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Birth, brit and girl's birth celebration

Name of speaker: 
Ruḥama Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
96
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Women
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

Name of speaker: 
Ruḥama Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
96
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Folk beliefs
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Colloquial language

Name of speaker: 
Ruḥama Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
96
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Language
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Synagogues and cemeteries

Name of speaker: 
Ruḥama Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
96
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Geographical space, Synagogues
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Education

Name of speaker: 
Ruḥama Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
96
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Education
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Aliya to Israel

Name of speaker: 
Ruḥama Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
96
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Shabbat in ʿAna

Name of speaker: 
Ruḥama Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
96
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Farhud

Name of speaker: 
Ruḥama Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
96
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Conflict with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Holidays and festivals

Name of speaker: 
Ruḥama Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
96
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Cycle of the year
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Immersion in the mikve

Name of speaker: 
Ruḥama Raḥamim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
96
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iraq
Speaker's community of origin: 
ʿAna
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Women
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke and Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

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