Story of the Month 

July 2008

Meaningful Employment for Women

Elizabeth Braley *

Sitting around a table in the soap room at Sindyanna of Galilee, four women chat away in Arabic, laughing and singing while they package and inventory fair trade olive oil soap. However, the women who work at Sindyanna view employment earnestly. continue

January 2008
The Price of Olive Oil
Hadas Lahav

Abu al-Abed could not believe his eyes when he went down to his olive grove in the Deir Hana Valley. It was early November, but the trees were naked of fruit continue

Adnan Tbeili of Nablus makes soap for Sindyanna of Galilee, which exports it worldwide. Since April this year he has not been able to get a permit to enter Israel. We at Sindyanna have tried to intervene through a lawyer. We've sent letters to the Civil Administration and the Legal Advisor for "Judea and Samaria." Nothing has helped. Since the year 2000 continue

Abed al-Majid Hussein, a farmer from the village of Dir Hana and one of Sindyanna's founders, served as a member of the management committee during its early years. Today he produces the organic olive oil marketed by continue