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Traditional medicine

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

 
Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Health
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Grinding flour

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Men and women's education

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

 
Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Story of different dialects

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

 
Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Language
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Bereavement customs

In memory of my dear parents: my father, my teacher Yiḥya ʿOkabi Iben-Saʿid and Hadya, and my mother, my teacher, Marat Saʿada Bint Romiya and Yiḥya ʿUzeri, may their soul be bound up in the bond of life

Name of speaker: 
Bat Sheva Ḥatuka
Participants in the conversation: 
Yosef Yosef
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

On Shabbat I will Praise (song)

Dedicated to the next generations

Name of speaker: 
Shlomo Tovy
Participants in the conversation: 
Itsḥak Tovy, Avraham Tovy
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Judaism teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
67
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew (Sanaʽa tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Sacred songs
Documentation: 
Ḥava Shmulevich
Year of recording: 
2019

Family story

To my wife Raḥel and to my son Oved Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Ḥanina Pedahel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Hebrew language teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Life story
Documentation: 
Ḥava Shmulevich
Year of recording: 
2019

On Shabbat I will Praise (song)

To my wife Raḥel and my son Oved Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Ḥanina Pedahel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Hebrew language teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa, Israel
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew (Sanaʽa tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Sacred songs
Documentation: 
Ḥava Shmulevich
Year of recording: 
2019

׳Shabbat rest is for all of us׳

To my wife Raḥel and to my son Oved Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Ḥanina Pedahel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Hebrew language teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew (Sanaʽa tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Sacred songs
Documentation: 
Ḥava Shmulevich
Year of recording: 
2019

Aliya story

To my wife Raḥel and to my son Oved Z"L

Name of speaker: 
Ḥanina Pedahel
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Hebrew language teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
83
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sanaʽa
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Zionism
Documentation: 
Ḥava Shmulevich
Year of recording: 
2019

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