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Life in Debdou, Shabbat and Community

Name of speaker: 
Zohara Ben Ḥamo (Zahari Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Group host
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Debdou
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Making aliya

Name of speaker: 
Zohara Ben Ḥamo (Zahari Cohen)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Group host
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
78
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Debdou
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Aliya to Israel and cultural differences

In memory of my parents, Simḥa and Raḥamim Ben Gigi and my brother Meʾir Ben Gigi Z”L

 
Name of speaker: 
Esther Cohen (Ben Gigi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Education
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
64
Year of immigration: 
1964
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Debdou
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption, Zionism
Documentation: 
Meʾira Romem
Year of recording: 
2019

Stories: naming Esther and a story of a scarf and an iron

In memory of my parents, Simḥa and Raḥamim Ben Gigi and my brother Meʾir Ben Gigi Z”L

 
Name of speaker: 
Esther Cohen (Ben Gigi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Education
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
64
Year of immigration: 
1964
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Debdou
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales, Names
Documentation: 
Meʾira Romem
Year of recording: 
2019

History of the family and its record

In memory of my parents, Simḥa and Raḥamim Ben Gigi and my brother Meʾir Ben Gigi Z”L

 
Name of speaker: 
Esther Cohen (Ben Gigi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Education
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
64
Year of immigration: 
1964
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Debdou
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Life story
Documentation: 
Meʾira Romem
Year of recording: 
2019

Passover

In memory of my parents, Simḥa and Raḥamim Ben Gigi and my brother Meʾir Ben Gigi Z”L

 
Name of speaker: 
Esther Cohen (Ben Gigi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Education
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
64
Year of immigration: 
1964
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Debdou
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Passover
Documentation: 
Meʾira Romem
Year of recording: 
2019

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