A Palestinian worker pours olive oil soap on the floor to harden inside a soap factory in Nablus, the Israeli-occupied West Bank. All photos: Reuters
A Palestinian worker pours olive oil soap on the floor to harden inside a soap factory in Nablus, the Israeli-occupied West Bank. All photos: Reuters
Traditional techniques are used to make the soap.
Traditional techniques are used to make the soap.
Modern manufacturing methods are shunned in favour of tried-and-tested traditions.
Modern manufacturing methods are shunned in favour of tried-and-tested traditions.
Workers manually transfer the soap in buckets.
Workers manually transfer the soap in buckets.
A soap cook empties hot, soapy mixture.
A soap cook empties hot, soapy mixture.
Once cooled and hardened, workers cut the olive oil soap into cubes.
Once cooled and hardened, workers cut the olive oil soap into cubes.
A Palestinian worker arranges olive oil soap cubes into hollow columns to dry in a factory, in Nablus the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 21, 2022. Picture taken February 21, 2022. REUTERS / Raneen Sawafta
A Palestinian worker arranges olive oil soap cubes into hollow columns to dry in a factory, in Nablus the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 21, 2022. Picture taken February 21, 2022. REUTERS / Raneen Sawafta
The soaps are then ready to be packaged and distributed.
The soaps are then ready to be packaged and distributed.

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Traditional soap factory in Nablus - in pictures

Time-honoured techniques are used to craft products with olive oil as a base

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March 01, 2022

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Iran has sent five planeloads of food to Qatar, which is suffering shortages amid a regional blockade.

A number of nations, including Iran's major rival Saudi Arabia, last week cut ties with Qatar, accusing it of funding terrorism, charges it denies.

The land border with Saudi Arabia, through which 40% of Qatar's food comes, has been closed.

Meanwhile, mediators Kuwait said that Qatar was ready to listen to the "qualms" of its neighbours.

Updated: March 01, 2022, 12:52 PM`
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