Leisure - Mother Tongue

Europe: Eastern

Buhuși (Romania)

Work and leisure

Europe: Western

Endingen

Strolling around Baden, wedding and birth customs, Shabbat cooking, Sukkot and lullabies

Zurich (Switzerland)

Strolling around Baden, wedding and birth customs, Shabbat cooking, Sukkot and lullabies

Greece

Israel

Advocacy for the preservation of Ladino

Thessaloniki

Advocacy for the preservation of Ladino

Iran

Arak

Shabbat and water pool

Golpayegan

Shabbat and water pool

Khorasan

Growing and smoking opium

Mahabad

Community life and leisure in Mahabad

Iraq

Baghdad

Aliya to Israel, absorption, spending Shabbat at the spring, livelihood and gathering food in the mountains

Hobbies and leisure

Kurdistan

Erbil

Rustaqa

Trips and nature

Sulaymaniya

Spring in Kurdistan: experiences, picnic and the connection with the Muslims

Zakho

Childhood: swimming, fishing and horse riding

Journey with father

Weddings, singing and leisure

Lebanon

Beirut

Entertainment and Lebanese cuisine

Libya

Tripoli

Children's games: soccer, tiro, bocce ball and hopscotch

Morocco

Agadir

Jewelry, clothing and makeup

Beni Mellal

Working as a singer and darbuka player in Morocco and later in Israel

Casablanca

Childhood stories, honoring parents and children's games

Meknes

Drinking alcoholic beverages

Women of the family: occupation, cosmetics and mikve

Mogador (Essaouira)

Jewelry, clothing and makeup

Ouarzazate

Salé

Mellaḥ: houses, streets, mikve, cemetery and proximity to the beach

Talilit

Jewelry, clothing and makeup

Syria

Damascus

Recreation and leisure

Tunisia

Ariana

Shabbat: foods, synagogue and leisure

Gabes

Folk medicine and cosmetics

Games

Gafsa

Women's gathering, story readings and women's honour

Tunis

The café

Turkey

Istanbul

Day center

Education, childhood and leisure

Sunday traditions: volunteering at the Jewish hospital, collecting donations in secret and spending time with family and friends

Izmir

Music and leisure at the family home

Yemen

Al-Ashur

Farm work, art and teaching how to read and write

Bayt Baws

Rhythmic drumming

Daga

Games and Shabbat

Ḥaydan

Everyday life and leisure

Raimat and Sa'dah

Way of life in a village in Yemen

Raymah

Purim, Sukkot and leisure

Singing and drumming

ʿAnaka

Rhythmic drumming

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