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Dec 18
30m 8s

PLANTS ARE POLITICAL on the Flavor of Za...

FOR THE WILD
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“If you don't forage for Za’atar, how are you going to feel connected to the land? How are you going to understand what your ancestors have been doing for thousands of years here?” - Aya Gazawi Faour In For The Wild’s series in collaboration with Olive Odyssey, we hear from Aya Gazawi Faour, their co-founder, who shares about plants indigenous to the Palesti ... Show More
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