Zohara Bitton Cohen of Beni Melal, Morocco, Lives now in Israel.
She sings, improvises and recalls sayings she sang to celebrate family occasions. Worth listening to her tales too.

Arabic, Hebrew, English Part I ©

Arabic, Hebrew, English Part II ©

Arabic, Hebrew, English Part III ©

Arabic, Hebrew, English Part IV ©

Arabic, Hebrew, English Part V ©

Arabic, Hebrew, English Part VI ©

Arabic, Hebrew, English Part VII

Arabic, Hebrew, English Part VIII

Arabic, Hebrew, English Part IX

Arabic, Hebrew, English Part X

Israel’s Other Pioneers ©
Esther Amsalem of Ksar es Souk, Morocco, lives now at Sedot Mikha in Israel. She recounts tales of relations between Muslims and Jews, immigration to Israel, and how she and her family rebuilt their life in Israel.

Part I Esther Amsalem of Sedot Mikha

Part II Esther Amsalem of Sedot Mikha

Part III Esther Amsalem of Sedot Mikha

Part IV © Esther Amsalem of Sedot Mikha

Israel’s Other Pioneers ©
Nissim Shtrit of Beni Melal, Morocco, lives now at Sedot Mikha in Israel. Nissim recounts in Part I about his learning farming, how farmed his plot independently to earn a living, since coop administrators skimmed profits and left coop members with debts. In Part II he talks about life in Morocco and the loss of trust in relations between people, once he moved to Israel.

Part 1 English and Hebrew, Arabic

Part 2 English and Hebrew, Arabic