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The Jaffa orange (Arabic: برتقال يافا, Hebrew: תפוז יפו), is an orange variety with few seeds and a tough skin that make it highly exportable. It was developed by Palestinian Arab farmers in mid-19th century Ottoman Palestine, and takes its name from the city of Jaffa where it was first produced for export.
Balanites aegyptiaca - MHNT Detail of fruit. Balanites aegyptiaca (also known as the Egyptian balsam and Lalob in Sudan [2]) is a species of tree, classified as a member of either the Zygophyllaceae or the Balanitaceae. [3] This tree is native to much of Africa and parts of the Middle East. [4] There are many common names for this plant. [5]
Mangosteen is the national fruit of Thailand. It is also known as the ‘Queen of Fruits’. It is available from May until August. Mangosteen is called ‘Mangkhud’ in Thai language. Turkey: Sultana Grapes: Vitis vinifera [citation needed] Turkmenistan: Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus [citation needed] United Arab Emirates: Dates: Phoenix ...
Misbah Al-Khayr and Hashim Al-Samira'i, in an article from the 1995 book Children in the Muslim Middle East, reported on a study that sought to evaluate the influence of Iftah Ya Simsim on its Baghdadi viewers' knowledge about language, general information, mathematics, science, and moral principles. The study found that 85% of all children ...
[4] Its spicy fruits are used for preparing vegetables, curry and fine pickles and can attract helpful insectivores; the plant also is used in folk medicine and herbalism. It can be used in landscape gardening, afforestation and reforestation in semidesert and desert areas; it provides assistance against soil erosion. [6]
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments, and other related topics.The term folk music cannot be easily defined in a precise manner. It is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work.
The fruit is a small pome 4–8 millimetres (0.16–0.31 in) diameter, bright orange or red in most species, but pink, yellow or white in some Asian species. The fruit are soft and juicy, which makes them a very good food for birds, particularly waxwings and thrushes, which then distribute the rowan seeds in their droppings. [2]
Bedouin music is near-inseparable from poetry as is much of the music traditions in the Middle East. [8] Many of the songs are kept in an oral tradition due to the nomadic nature of the Bedouin tribes, however, some songs and stories were written down by al-Atrash (a cultural hero for the Syrian people who was defiant to opposing forces) who ...