RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Bethlehem- 08 September 2022. A Palestinian woman Amna Salah prepares the clay ovens to earn livelihood, in the West bank city of Bethlehem.

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Amna Salah

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Clay ovens, she says, make food and drinks taste different.

The primitive clay oven, or earthen oven, cob oven, has been used since ancient times by diverse cultures and societies, primarily for, but not exclusive to, baking before the invention of cast-iron stoves, and gas and electric ovens. The general build and shape of clay ovens were, mostly, common to all peoples, with only slight variations in size and in materials used to construct the oven. In primitive courtyards and farmhouses, earthen ovens were built on the ground.

"The clay oven must be left under the sunlight to dry so it can withstand the heat from cooking. In winter it takes two to three days to dry."

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