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The meaning of the name 'Shamʿa'

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Names
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Life in Yemen

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family, Life story
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Leaving Yemen and making Aliya to Israel

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Transit camps: Ḥashed, Aden and ʿEin Shemer

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Moving to moshav (village) 'Tnuvot' and agricultural theft

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews, Settlement and absorption, Zionism
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Introduction with her future husband and wedding

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Participants in the conversation: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Family, Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019

Song in Yemeni

Name of speaker: 
Shoshana (Shamʿa) Ladani
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Agriculture
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1948
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Women's songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler and Naʿama Ratsaby
Year of recording: 
2019
Translator: 
Naʿama Ratsaby
Translation: 

The child near the house

Why are you here?

I’m here thinking about myself

Thinking about my father and my mother

Where they brought me

Brought me to a place I do not know and no one knows me

.The dog was stoned, they stoned me

 

Life in Rosh Haʿayin

Name of speaker: 
Tsiona Halevi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Geographical space, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Medicine, folk remedies and dealing with ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

Name of speaker: 
Tsiona Halevi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Folk beliefs, Health
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

Tales and proverbs

Name of speaker: 
Tsiona Halevi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1949
Speaker's country of origin: 
Yemen
Speaker's community of origin: 
Ḥawlan
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk tales, Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Baruch
Year of recording: 
2019

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