Title: women
1womens agricultural cooperative tamounte imin
tlit
2the cooperative's board, imin'tlit
3the fruit of argan tree looks like an olive
4the 'olives' are dried up in the sun
5the skin is dry, the walnuts are ready for working
6Fatima working at the machine skinning the
walnuts
7walnuts are ready to be broken
8the argan walnuts
9Mina breaks the walnuts with a stone and a sort
of white 'almond' comes out
10Fatima separates the walnuts from 'almonds'
11the women take eight hours average for 1l argan
oil preparation
12almond'
13could not skip afternoon break with mint tea,
amlou, argan oil and home-made bread
14oven for toasting
15the traditional grinder
16traditional process for food argan oil extraction
17modern equipment food oil
18modern equipment cosmetic oil
19old and new a mobile phone in the basket of
broken walnuts
20the showroom
21amlou cream of almonds (skinned and toasted),
argan oil and honey
22historical picture of tamounte women first from
right is the director
23argan trees hills in the area of Essaouira
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