Initiated into the thousand-year-old practice of Nablus soap making by a distant relative, Umm al-Abed is now passing on the secrets of the practice newly designated by UNESCO as intangible world ...

Don’t be fooled by this olive oil soap ’s unassuming appearance: It’s pretty special. That’s not just because of its centuries-long history in Palestine’s West Bank, where this 100% olive oil soap has ...

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Then the soap is sliced in this machine, revealing its designs. Nablus Soap Company is one of the last factories making olive-oil soap in the West Bank. It follows a centuries-old Palestinian ...

The city of Nablus, with a history dating back to the 10th century, is home to traditional soap factories specializing in ...