Whether you share our passion for Palestine, or perhaps you are an enthusiast for Fairtrade products, you will find resources on this page that you can use if you are selling our products at stalls, or in a shop. If you’re thinking of hosting a talk about Zaytoun, we’d be happy to help if possible – contact us at contact@zaytoun.org
Below you will find information about Fairtrade Fortnight 2012 producer tour – a list of nationwide events is on our events page. Also resources from 2011′s Ramadan Dates Campaign and campaign resources from the 2011 Fairtrade Fortnight producer tour such as posters and recipe cards. For more resources or information contact the office.
Fairtrade Fortnight 2012 producer tour
This year we are delighted to host Riziq abu Nasser, an olive farmer from Deir Istya cooperative. Riziq joined us last year, and will be telling the story of what has been happening in his village over 2011. He’ll be accompanied by our Palestinian director Taysir Arbasi who will be telling audiences about the importance of fair trade with Palestinian farming communities across the West Bank. We are also happy to host Abu Kamal, from the Palestine Fair Trade Association and a visitor from Canaan Fair Trade, one of our main suppliers – both visitors will be talking about the importance of the olive and other crops to their communities, as well as how the PFTA cooperatives work.
Below you will find resources – producer and village profiles, and recipe cards – to download. For printed copies please contact the office on 0845 345 4887, and for further images please check http://www.weareneo.com/zaytoun_media.htm
Riziq Abu Nasser personal profile
Taysir Arbasi - Zaytoun's Palestinian director
RAMADAN DATES CAMPAIGN
During this holy month of Ramadan break your fast with the date of justice
Choose Zaytoun dates from Palestine – an act of Sadaqah
Behind every Palestinian product Zaytoun sells in the UK there is a farming family – working with Zaytoun and selling our dates in the UK mean everything for us. It means people are listening… It means Muslims are celebrating our dignity and supporting our future – We are Palestine.
Taysir Arbasi, Zaytoun Project Manager (Palestine)
Zaytoun supports Palestinian farmers who are steadfast in their right to be able to produce and sell dates from their own land despite all the existing difficulties And with the support of UK Muslim consumers the farmers hope to be able to increase production so they can stand on their own feet and earn a living with the dignity they deserve. Trade justice is not a new concept for Muslims, integrity, fairness and justice in commerce and production gives further depth to our understanding of Halaal.
So please make your act of sadaqah, and spread the word among your family as well as brothers, sisters and Muslim retailers in your community and in the mosque. Purchasing these medjoul dates – the finest of dateshelps Palestinian farmers in the Jordan Valley to fight against the poverty that the Occupation has created. These dates are grown in the Jericho area which has the perfect climate for producing these delicious, soft and succulent dates.
5kgs boxes at £42.00 per box,
bulk discounts by arrangement
Zaytoun orders over £500.00 include FREE delivery.
Why not purchase a few boxes for brothers and sisters at Iftar in the mosque and worshippers who stay for Tarawih prayers during this holy month or for Iftar at home with the family over the holy month.
How to order
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Call 0845 3454887
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You can contact your local distributor here
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Or, you can be a Zaytoun distributor
FREE London event – Islam and Fair trade
London Muslim Centre on 22 July from 7-9pm.
Please come – everyone welcome
With the start of Ramadan around the corner, Marshallah – make sure you’ve ordered and stocked up on Medjoul dates. And remember all the money you spend on Zaytoun Medjoul Palestinian dates ensures a future with dignity by supporting Palestinian families and their farming communities
For more information about Zaytoun and purchasing Palestinian products contact us at 0845 3454887.
You can download Zaytoun Medjoul date promotional items such as leaflets, and posters
“Our life, our identity is in the land, even our destiny” Taysir Arbasi, Zaytoun Project Manager (Palestine)
Ramadan dates leaflet
Zaytoun-Ramadan dates leaflet-front
Zaytoun-Ramadan dates leaflet – back
Ramadan dates poster
Zaytoun Ramadan dates poster 1
Zaytoun-Ramadan dates poster – 2
Emel article – Seeds of Justice
Fairtrade Fortnight 2011 – tour report
FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2011
This year we were delighted to welcome three women who work as producers and leaders in their communities, and the return of Riziq abu Nasser – a popular speaker from the 2009 tour. You’ll find links to profiles for all four guests below. We were supported this year by some famous names – the ever-topical comedian and activist Mark Thomas who is also touring his show “Extreme Rambling: Walking the Wall” about his experiences along the length of the Israeli Separation wall. Ravinder Bhogal, presenter of the Channel 4 programme, “Food: What Goes in Your Basket” travelled to Palestine to meet olive producers and sample Palestinian oil, and will also be saying a few words about her experiences at our launch event. The programme was broadcast in October 2010 – see it here.
Bassema Basalat is a Palestinian mother of 4 as well as an olive and za’atar producer, and a community organiser in her village of Haja, near Tulkarm, She will be telling us more about the role of the women who prepare the traditional foods of maftool and za’atar.
Riziq abu Nasser hails from the ancient and beautiful village of Deir Istya, in Salfit district. His coop was one of the first to be certified both organic and Fairtrade. Deir Istya farmers have had to watch as the nearby settlements of Revava and Immanuel have polluted their springs and their land, and taken the olive groves for their buildings and roads.
Um Shehadeh (Widad Farid) is a producer of many things, including maftool and sundried tomatoes in her village, Burqin, near Jenin. She too is a mother, and a leader – she was elected to the board of the Palestine Fair Trade Association in May 2010, the only woman in that position.
Vivien Sansour joins us from Canaan Fair Trade. CFT is our major supplier, and Vivien is a dynamic part of their team, working on media and promotions, capturing the lives of Palestinian producer communities in photos and stories.
CAMPAIGN RESOURCES
We’re supporting our distributors and event organisers with a series of new resources including:
All resources, including an image library and full media pack, are also available for download at http://neocreative.co.uk/zaytoun_media.htm
PALESTINE RESOURCES PACK
We were moved to launch Zaytoun in 2004, having spent time with farming communities in Palestine and witnessing the extreme difficulty many such communities had in accessing their olive groves, and in moving themselves and their beautiful produce around due to the conditions imposed by the Israeli occupation. Our mission is not only to sell Palestinian products, but also to highlight the severe economic and social disadvantages faced by Palestinian farmers and their families in exercising their right to a sustainable livelihood. Sadly this remains a priority for us, as conditions have if anything worsened for these farmers. The resources listed below will tell you and your own community more about their story.
ZAYTOUN IMAGES
These images should be attributed to Zaytoun CIC where used. Please email contact@zaytoun.org if you would like to use these images and need a higher resolution file.
