OliveHarvesting


Like many Palestinian farmers, the Faranesh family has worked the land around Bethlehem for hundreds of years.Homes of farmers are not necessarily built on their personal farmland, but closer to town. Farmers would then tend to theirfields throughout the year, and, during harvest times, families and the communitywould take an active role in olive picking fromprivate and community fields and gardens. Baba, Fadwa’s father,would have been one such farmer, though at the time of the play he has lost his olive groves along with hismemory.


Follow the link below for more information on the importance of this tradition and how it fits intomodern Palestinian life.


OliveOil Season: AWest Bank Kitchen Story by Sandy Tolan NPR


www.npr.org/2007/11/22/16506897/olive-oil-season-a- west-bank-kitchen-story


TheOliveHarvest


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RehamAlhelsi/avoicefrompalestine.wordpress.com


www.center4freedom.org


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