date:Jul 02, 2018
o bring dates from here, it was the best gift someone could take, said Hajji. They thought it was a holy fruit.
Now 60, he owns a wholefoods fruit and vegetable shop in the heart of Fallujah's main bazaar. Much like his country, Hajji now finds himself weighed down by decades of turmoil.
His large frame forces him to pray on a chair rather than on the floor the same chair he sits in sipping water, as he chronicles the golden years for Iraqs 350 types of dates.
All of the Arab countries knew