Mother’s milk

heather on March 21st, 2007

It is late afternoon as we drive into the mountains. We stop to sit by the roadside and watch the village down below through the long grasses, as the call to prayer rises from the village and winds its way around the curves of the surrounding mountains. The sunlight scatters in a million drops on…

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Getting Nablus Soap to Market

heather on March 12th, 2007

By Walid Batrawi Al-Jazeera – March 10, 2007 Nablus is the West Bank’s biggest city and the capital of its economy but as with other centres throughout the Palestinian territories, to put it mildly, times are tough. The city is known for, among other things, its soap, made from pure olive oil, but like so…

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