Oiling the wheels of progress
By Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz
In the heart of the industrial zone of Kafr Kana, among carpentry shops, workshops, garages and factories, there is a small and quiet space, very different from the sweaty and noisy masculine surroundings. Four women sit in it around a long table with very small glass jars, a pile of dry za'atar (hyssop) leaves and a small scale. They talk quietly among themselves, while putting za'atar leaves into the jars. A few days from now, a shipment of 10,000 jars, weighing 80 grams each, is supposed to be sent to Belgium, and they have to rush.
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