The secret of Nablus Soap
(2 Jan 2012)
AP Television
Nablus, West Bank, 9th October 2011
1. Close-up olives on tree
2. Close-up olive oil being poured into bucket
3. Medium of Nablus Soap worker pouring olive oil into bucket
4. Wide of Nablus Soap workers giving olive oil to co-owner Mojtaba Tubeleh
5. Nablus Soap co-owner Mojtaba Tubeleh pouring oil onto tank
6. Pan soaps
7. SOUNDBITE (English): Mojtaba Tubeleh, Nablus Soap co-owner:
The Nabulsi soap is something natural; it's a kind of soap which is made of natural olive oil. The ingredients are olive oil, caustic soda and water. Only this.
8. Close-up Mojtaba Tubeleh stirring mixture of olive oil, caustic soda and water inside tank
9. Wide of Mojtaba Tubeleh stirring mixture
10. SOUNDBITE (English): Mojtaba Tubeleh, Nablus Soap co-owner:
In the popular Nabulsian word we are talking about cooking, the same way of cooking meals and vegetables, we are cooking olive oil for making (it) soap. So we cook the soap; this process takes - for example - in general six, seven hours. And after that we leave the soap to rest, also for four, five hours and then we put it on the floor.
12. Wide of worker putting mixture into bucket
13. Close-up of mixture
14. Medium of worker sweeping floor and other worker laying metal bars at the edge of floor
15. Close-up worker sweeping floor
16. Various walking shots of workers passing buckets with mixture and pouring it on the floor
17. Medium of worker levelling mixture after it's been laid on the floor
18. Wide of mixture being poured on the floor and worker levelling it
19. Pan right of mixture after it's been all poured on the floor
20. SOUNDBITE (English): Maher Tubeleh, Nablus Soap co-owner:
The soap's still solid, it's not yet dry, so we have to wait until tomorrow. Like...you see? And, by the way, you can smell the olive oil.
21. Pan left from King Hussein Square in Nablus city centre to exterior of Touqan Soap factory
22. Wide of solidified soap on the floor of Touqan Soap factory
23. Various of Touqan Soap worker cutting soap on the floor
24. Medium of Touqan Soap worker picking up soap blocks and putting them on cart
25. Various of Nablus Soap workers arranging soap block into pyramid tower
26. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Ismail al-Sarafandi, Nabulsi Soap worker:
In the past the consumption of this soap was stronger than now and its use was more popular than today.
27. Wide of tourists and guide at Touqan Soap factory
28. Close-up tourists at Touqan Soap factory
29. Wide of pyramid soap towers at Touqan Soap factory
30. Various close-up of pyramid soap towers at Touqan Soap factory
31. SOUNDBITE (English): Mojtaba Tubeleh, Nablus Soap co-owner:
Because it is completely natural, it is very useful for skin, it is very useful for hair, it is very useful for body, it's healthy. There are no bad things or effects from this kind of soap.
32. Wide of Nablus Soap workers cutting block of mint soap with machine
33. Close-up Nablus Soap workers stamping soap blocks
34. Medium Nablus Soap worker and co-owner Maher Tubeleh stamping soap blocks
35. Various of Touqan Soap worker wrapping soap blocks
36. Close-up of wrapped soap blocks
37. Various of Nablus Soap worker and co-owner Maher Tubeleh wrapping mint scented soaps
38. Medium of Tubeleh brothers and sister drinking coffee and talking outside their office
39. Close-up Nablus Soap scented soap bar
40. Tilt-up Nablus Soap scented soaps
LEAD IN:
One of the most natural soaps in the world is also one of the oldest.
STORYLINE:
Pure olive oil is the main ingredient of the Nabulsi, a beige, irregularly shaped, all-natural soap that is part of the Palestinian tradition.
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