermanshah

Neighborhood life and relationship with the Muslims

Sultanabad

Home, bazaar, school and play

Teheran

My parents' occupations, the house in Teheran and life in Israel

Neighborhood and relationship with the Muslims

Neighborhood life and relationship with the Muslims

Neighborhood, clothing and relationship with the Muslims

Seraḥ of ʾAsher and the Tomb of ʾEsther and Mordechai at Hamadan

The Jewish quarter in Isfahan and two Jewish women marrying Muslims

The neighborhood and the relationship between Jews and Muslims

Tehran

The city of Hamadan: daily life and spoken languages

Iraq

Baghdad

Description of the synagogue’s structure

Family life, the Farud and Muslim neighbors protecting her family

Life in Baghdad

Living on the rooftops of houses in Baghdad

Synagogue, relationship with the Muslims, the rabbi of the synagogue, mutual assistance within the Jewish community, status differences

The flood in Baghdad during 1915

Baqubah

The family orchard and the Muslim guard

Basra

Her aunt's trip to Baghdad to marry

The Jewish communities of Iraq

The many synagogues in Basra

ʿAna

Synagogues and cemeteries

ʿAna community

Israel

Tiberias

Foods, bakery, gardening and foraging

The visit to Jerusalem

Visiting Samakh

Kurdistan

Israel

Living at deserted Arabic villages

Zichron Yosef neighborhood

Koy Sanjaq

Living at deserted Arabic villages

Staying at abandoned Arabic villages near the Lebanon border and infiltration of Lebanese to Israel

Mosul

Legend of the river and its bridge

Rekan

Neighborhood and Jews' occupations

Sulaymaniya

Living at deserted Arabic villages

Staying at abandoned Arabic villages near the Lebanon border and infiltration of Lebanese to Israel

Zakho

Her home and neighborhood

Journey with father

Legend of the river and its bridge

Zichron Yosef neighborhood

Lebanon

Beirut

Description of the house

Jewish relations and their surroundings

Natural disasters: floods and earthquakes in Lebanon and Mexico

Relations between Lebanese and Syrians

Beirut (Wadi Abu Jamil)

Beirut and Sidon

Lebanon's Jewish communities

Libya

Amrus

Wedding in Israel and moving homes

Tripoli

Education, relationship with the Muslims, neighborhood and bar mitzva

The Jewish Quarter in Tripoli, the capital

The nearest beach and the nearby Jewish cemetery

Morocco

Aït Bouguemmaz

Description of the village houses

The four towns of the Atlas Mountains

Tour in Morocco

Casablanca

Casablanca nowadays

Her childhood neighborhood and the use of the hammam as a mikve

Home and childhood in Casablanca

Life in Casablanca

Life in Morocco, the family and the Jewish Agency

Muslims, French and Jews

The cohabitation of Jews and Muslims in Casablanca

Demnate

Demnate's Jewish community

El Kelaa des Sraghna

Neighbor relationships with the Muslims

Ighil Noro

Village life: bringing water from the spring, lack of electricity and grinding local flour

Inezgane

Family story and moving homes in Morocco

Marrakesh

Neighborhood and relationship with the Muslims

Revisiting Morocco

The Jewish quarter

Meknes

Cultural life in Meknes

Homes in Meknes and relationship with the Muslims

Muslims, French and Jews

Mogador (Essaouira)

The family and their ways of communication

Ouarzazate

Casablanca nowadays

The town Skoura and its Rabbis

Qsar Ssouq

Roots trip in Morocco

Salé

Mellaḥ: houses, streets, mikve, cemetery and proximity to the beach

Sefrou

The neighborhood and the house

Skoura

The town Skoura and its Rabbis

Taroudant

Earthquake and holiday preparation

Visit to Morocco

Zerkten

The transformation Casablanca went through

Syria

Aleppo

Community life in Aleppo

Jewish neighbourhoods in Aleppo

Neighbourhoods and ethnic groups in Aleppo

The different dialects in Syria

The different languages and dialects in Aleppo

Visitng the great synagogue in Aleppo

Visits in Tadif

Damascus

Cave of Elijah in Jobar

Demography and politics in Syria

Eliyahu HaNavi synagogue in Jobar

Lifestyle in Damascus

Recreation and leisure

Synagogue in Jobar

Tunisia

Ariana

Good neighbourliness with Muslims and Italians, avoiding eating at their houses

Beja

Life in Beja (Tunisia)

Gabes

'Ḥebron' synagogue

Description of the house

Life in Matmata

La Goulette

Revisiting Tunisia

Mahdia

Languages

Matmata

'Ḥebron' synagogue

Description of the house

Life in Matmata

Nabeul

Cleaning and showering

Different features in towns and areas in Tunisia

The Jewish community in Nabeul: education, management and relationship with non-Jews

Sousse

Languages

Tozeur

Life in Tozeur's oasis

Turkey

Istanbul

The city, the Jewish community and relationships with non-Jews

איסטנבול

Sukkot, Tu BiShvat and geographical distance from the Jewish community

Yemen

Al-Gades

The house in Al-Gades and cooking

Bane Bada

His family house in Yemen and the surrounding village

Bani Hajaj

Home

Ḥabban

Ḥabbani Jews' arrival to Ḥabban

Ḥawlan

Land division in Ḥawlan

Life in Rosh Haʿayin

Recitation of her home town

Najran (Saudi Arabia)

History of Arabian Peninsula Jewry from antiquity to the present day

Way of life in Najran and coping with the summer heat

Sanaʽa

The structure of the house in Sanaʽa

Sayan

Life in Tanˁam

Shaghadirah

Co-living and orphan marriage for fear of converting

Description of the house and occupations of Jews

Tanˁam

Life in Tanˁam

ʿAden

Way of life and community in ʿAden

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