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The Holy Family in olive wood. Beit Sahour, 2000. Olive wood is used because it is easier to carve than other woods and could be done accurately with simple hand tools. Also, it has a diverse variety of natural color and tonal depth, due to the annual structure. It is also resistant to decay and receptive to a number of surfacing treatments. [3]
Palestinian handicrafts include embroidery work, pottery-making, soap-making, glass-making, weaving, and olive-wood and Mother of Pearl carvings, among others. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some Palestinian cities in the West Bank , particularly Bethlehem , Hebron and Nablus have gained renown for specializing in the production of a particular handicraft, with ...
It was founded in 2004 by Palestinian-American Nasser Abufarha and is based in the West Bank city of Jenin. Canaan's products—including organic fair trade olive oil, Maftoul , Freekeh , and za'atar —are produced by over 1,700 farmers in the West Bank organized in informal cooperatives and represented by the Palestine Fair Trade Association .
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Palestinian handicrafts include embroidery work, pottery-making, soap-making, glass-making, weaving, and olive-wood and Mother of Pearl carvings, among others. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] Some Palestinian cities in the West Bank , particularly Bethlehem , Hebron and Nablus have gained renown for specializing in the production of a particular handicraft, with ...
Bethlehem factories also produce paints, plastics, synthetic rubber, pharmaceuticals, construction materials and food products, mainly pasta and confectionery. [122] Cremisan Wine, founded in 1885, is a winery run by monks in the Monastery of Cremisan. The grapes are grown mainly in the al-Khader district. In 2007, the monastery's wine ...
It included a picture of a Palestinian man standing next to an olive tree stump with its branches sawn off. "Israeli forces have been using lethal, war-like tactics in the West Bank, raising ...
In 2011 ARIJ, along with the TTZ Bremerhaven, the University of Extremadura, and the Institute on Membrane Technology of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-ITM) started a project with the title of "Sustainable Treatment and Valorization of Olive Mill Waste in Palestine". [2]