Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Moments Back Home: Dates

The Date coming from palm trees has been an essential part of the food of people in the middle east for thousands of years.  The Holy Quran explains that Allah gave Mariam PBUH (Virgin Mary ) dates when she was about to give birth to Esa (Jesus) PBUH.  The profit Mohammed  also mentioned the incredible nutrition values of dates.

When my dad had started building our new house a few years ago, he planted a palm tree.  A couple years later it started producing dates.  Here's how it looks:






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