by Tanya | Jan 12, 2021 | Conversations
Located in the middle of the Jordanian desert, about 2 hours outside Amman, sits 155,000 olive trees. Ziad Bilbeisi, former architect and founder of Al Maida owns these groves and works together with his four children to produce an internationally respected, award... 
by Tanya | Jan 6, 2021 | Conversations
Noor Awad is the brilliant mind behind Homegrown, the social enterprise that helps support small-scale Palestinian farmers cultivating olive trees, and sources their produce in a bid to shed light on their stories, and in turn, help sustain their olive groves. For the... 
by Kristel | Nov 16, 2020 | Conversations
The Olive Harvest is a very important part of Palestinian Livelihood. Kristal heads to the Olive fields to help her friend Daoud with the harvest of his olives in Beit Jala. They discuss the importance of Olive Oil production for the Palestinians and how Covid19 has... 
by Tanya | May 2, 2019 | Performing Arts
Filmmaker, screenwriter, author and journalist Alia Yunis is a versatile woman with olive oil in her heart. With her writing appearing in the Los Angeles Times, Aramco World and Sauveur among others, she has also been published in numerous anthologies, featuring both...
