Zakho

Speaker's community of origin:

Zakho, Mosul, Baghdad

Language:

Judeo-Aramaic

Conversation topics:

Childhood, Cycle of the year, Shabbat

Documentation:

Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2018

Birth story and midwife gift

In memory of my father Yona Gabbay Z"L

Name of speaker:

Ḥabiba Masousani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife; cook

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Aramaic

Conversation topics:

Circle of life, Women

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Daily life in Zakho

In memory of my father Yona Gabbay Z"L

Name of speaker:

Ḥabiba Masousani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife; cook

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Cuisine, Occupations and livelihoods

Language:

Judeo-Aramaic

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Raising children and women's lives in Zakho

In memory of my father Yona Gabbay Z"L

Name of speaker:

Ḥabiba Masousani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife; cook

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Aramaic

Conversation topics:

Family, Women

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Shabbat preparation and Shabbat dinner

In memory of my father Yona Gabbay Z"L

Name of speaker:

Ḥabiba Masousani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife; cook

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Aramaic

Conversation topics:

Cuisine, Cycle of the year, Shabbat

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Foods

In memory of my father Yona Gabbay Z"L

Name of speaker:

Ḥabiba Masousani

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Housewife; cook

Age of speaker at time of recording:

82

Year of immigration:

1951

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Aramaic

Conversation topics:

Community, Cuisine

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Story about a donkey (Barzan dialect)

Dedicated to those who came from "there" and built Jerusalem

Name of speaker:

Itsik Baruch

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Writer and poet, instructor, scholar of Arabic culture, tour guide, Israel police pensioner

Age of speaker at time of recording:

66

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Aramaic

Conversation topics:

Folk tales

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Visit at the Ḥacham (sage of Talmud)

Dedicated to those who came from "there" and built Jerusalem

Name of speaker:

Itsik Baruch

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Writer and poet, instructor, scholar of Arabic culture, tour guide, Israel police pensioner

Age of speaker at time of recording:

66

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Aramaic

Conversation topics:

Folk tales, Jokes

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Of Zakho dialect and Barzan dialect

Dedicated to those who came from "there" and built Jerusalem

Name of speaker:

Itsik Baruch

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Writer and poet, instructor, scholar of Arabic culture, tour guide, Israel police pensioner

Age of speaker at time of recording:

66

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Judeo-Aramaic

Conversation topics:

Language

Documentation:

Batya Mazor Hoffman

Year of recording:

2018

Parents' meeting and wedding

Dedicated to those who came from "there" and built Jerusalem

Name of speaker:

Itsik Baruch

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Writer and poet, instructor, scholar of Arabic culture, tour guide, Israel police pensioner

Age of speaker at time of recording:

66

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin: