What the date palm gives: dates, syrup, coffee and crafts

In the oasis the date palm is much more than a fruit tree. Besides fresh dates, people make jams, creams and syrups from them, and even a “date coffee” from roasted date seeds.

The leaves are braided into baskets, the palm wood is used for chests, and the fronds (jerid) are arranged vertically to make fences and are also used in pottery kilns.

Even the sap is drunk, as lagmi. This is why we say that the palm gives life to the oasis.