MICHELE SHAMIYEH WAS visiting Lebanon in 2003 when she discovered the versatile charms of olive-oil soap. "I found that I could use it for everything," said Ms. Shamiyeh, 33, who was born in ...

The soap hardens and cures for weeks until being packaged, sent away. Since the 10th Century, zaitoun — olive — has been transformed into these creamy bricks of castile soap.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. What does a belly dancer have to do with olives? Not a whole lot. But for the owners of Grandma's Little Bakery at Fedra Olive Grove ...

Excavations at this site in Israel's Negev Desert yielded evidence of olive oil soap manufacturing dating back roughly 1,200 years. Emil Aladjem / Israel Antiquities Authority. A 1,200-year-old ...

Use an olive oil dispenser to store dish soap: This week's Cook Hack is more of a kitchen tip, not a cooking tip, though it'll certainly come in handy after you've cooked up a big meal and ...

Bader Hassoun, a native of Tripoli, Lebanon, whose family company Khan Al Saboun is one of the city's oldest and biggest olive-oil soap producers and exporters, said that 10 years ago he did ...