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Relationship between men and women

Name of speaker: 
Zivia Kidushim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
2017
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Women
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2024

School dress code

Name of speaker: 
Zivia Kidushim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
2017
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Clothing, Education
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2024

Medicine and health, the role of men, brit mila, education of girls, beliefs and bereavement customs

Name of speaker: 
Miriam Qimḥi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
65
Year of immigration: 
1957
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education, Folk beliefs, Health and folk medicine
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Dating and her parents' marriage

Name of speaker: 
Miriam Qimḥi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
65
Year of immigration: 
1957
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Life story
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Foods

Name of speaker: 
Miriam Qimḥi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Domestic worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
65
Year of immigration: 
1957
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Passover, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Rosh Ḥodesh
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Songs for the bride

Name of speaker: 
Yasmin Shmuʾel
Participants in the conversation: 
Daniel Shmuʾel
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
54
Year of immigration: 
1970
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Wedding, Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

My Dear (ya Ghʾaliya)

Name of speaker: 
Yasmin Shmuʾel
Participants in the conversation: 
Daniel Shmuʾel
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
54
Year of immigration: 
1970
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

Her mother's poverty, poor girls' marriage and her parents' marriage

Name of speaker: 
Yasmin Shmuʾel
Participants in the conversation: 
Daniel Shmuʾel
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Elderly caregiver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
54
Year of immigration: 
1970
Speaker's country of origin: 
Tunisia
Speaker's community of origin: 
Djerba
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Life story, Occupations and livelihoods, Women
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2020

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