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Holiday songs: Shavuot, Tu Bishvat, Rosh Hashana, Mimouna and Purim

Name of speaker: 
Rina Benabu (Reina Ben Harush)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and singer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tangier
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ḥaketia)
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Mimouna, Purim, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Sacred songs, Shavuot, Tu BiShvat
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021
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חכיתיה מעורבת בספרדית

Songs that Rina sang in concert

Name of speaker: 
Rina Benabu (Reina Ben Harush)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Accountant and singer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
72
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tangier
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ḥaketia)
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021
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חכיתיה מעורבת בספרדית

Passover Haggada portions in Ḥaketia and Hebrew

In memory of my parents, Donna and Nissim Elmaliaḥ, and to the Jewish North African community around the world

Name of speaker: 
Donna Elmaliaḥ
Participants in the conversation: 
Nissim Elmaliaḥ
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
58
Year of immigration: 
1969
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tangier
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ḥaketia)
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder
Documentation: 
Delivered by Leon Elmaliaḥ
Year of recording: 
1969

Family, community, Aliya and absorption in Tiberias

Name of speaker: 
Mercedes Truzman
Participants in the conversation: 
Raḥel (Chala) ben Lulu
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Hotel maintenance employee and room attendant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
87
Year of immigration: 
1961
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tangier
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ḥaketia)
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Community, Family, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
David Benḥamu Jimenez
Year of recording: 
2019

Work, friends and a visit to Morocco

Name of speaker: 
Mercedes Truzman
Participants in the conversation: 
Raḥel (Chala) ben Lulu
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Hotel maintenance employee and room attendant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
87
Year of immigration: 
1961
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tangier
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ḥaketia)
Conversation topics: 
Community, Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
David Benḥamu Jimenez
Year of recording: 
2019

About Ḥaketia and Arabic

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Chala) ben Lulu
Participants in the conversation: 
Mercedes Truzman
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Hotel maintenance employee and room attendant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tangier
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ḥaketia)
Conversation topics: 
Community, Language
Documentation: 
David Benḥamu Jimenez
Year of recording: 
2019

Wedding song

Name of speaker: 
Raḥel (Chala) ben Lulu
Participants in the conversation: 
Mercedes Truzman
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Hotel maintenance employee and room attendant
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Tangier
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ḥaketia)
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs, Women's songs
Documentation: 
David Benḥamu Jimenez
Year of recording: 
2019

ʾAbraham and Nimrod

Name of speaker: 
Suzana (Sara) ʾIfargan (Bitan)
Participants in the conversation: 
Jacob ʾIfargan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Maintenance employee
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Melilla, Tangier
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ḥaketia)
Conversation topics: 
Sacred songs
Documentation: 
David Benḥamu Jimenez
Year of recording: 
2019

Naming in Ḥaketia

Name of speaker: 
Suzana (Sara) ʾIfargan (Bitan)
Participants in the conversation: 
Jacob ʾIfargan
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Maintenance employee
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Melilla, Tangier
Language: 
Judeo-Spanish (Ḥaketia)
Conversation topics: 
Language
Documentation: 
David Benḥamu Jimenez
Year of recording: 
2020

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