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Wadi Al-Rayan.. The Legacy of Ancestors Blossoms with the Red Gold of Jdita

Wadi Al-Rayan.. The Legacy of Ancestors Blossoms with the Red Gold of Jdita

The orchards of Wadi Al-Rayan in the Jdita region of Al-Kura District embrace the details of a long-standing story filled with a deep human and economic narrative, where children and grandchildren have inherited the service of this land from father to son until the pomegranate tree has become a venerable profession and a symbol of attachment to the place, and a main source of livelihood on which families depend throughout the year to secure their daily living requirements.

These orchards were not just a traditional agricultural resource, but also a vital economic window through which farmers were able to open their homes, provide university tuition for their children's education, and secure marriage expenses, making the land the lifeblood of family stability and continuity across generations.

Farmer Majed Zayout confirms in his interview with "Al-Rai" that these orchards are a legacy inherited from their fathers and worked in with hardship and diligence, recalling how farmers used to wake up in the early hours of dawn and sometimes throughout the night to pick and pack the pomegranates, before transporting them to be sold in Palestine, Jerash, and the Jordan Valley, in a long and arduous journey that reflected the extent of the suffering for the sake of a living, noting that life today has become easier and marketing and selling are more flexible compared to the past.

For his part, Yahya Bani Mifrej tells the story of the shift towards food and processing industries derived from the fruits of the valley, pointing to the expansion in the production of pomegranate molasses and jams, alongside carob molasses, and the utilization of pomegranate peels, which are in demand for their therapeutic benefits for stomach pain and digestion, which has added a new economic value to pomegranate fruits and provided additional sales outlets for the locals.

Researcher Dr. Ahmed Jaber Sharida points out that the valley is famous for its ancient and diverse local varieties of pomegranate, including: Halawy, Hamadi, Lifani, Mawardi, Sharabi, Mwani, and Zaqlabi, which are distinguished by their high quality and unique taste that reflects the fertility of the valley soil and the continuous care of the farmers over the years.

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