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Relationships between Arabs and Jews, Aliya and absorption

Name of speaker: 
Yona Yiḥya
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Khaw, Yarim
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Relationships with non-Jews, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Bereavement customs

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: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Ayelet Halel
Year of recording: 
2018

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, Hebrew (Yarim tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Life story
Documentation: 
Ayelet Halel
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.

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