RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Gaza- 27 November 2022. Palestinians harvest walnuts "Ain al-Jamal" at a farm in Gaza city.

01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) The owner of the land, Jalal Qaz'at
02.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Farmer Youssef Abu Kushi

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Walnut cultivation is rare in the Gaza Strip, and its harvest begins in November. Walnuts are used in the manufacture of Arabic Kunafa sweets, which is one of the most popular sweets in the Gaza Strip.

A walnut is the edible seed of a drupe of any tree of the genus Juglans (family Juglandaceae)

Although culinarily considered a "nut" and used as such, it is not a true botanical nut. After full ripening, the shell is discarded and the kernel is eaten. Nuts of the eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) and butternuts (Juglans cinerea) are less commonly consumed.

Walnuts are rounded, single-seeded stone fruits of the walnut tree commonly used for food after fully ripening between September and November, in which the removal of the husk at this stage reveals a browning wrinkly walnut shell, which is usually commercially found in two segments (three or four-segment shells can also form). During the ripening process, the husk will become brittle and the shell hard. The shell encloses the kernel or meat, which is usually made up of two halves separated by a membranous partition.

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