The goal of the Olive Oil Soap Bar Project is to employ several men and women with part-time work to hand-make traditional Palestinian Olive Oil Soap Bars. Members of five families are employed part-time in the Olive Oil Soap Bar Project. Khader is the Manager of the Olive Oil Soap Bar Project.

Two types of hand-made Olive Oil Soap Bars are produced.

• Extra Virgin Grade Olive Oil Soap Bars
  These olive oil soap bars are organic. The ingredients are extra virgin grade olive oil, water, and sodium hydroxide.
  The extra virgin grade olive oil is cooked. A small amount of sodium hydroxide is added to the olive oil. Then, the olive oil is washed and dried for six weeks. The washing and drying should remove all the sodium hydroxide from the soap. Then, soap bars are cut.
• Normal Grade Olive Oil Soap Bars with chamomile.
  The ingredients are normal grade olive oil, water, sodium hydroxide, andchamomile.
  The normal grade olive oil is cooked. A small amount of sodium hydroxide is added to the olive oil. Then, the olive oil is washed and dried for six weeks. The washing and drying should remove all the sodium hydroxide from the soap. Then, soap bars are cut.
  

Olive Oil Soap Bars are available from two Web sites:

• Holy Land Artisans
• Import Peace

Abouna Firas Khoury Diab is familiar with this type of project because Abouna's family hand-made soap bars using a traditional Palestinian olive oil soap recipe.

Donation Instructions for the "Olive Oli Soap Bar Program" of St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church via Holy Cross Melkite Greek Catholic Church

For more information, please contact the following.

• Abouna Firas Boutros Khoury Diab, cure_zab@yahoo.com
• Martha Liles, mliles@mliles.com

Usually, these Olive Oil Soap Bars are only available locally. In special circumstances, Abouna Firas Khoury Diab will consider exporting these Olive Oil Soap Bars. One negative in exporting this Incense is the high cost of transportation.

The exported Olive Oil Soap Bars are only available by donation. The exported Olive Oil Soap Bars are not for sale. No exported Olive Oil Soap Bars has been sold. Further, there are no plans to sell exported v. One reason is the high cost of transportation would make the cost of the exported Incense so high that a cost conscious person would buy from other vendor.

Finished packages of olive oil soap bars

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The production of olive oil soap bars is shown below.

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Olive Harvest

These pictures were taken by Abouna Firas Khoury Diab and his family.