Lebanese olive oil soap is so good for your skin, especially if you suffer from psoriasis or eczema. I’m glad to see that it’s still made in a traditional way.
Canadian man here who suffered from severe eczema and psoriasis this soap is God sent 20 years later at the age of 40 no psoriasis and not a wringle on sight thank you for your hardwork. Ps in Canada this is found in most major cities in middle Eastern or specialty stores make sure you look for the stamp I've come across the one from Lebanon and Syria
There is always something so gratifying about products with simplicity, quality, and passion behind them. I see on their website that it is a $1 per bar. Buying now. Thank you Business Insider for highlighting these small to medium businesses
I immediately went to their website to support this business and was shocked at the prices. So much work goes into this craft. So much passion from the owner and employees. I'll definitely be picking up a few bars in different scents, as well as the good ol traditional
@@bonitabromeliads I don't see a shipping cost, either pay upon delivery or a direct bank transfer. Going to reach out to them to see if there's another option for payment.
I’m from Aleppo and we used these olive soaps since we were kids! While modern soap has replaced some parts of our lives, olive soap is still used for showering/bathing in most households :)
Aleppo? Católicos do Brasil fazem orações pelas pessoas de Aleppo. Vocês são resistentes, bravos e fortes, são exemplo para um Mundo cheio de fracos, frouxos e mimados.
In Calgary-Canada we have the fortune of having a syrian soap maker who unfortunately had to flee his home city Aleppo. He makes authentic Aleppo soap in the heart of Western Canada. Best soap on Earth!
please do. Its a very good product. I had many problems with dry skin and dry beard. switched to traditional olive oil soap and dont have any problems anymore. Its easier to take with you when traveling (less weight and not liquid)
I am sure their product is so much better than the modern corporatized phony chemical soaps products as you could imagine. Just look at the list of ingredients in these hideous new products: chemical after chemical. People who can find this original soap to buy, that has been around for centuries, are onto a great thing. With a bit of marketing, maybe they could make it a worldwide thing? Natural soap, just as it was originally made, without unnatural additives. I would love to find some someday!
@@Lemingtona-x5g Obviously, everything is s a chemical. But not the long list of laboratory made unnatural chemicals that do not even exist in nature, and whose effects are untested. Stick to natural.
@@alpha04ify There does seem like a lot of ways you could improve this. Pump for starters. Build a crane with the ability to cut using a cnc type thing along with stamping. Though I do think you would need to build better equiped rooms. Yet I am sure you could make the same process on a factory line and the product would still come out the same. I have been using the same soap for over 40 years and likely will never change.
@@kameljoe21 It's interesting to see these primitive ways, but clinging to it is silly. Our factories make soap at about 1/100th of the cost of these soaps, why would anyone want to preserve this is beyond me... Guess it's that artisanal feeling.
@@SoulWhite I think this process of hot soap is unlike the mass produced stuff. I am not sure to be honest. Yet there are some things that have to be made the same way or it does not work. I can use an example as things like swiss cheese. The holes are caused by hay. Yes containimates is what causes the holes which is why you can find a lot of mass produced swiss cheese that does not have holes in it. To get the holes you have to add so much ground hay dust in to the mix. This is just one example why the old ways must still be used.
@@SoulWhite its a dollar for 182 grams of soap. There also isn't too much incentive to make it cheaper because you just get diminishing returns with savings at this scale of production. Not to mention that tourists come to the factory to see the traditional methods and not a mass producing factory.
where can we buy? Insider doesn't even post a link to their web site. Plus also I wish they would just ship to other countries to make money. That could probably help in keeping the business going and getting more demand for it!
@boohere2 They are in Lebanon. People literally need to rob banks to get their life savings back in Lebanon, it's a miracle they are still working at all. You'd probably need to go there.
$2.60 for 6 bars is a pretty good deal i was expecting these to be super expensive most of their stuff is super reasonable masbanat awaida is the store like this to spread awareness to the stores name
This soap is the greatest ever made--pure, safe, soothing and smoothing for the skin. No lotion needed, rich lather and naturally scented. I buy it here at the Middle Eastern grocery and it is EPIC.❤
After watching a video ears ago about the original olive oil soap from the Mid-East, I actually started making my own using mostly olive oil and coconut oil. I make a batch about twice a year and still use it today; so thank you for what you continue to do.
I used to use the services of a local tailor many years ago. He was from Lebanon and he'd buy me a cake of "raw" artisanal olive oil soap whenever he went there for holidays. It was wonderful soap.
Their method is so unproductive. They could make a standardized wood or metal frame (like 50cmx50cmx5cm). Pour the soap mixture until overflowing, level it out with a stick. For stamping and cutting a simple mechanical press that stamp the whole frame then cut into cubes. This whole process can be done without electricity and materials for setting the work environnement isnt expensive. Making employees life way easier
@@TheHenvy true im sure there are lots of basic upgrades that would be very productive while still staying traditional and even manual if they want but hey to each their own
@@TheHenvyIt still requires money to go with that method. Imagine the number of boxes needed to go through the whole batch. Also, as long as labor is cheaper than the machines that can make labor easier nothing will change. Only when over half of Lebanon's population disappeared will those suggestions be taken...
The value of handmade things seems to be waning with each generation that passes. This was an outstanding look at one man's passion. Thank you for sharing and him for being persistent!
I wish I had known about this place when I visited Lebanon years ago. I will definitely keep it on my list for our next visit to this beautiful country.
My aunt in Lebanon makes olive soap each year and preserves a share for me :) I've been using olive soap as a shampoo and body wash since I was a kid. It's very popular in the Levant. Bundle that with a large loofah, and nothing can beat these two combinations in a shower. While "liquid soap" might be cheaper and used for hand wash, it can't be used in a shower.
They mentioned a shop in Nablus in the West Bank, that's the Al Nablusi Textile Factory! I got a keffiyeh from them last year to replace one that was beginning to rip in a couple places that my brother had given me back in 2006, very nice quality, love it a bunch!
I think Insider should start a new program supporting these small scale industries. Maybe Insider can act as a middleman of sorts from whom we can buy like Amazon
I think US government should stop supporting Iran. This will lower taxes in Lebanon and ease government regulations on most industries, which in turn will make producing this wonderful product (as well as many others) cheaper and hence more abundant and available to the broader public instead of inorganic big industry substitutes.
They have so much passion and care for making this. Shoutout to BI for covering this story and highlighting the context in which they exist in all 3 cities. I've heard a lot about Middle Eastern olive oil soap, perhaps it's time for me to try it. Praying for everyone's safety and for peace to prevail in the Middle East. It's just devastating to see how much history and culture is being destroyed every day.
I am iraqi and we use the olive oil since I was kid but now am a grandmother and not in Iraq but I still love to use the olive oil soap and doing my best to looking for anywhere to buy and use 😊please keep this beautiful history a live it's part of our main custom and Culter😢
I've been using olive oil soap for years and am not planning on changing that anytime soon. Especially after watching this special. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing this. I immediately went to Amazon and ordered a 6 pack of bars as gifts. Bless.... Brothers like them help make the world go round! Cheers 👊
I mean, using HOT lye is still a dangerous process. And none of those people are wearing adequate protective gear for their hands and eyes, just their feet. Lye itself needs to be extracted from raw materials in a process that we don't see here - we don't know where they source it from.
I hope he can continue with the business. It’s so sad to see these things disappear, especially as the products are usually such good quality. Maybe one of his sons will take over hopefully.
What a great story about a historic industry. I hope these ancient traditional soap makers continue long into the future, maybe social media can help them? They are about as honest and as far as you could get from corporates like that LA Flamingo Estate thing for example!
All soap is chemical, what do you mean? Olive oil soap is great, but each oil has different benefits. Coconut oil, shea butter, castor oil, even additives such as goat milk, honey or clay can make a wonderful soap. But at its base it does need lye - it does need a very harsh (and dangerous) chemical. It just happens that some chemicals were easier for our ancestors to isolate. Chemical isn't bad - everything is chemical. Your body is entirely powered by chemical reactions.
Cyprus also has traditional olive oil soap similar to that still. We still use it (not everyone though, as factory soaps are cheaper unfortunately 😕) for everyday occasions such as bathing, clothes, hand washing and even to remove pesticides (small like ants animals) from garden vegetables. Traditional olive oil soaps foaming water can dumped in garden without been afraid of destroying the garden as it doesn't have chemicals. Most Mediterranean countries have these and no worries these teaching won't lost, soon it will flourishing again.☦️
I make my own soap since 2016. Best soap so far is 100% Olive oil soap, 40 % Laurel Oil + 60% Olive Oil soap, 90% Olive Oil soap + 10% Mastix... This last one is best soap ever! But it is also expensive
I love this. Thank you for sharing this video. These traditional values and methods of craft are a beautiful part of our shared heritage that no twitter feed or algorithm can replace.
I am so proud of this video been a soap maker and also having Lebanese Heritage (Bterram, Koura), I hope this beautiful tradition lives on forever and wish nothing but peace to the region. Much love from Australia ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have purchased their soap and I've made my own olive oil soap and theirs is so mild. Theirs doesn't leave my skin feeling tight, even though I have very hard water (north Texas). I began making my own soap because I have extremely sensitive skin. Using my own soap has improved my skin and it's no longer so dry. It's difficult to make more sometimes and I saw a video on this business before the war and that's when I first bought their soap. This business is worth supporting and it's not political to do so. This is a person, not a corporation, and he is making a quality product that is so much better than what a corporation manufactures. Please, if you can, buy a few bars. I keep the spares under the sink, wrapped in gauze. The older it gets, the milder it will become. Thank you for this updated video. I had wondered what became of them.
The BEST soap ever. Identical to Castile soap which is recommended for allergies and as a face and body soap, to wash laundry AND for general cleaning 💚
@@nanaah4602not true the original is Lebanon Tripoli Please pple learn history I'm surprised how Syrians wanna take e everything and put them to them Like many type of food. But anyway if that's what u feel and think ok 😂 but keep it for you they are even documentaries with syrian soap maker explaining how they learned it and brought it to Syria.
mama tachibana thinks diz is awesomazing and has included it on her 'places to visit' list. she totally loves soap as well. thank you fo all your hard work. 💗💖💘💞💝💟❣️
I hope these businesses have not been destroyed. This is the best soap if you have skin issues or sensitivities. I usually use Greek olive oil soap. I would love to try this soap.
As an Iraqi, this type of soap is a staple - we refer to it as 'Saboon Ragi', Ragi actually coming from the word Raqqa, meaning Aleppo. Best soap, stil use it today everytime I go back home I pick up a batch!
I am Greek, my wife is from Aleppo and she grew up with this soap. I know this from my travels there before 2011 and the externally directed destruction. How can I buy in Greece?
Been using Aleppo and olive soap for years now and will never go back to shampoo bottles. The skin feels so healthy, it‘s 1000 times better for the environment and way cheaper. Oh and please buy the soap from factories like the one shown in the clip 😌
Olive oil soap is healthier and safer than the chemical one. I regularly buy it here in Morocco, but I'm not sure if they make it in a traditional way like these gentlemen do.
I'm from Egypt, I tried Syrian soup as we have many Syrians here since the civil war started, but would love to buy the Lebanese . the Tripoli accent is sooo different and distinctive from main stream Lebanese accent. ❤ respect
Look at that beautiful piece of byproduct. Only with the 3 organic ingredients, traditional method and the generous sized blocks of soap looks simple yet sophisticated.
Whenever I watch Still Standing videos of Insider Business, I always feel sad at the end to the point where whenever I wanted to feel somber, I watch these videos and feel sad... it's comforting somehow.
The amount of effort they are putting in this business cannot be encompassed in one documentary. I think the owner should inculcate such values in his children so they hv a sense of belonging & attachment. Keep feeding them information about family business & the hardships attached(for reality check). So once they grow up. They are fond of taking over this family business & this unique legacy of 130 years Our Labanese & Palestinian brothers are the bravest. Eachtime i see your sufferings it brings tears into my eyes. I pray no hardships ever come your way. Ameen Lots of respect from Pakistan & we would love to collaborate in such business ventures with our brothers
All forced converted country of modern times Lebanon.... The dedication of this guy to keep it running is way above anything....hatsoff and hopefully it regains the popularity of tourist and demand.
Shame the conflicts are getting in the way of this traditional business... the tourism would help fund the maintenance of the pumps needed... you could imagine it smells wonderful inside these beautiful buildings... amazing work from all the family 😉👍🏻
I personally, as a young person, would love to learn about the ways of making soap the traditional way. I personally don't like how much the world revolves around technology now, and that having a tech job is the only acceptable/praise-able job. If i ever get the chance to visit these countries, I would love to buy some soap bars!
Such a beautiful and traditional business. Once I got a gift of a friend - he brought me two olive soap cubes from south-east Turkey. I'd prefer this soap against any kind of industrial manufactured soap. It smells so good and the ingredients are naturally. And holding it in my hands let me feel the efforts to make it.
I'm a soap maker, but use molds. Castille (Olive oil soap) has been one soap I continue to have problems with, because it so soft. I would love to visit their factory.
May God bless you to keep your factory running. You make the best soap on this planet. It helped me so much during the pandemic. With this "normal" soaps my skin dryed out, but with your wonderfull soap my skin is soft and healthy. Your soap has a much better pH. I hope you and your family will never give up.
Lebanese olive oil soap is so good for your skin, especially if you suffer from psoriasis or eczema. I’m glad to see that it’s still made in a traditional way.
can you use it for youre hair?
No it's not. High risk of allergy sensitization, especially disease ridden skins
@@Sam-jw3xiweak american
Lebanese magic. Horseshit nonsense.
@@Sam-jw3xiit's pure soap, way better than chemicals on your skin.
Canadian man here who suffered from severe eczema and psoriasis this soap is God sent 20 years later at the age of 40 no psoriasis and not a wringle on sight thank you for your hardwork.
Ps in Canada this is found in most major cities in middle Eastern or specialty stores make sure you look for the stamp I've come across the one from Lebanon and Syria
They rely on nature more than technology. I wish we had something like it, in addition to the fact that there is nothing better than Syrian soap
I just received four bars from the West Bank. I have extremely dry skin and psoriasis so I’m anxious to see if it helps!
@@ajhwood1961 Did it help?
Is it also good for hair?
Is it available in Vancouver ? What is the brand name ?
There is always something so gratifying about products with simplicity, quality, and passion behind them. I see on their website that it is a $1 per bar. Buying now. Thank you Business Insider for highlighting these small to medium businesses
how much is shipping?
I immediately went to their website to support this business and was shocked at the prices. So much work goes into this craft. So much passion from the owner and employees. I'll definitely be picking up a few bars in different scents, as well as the good ol traditional
@@bonitabromeliads I don't see a shipping cost, either pay upon delivery or a direct bank transfer. Going to reach out to them to see if there's another option for payment.
Can you link their website?
@@adelasefora it's in the description of the video
As an artisan soap maker in the US, I greatly appreciated that companies like this still exist.
In some arab countries we still make olive oil soap at home! Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Syria ..
Handmaking is still normal in North-Africa, Middle-East and Asia because it is mostly cultural related.
I’m from Aleppo and we used these olive soaps since we were kids! While modern soap has replaced some parts of our lives, olive soap is still used for showering/bathing in most households :)
Are you still in Aleppo? My grandfather is from there and I always wanted to visit but I was told being American there is dangerous.
Aleppo? Católicos do Brasil fazem orações pelas pessoas de Aleppo. Vocês são resistentes, bravos e fortes, são exemplo para um Mundo cheio de fracos, frouxos e mimados.
@@trcythmpsn Aleppo is most likely safer than Detroit, Chicago or NY.
Nice to hear that. Olive oil has alot benefits for skin. I.e: soften, smooth skin, hydrating. ❤
That’s the soap I buy ☺️
In Calgary-Canada we have the fortune of having a syrian soap maker who unfortunately had to flee his home city Aleppo. He makes authentic Aleppo soap in the heart of Western Canada. Best soap on Earth!
Can you share the name please?
@@catialucero2373 the company is called Aleppo Savon
is it Aleppo Savon?
Please provide a link to order!
Who else has the urge to actually go and support this business and buy a few bars?
please do. Its a very good product. I had many problems with dry skin and dry beard. switched to traditional olive oil soap and dont have any problems anymore. Its easier to take with you when traveling (less weight and not liquid)
I have reached out to Walid to fund the materials to fix his factory floor.
I contacted him about buying him a new bucket
Me ✋️I wanted to visit Tripoli for long time. It's s beautiful city and nice people. I plan to go someday and support them as much as I can
just bought a 6 pack from amazon. cheers.
I'm from Lebanon and I can tell this soap is the best. I use it daily
I am sure their product is so much better than the modern corporatized phony chemical soaps products as you could imagine. Just look at the list of ingredients in these hideous new products: chemical after chemical. People who can find this original soap to buy, that has been around for centuries, are onto a great thing. With a bit of marketing, maybe they could make it a worldwide thing? Natural soap, just as it was originally made, without unnatural additives. I would love to find some someday!
@MrP2409 Chemicals are there for a reason - to make the soap clean better. You think they'd put them in there for fun? 😅
@@c_n_b They put them in there because they get a cheaper product that lasts longer. They definitively do not 'clean better'.
@@NinoNiemanThe1st it has chemicals in it like any soap
@@Lemingtona-x5g Obviously, everything is s a chemical. But not the long list of laboratory made unnatural chemicals that do not even exist in nature, and whose effects are untested. Stick to natural.
I’m a soap maker and that’s one of the best soap ever. Pure olive oil soap! Amazing for eczema and other skin problems.
@@jake9854but you yourself are a boy 😂
We must support this old soap factory. Nothing beats the old fashioned way. We must preserve and enrich more!!❤
if only it wasn't so inefficient
@@alpha04ify There does seem like a lot of ways you could improve this. Pump for starters. Build a crane with the ability to cut using a cnc type thing along with stamping. Though I do think you would need to build better equiped rooms. Yet I am sure you could make the same process on a factory line and the product would still come out the same.
I have been using the same soap for over 40 years and likely will never change.
@@kameljoe21 It's interesting to see these primitive ways, but clinging to it is silly. Our factories make soap at about 1/100th of the cost of these soaps, why would anyone want to preserve this is beyond me... Guess it's that artisanal feeling.
@@SoulWhite I think this process of hot soap is unlike the mass produced stuff.
I am not sure to be honest. Yet there are some things that have to be made the same way or it does not work.
I can use an example as things like swiss cheese. The holes are caused by hay. Yes containimates is what causes the holes which is why you can find a lot of mass produced swiss cheese that does not have holes in it. To get the holes you have to add so much ground hay dust in to the mix.
This is just one example why the old ways must still be used.
@@SoulWhite its a dollar for 182 grams of soap. There also isn't too much incentive to make it cheaper because you just get diminishing returns with savings at this scale of production. Not to mention that tourists come to the factory to see the traditional methods and not a mass producing factory.
I would love to stock a room with that. I'm a big believer in the health benefits of olive oil and basic soap. These guys are making magic.
where can we buy? Insider doesn't even post a link to their web site. Plus also I wish they would just ship to other countries to make money. That could probably help in keeping the business going and getting more demand for it!
@boohere2 They are in Lebanon. People literally need to rob banks to get their life savings back in Lebanon, it's a miracle they are still working at all. You'd probably need to go there.
@@boohere2 There's a link in the description
@@boohere2 palmolive website
@@boohere2amazon
$2.60 for 6 bars is a pretty good deal i was expecting these to be super expensive most of their stuff is super reasonable masbanat awaida is the store like this to spread awareness to the stores name
Unfortunately Lebanon has had rapid inflation so itay seems good for us these prices are probably expensive for them
Clearly this business is in good hands. He preserves the tradition while adding modern products. That's exactly how it should be.
This soap is the greatest ever made--pure, safe, soothing and smoothing for the skin. No lotion needed, rich lather and naturally scented. I buy it here at the Middle Eastern grocery and it is EPIC.❤
After watching a video ears ago about the original olive oil soap from the Mid-East, I actually started making my own using mostly olive oil and coconut oil. I make a batch about twice a year and still use it today; so thank you for what you continue to do.
did you have a "how to"guide to follow in doing this?
I tried making my own soap and got two batches of bubbling oozing mess so haven’t tried since. Soap isn’t expensive, so it’s not worth it at all.
Hmmm that's not the point of this video hun
I don’t think coconut is part of a true olive oil soap
can you describe your process?
I had been there in 2010 and bought soaps. They were great quality, and the factory itself is a great place to visit as a tourist..
It's a shame that wars have ruined so many lives, all around the world. I find the whole soap making process fascinating.
Ya many of them thanks to the us
@@1000OtherFoxes US and its Greed
Israel and USA
@@x87-64
israel is the most evil place i've ever been to
@@x87-64 not like Russia is anymore innocent.
I used to use the services of a local tailor many years ago. He was from Lebanon and he'd buy me a cake of "raw" artisanal olive oil soap whenever he went there for holidays. It was wonderful soap.
I can feel the back pain.
Their method is so unproductive. They could make a standardized wood or metal frame (like 50cmx50cmx5cm). Pour the soap mixture until overflowing, level it out with a stick. For stamping and cutting a simple mechanical press that stamp the whole frame then cut into cubes. This whole process can be done without electricity and materials for setting the work environnement isnt expensive. Making employees life way easier
@@TheHenvygreat point
@@TheHenvy true im sure there are lots of basic upgrades that would be very productive while still staying traditional and even manual if they want but hey to each their own
@@TheHenvyIt still requires money to go with that method. Imagine the number of boxes needed to go through the whole batch. Also, as long as labor is cheaper than the machines that can make labor easier nothing will change. Only when over half of Lebanon's population disappeared will those suggestions be taken...
😂😂😂😂❤ you mean you can feel the real work
The value of handmade things seems to be waning with each generation that passes. This was an outstanding look at one man's passion. Thank you for sharing and him for being persistent!
I wish I had known about this place when I visited Lebanon years ago. I will definitely keep it on my list for our next visit to this beautiful country.
your profile picture is amazing
I use this kind of soap since few years, and my skin has never been more beautiful ❤️
Husni is a real man. If anyone in the future ask me who u wanna be like, I'll reply, "I want to be like Husni"
My heart is breaking watching this now😭
poor baby
Northern Lebanon still stands if I'm not wrong.
My aunt in Lebanon makes olive soap each year and preserves a share for me :) I've been using olive soap as a shampoo and body wash since I was a kid. It's very popular in the Levant. Bundle that with a large loofah, and nothing can beat these two combinations in a shower. While "liquid soap" might be cheaper and used for hand wash, it can't be used in a shower.
Liquid soap can absolutely be used in the shower, just put it on a loofah and it’s suds up
S/O to 'Business Insider' for finally posting the links of these businesses so we can support! 💪🏽
I just received four bars from the Nablus soap factory in the West Bank. I have psoriasis and I love this soap!
The Nablus soap is kinda cream coloured isn't it! It's so simple & basic & NATURAL it's so healthy.
Hello from Australia my friends. This is truly amazing. I hope this beautiful tradition continues. God is great.
I have a friend from Lebanon,I will ask her to bring one for me…this is business should not go down at any cost
This soap must feel amazing. I wish I could visit and buy some. I also love the way the craftsmen remain devoted to their traditional product.
They have a online website but I’m not sure what it’s called 😅
they have an online site! the website is in their description:)
You can buy them in middle eastern supermarkets
As a soap maker i appreciate this
Hats off to all artisan, traditional producers across the world, no matter what they make.
They mentioned a shop in Nablus in the West Bank, that's the Al Nablusi Textile Factory! I got a keffiyeh from them last year to replace one that was beginning to rip in a couple places that my brother had given me back in 2006, very nice quality, love it a bunch!
This video made me cry, especially the end. knowing it is likely gone now.
Why would it be gone?
we're in war now😢
It was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike last Sunday.
@@mydataprivte WAIT WHAT
I think Insider should start a new program supporting these small scale industries. Maybe Insider can act as a middleman of sorts from whom we can buy like Amazon
Amazon intentionally ruins their small partner businesses, so it's a rather bad example. But what you mean is that they should act as retailers.
@@airtale.p yea thats it. My bad
Good business idea. Someone else could set it up then partner with them
They have a website which has an online shop.
I think US government should stop supporting Iran. This will lower taxes in Lebanon and ease government regulations on most industries, which in turn will make producing this wonderful product (as well as many others) cheaper and hence more abundant and available to the broader public instead of inorganic big industry substitutes.
They have so much passion and care for making this. Shoutout to BI for covering this story and highlighting the context in which they exist in all 3 cities. I've heard a lot about Middle Eastern olive oil soap, perhaps it's time for me to try it. Praying for everyone's safety and for peace to prevail in the Middle East. It's just devastating to see how much history and culture is being destroyed every day.
It is such a valuable thing; this tradition should continue.
I have been to one of these factories in Tripoli in 2016. The smell was amazing, I will never forget it.
Lebanon has a lot of wonders because of its creative people
😂😂😂😂😂
Lots completely backwards and unbelievably inefficient. Destined to fail
anyone can make soap lol
@@WiseOwl_1408it’s been there for thousands of years and it’ll stay for thousands of years, you’re a brainrot
@@WiseOwl_1408this is what handmade stuff is about, are you mentally challenged?
I am iraqi and we use the olive oil since I was kid but now am a grandmother and not in Iraq but I still love to use the olive oil soap and doing my best to looking for anywhere to buy and use 😊please keep this beautiful history a live it's part of our main custom and Culter😢
iraq doesnt exist only kurdistan
@@aqwsderxzonly in your dreams
I bet this soap is much better than Unilevers selection
I've been using olive oil soap for years and am not planning on changing that anytime soon. Especially after watching this special. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing this. I immediately went to Amazon and ordered a 6 pack of bars as gifts. Bless.... Brothers like them help make the world go round! Cheers 👊
Can you share the link
@@bintzuhdCouldn't find the Amazon link but if you Google Masbanat Awaida the first result is the soap maker's website.
link?
I can’t find them
Do you think you share the link? I've had no luck locating them on amazon, but I'd love to buy some
Proud to be from Aleppo the heart of this industry, I'm using it every day and will never stop it.
I love this. Nothing harming nature. I would buy this soap for sure.
You can buy them in middle eastern stores in the West.
Very affordable too. Doogle mid-east grocery places in your area. Definitely sell them.
I mean, using HOT lye is still a dangerous process. And none of those people are wearing adequate protective gear for their hands and eyes, just their feet. Lye itself needs to be extracted from raw materials in a process that we don't see here - we don't know where they source it from.
@@beckstheimpatient4135 They are doing it for centuries. Perhaps they got the hang of it.
Comercial soap bars are made with oil and caustic soda too, there's nothing special about this
I hope he can continue with the business. It’s so sad to see these things disappear, especially as the products are usually such good quality. Maybe one of his sons will take over hopefully.
If you're in Canada, there's a company called SHARBO which makes this soap. They moved their factory from Aleppo to Montreal decades ago.
What a great story about a historic industry. I hope these ancient traditional soap makers continue long into the future, maybe social media can help them? They are about as honest and as far as you could get from corporates like that LA Flamingo Estate thing for example!
I discovered olive soap a couple of years ago.. would never go back to some modern chemical soap. Interesting to see the Hand work. Respect
All soap is chemical, what do you mean? Olive oil soap is great, but each oil has different benefits. Coconut oil, shea butter, castor oil, even additives such as goat milk, honey or clay can make a wonderful soap. But at its base it does need lye - it does need a very harsh (and dangerous) chemical. It just happens that some chemicals were easier for our ancestors to isolate.
Chemical isn't bad - everything is chemical. Your body is entirely powered by chemical reactions.
I guess literal caustic soda is not a "chemical" then 😂
Just cause it's made by hand it doesn't mean it doesn't have "chemicals"
damn cheesy u got bad education . also its just cheaper to buy palm olive
Cyprus also has traditional olive oil soap similar to that still. We still use it (not everyone though, as factory soaps are cheaper unfortunately 😕) for everyday occasions such as bathing, clothes, hand washing and even to remove pesticides (small like ants animals) from garden vegetables. Traditional olive oil soaps foaming water can dumped in garden without been afraid of destroying the garden as it doesn't have chemicals. Most Mediterranean countries have these and no worries these teaching won't lost, soon it will flourishing again.☦️
Yeah but the original is from Aleppo and then Nablus
I make my own soap since 2016. Best soap so far is 100% Olive oil soap, 40 % Laurel Oil + 60% Olive Oil soap, 90% Olive Oil soap + 10% Mastix... This last one is best soap ever! But it is also expensive
Long live Palestina, Syria and Lebanon's soap people and culture. Freedom and justice for them.
I love this. Thank you for sharing this video. These traditional values and methods of craft are a beautiful part of our shared heritage that no twitter feed or algorithm can replace.
I am so proud of this video been a soap maker and also having Lebanese Heritage (Bterram, Koura), I hope this beautiful tradition lives on forever and wish nothing but peace to the region. Much love from Australia ❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is why i always buy Lebanese olive oil soap really a master piece ❤
I have purchased their soap and I've made my own olive oil soap and theirs is so mild. Theirs doesn't leave my skin feeling tight, even though I have very hard water (north Texas). I began making my own soap because I have extremely sensitive skin. Using my own soap has improved my skin and it's no longer so dry. It's difficult to make more sometimes and I saw a video on this business before the war and that's when I first bought their soap. This business is worth supporting and it's not political to do so. This is a person, not a corporation, and he is making a quality product that is so much better than what a corporation manufactures. Please, if you can, buy a few bars. I keep the spares under the sink, wrapped in gauze. The older it gets, the milder it will become. Thank you for this updated video. I had wondered what became of them.
I have bought this kind of traditional olive soap from the middle east many times! its good for the skin.
Support the Lebanese craftsmen… Lebanon is one of the only countries standing up to defend humanity against the greatest evil.
And what would that be?
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The BEST soap ever. Identical to Castile soap which is recommended for allergies and as a face and body soap, to wash laundry AND for general cleaning 💚
best soap I've ever used , better for hair than most shampoo and soap brands , can't stop using it for my face and hair ❤ sending love from egypt
I am obsessed with the Narrator how beautifully speaking their arabic names
Fascinating!!! Love that businesses like this still exist, I will support :)
Love the video. Really like they way they hold to honest traditions that value hard work and a good end product.
I love Lebanese and Syrian olive oil soap ❤ lots of love and respect from Morocco
There’s no Lebanese olive oil soap they just make it the original is Syrian and Palestinian
@@nanaah4602not true the original is Lebanon Tripoli
Please pple learn history
I'm surprised how Syrians wanna take e everything and put them to them
Like many type of food.
But anyway if that's what u feel and think ok 😂 but keep it for you they are even documentaries with syrian soap maker explaining how they learned it and brought it to Syria.
I buy this soap and I live Australia, it is just the most beautiful soap to use for my hair and body..
Hi Jody, where from? I also love in Australia
mama tachibana thinks diz is awesomazing and has included it on her 'places to visit' list. she totally loves soap as well. thank you fo all your hard work.
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That soap is extremely good. A lot of Middle Eastern shops in the US sell it.
Simple is the best
When the modern world is packed with ads for bad skin treatments we need this kind if soap more than ever.
Lebanon we love you 🇱🇧❤️
I'm a soap maker and have made castile soap. Mine wasn't this deep of green though. This is simply beautiful.
I hope these businesses have not been destroyed. This is the best soap if you have skin issues or sensitivities. I usually use Greek olive oil soap. I would love to try this soap.
I use this soap it's amazing but don't get it in your eyes ! Lebanon is an incredible country with lovely people.
As an Iraqi, this type of soap is a staple - we refer to it as 'Saboon Ragi', Ragi actually coming from the word Raqqa, meaning Aleppo. Best soap, stil use it today everytime I go back home I pick up a batch!
Olive oil soap is excellent when you can get it. Let's hope that these craftsmen can continue making this great product.
Absolutely wonderful. Long may these traditions keep going. These soaps are so natural and healthy. Try them if you can & support the tradition!
I am supporting this business...watching the labor of love that goes into the making of the soap I am ordering!❤
I use this and its great. Skin feels really good after the shower. I love how it's made!
I am Greek, my wife is from Aleppo and she grew up with this soap.
I know this from my travels there before 2011 and the externally directed destruction.
How can I buy in Greece?
Been using Aleppo and olive soap for years now and will never go back to shampoo bottles. The skin feels so healthy, it‘s 1000 times better for the environment and way cheaper. Oh and please buy the soap from factories like the one shown in the clip 😌
Olive oil soap is healthier and safer than the chemical one. I regularly buy it here in Morocco, but I'm not sure if they make it in a traditional way like these gentlemen do.
I'm from Egypt, I tried Syrian soup as we have many Syrians here since the civil war started, but would love to buy the Lebanese .
the Tripoli accent is sooo different and distinctive from main stream Lebanese accent.
❤ respect
Try nabulsi soap
What a nice documentary. Simple and beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Look at that beautiful piece of byproduct. Only with the 3 organic ingredients, traditional method and the generous sized blocks of soap looks simple yet sophisticated.
Amazing! I definitely want to buy some of these! Also, I love Lebanon! Such an amazing people, culture, country! ❤👍🏽
Whenever I watch Still Standing videos of Insider Business, I always feel sad at the end to the point where whenever I wanted to feel somber, I watch these videos and feel sad... it's comforting somehow.
The amount of effort they are putting in this business cannot be encompassed in one documentary.
I think the owner should inculcate such values in his children so they hv a sense of belonging & attachment. Keep feeding them information about family business & the hardships attached(for reality check).
So once they grow up. They are fond of taking over this family business & this unique legacy of 130 years
Our Labanese & Palestinian brothers are the bravest. Eachtime i see your sufferings it brings tears into my eyes. I pray no hardships ever come your way. Ameen
Lots of respect from Pakistan & we would love to collaborate in such business ventures with our brothers
Shaving the soap looks really satisfying!
A soap cathedral! Beautiful.
And more useful than cultist ones.
All forced converted country of modern times Lebanon....
The dedication of this guy to keep it running is way above anything....hatsoff and hopefully it regains the popularity of tourist and demand.
If people new how good this is for your body.. nobody would use something else.❤
That was a superstitius believe to think the suff you rub on your skin affects you! it is a waste of olive oil
Wow. I almost want to go work there.... These guys seem so dedicated to their professions! We need more of this nowadays.
Shame the conflicts are getting in the way of this traditional business... the tourism would help fund the maintenance of the pumps needed... you could imagine it smells wonderful inside these beautiful buildings... amazing work from all the family 😉👍🏻
I bought and used it. The scent is light and lathers wonderfully. I recommend it very much.
I personally, as a young person, would love to learn about the ways of making soap the traditional way. I personally don't like how much the world revolves around technology now, and that having a tech job is the only acceptable/praise-able job. If i ever get the chance to visit these countries, I would love to buy some soap bars!
Such a beautiful and traditional business. Once I got a gift of a friend - he brought me two olive soap cubes from south-east Turkey. I'd prefer this soap against any kind of industrial manufactured soap. It smells so good and the ingredients are naturally. And holding it in my hands let me feel the efforts to make it.
I'm a soap maker, but use molds. Castille (Olive oil soap) has been one soap I continue to have problems with, because it so soft. I would love to visit their factory.
May God bless you to keep your factory running. You make the best soap on this planet. It helped me so much during the pandemic. With this "normal" soaps my skin dryed out, but with your wonderfull soap my skin is soft and healthy. Your soap has a much better pH. I hope you and your family will never give up.
Amazing to see this. Please ask them to market online and reach consumer in other countries to boost their sales.
Yesss the best soap! There's also a beautiful old factory like this one in Saida, Lebanon.
I hope these factories are still surviving and still thriving. They are in my thoughts.