An curved arrow pointing right. Artisans have been producing traditional olive oil soap at Masbanat Awaida for over 140 years. A century ago, there were dozens of soap factories like this in ...

The soap contains an in-house made base, as well fresh olives, and olive oil sourced from a farm in Palestine. The making process starts with granulated sugar and glycerine which are mixed at high ...

An NZZ reporter joins them in the olive groves ... However, unlike oil from major producers such as Italy or Spain, oil from Lebanon hardly ever reaches the world market. Plagued by crises ...

the abundance of olive trees in the Mediterranean area led to the development of soaps based on olive oil and lye from the ashes of the barilla, a common plant. The soap shown here is Castile soap, an ...