Sunday, August 3, 2008

He then took the remaining material and shaped it into a date palm





Legend has it that after God had created man from the earth, he took the remaining material and shaped it into a date palm and placed it in the Garden of Paradise.

The Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm that is cultivated all over the gulf for its fruit. These trees are believed to have originated in the Persian Gulf and have been cultivated ever since ancient times, from Mesopotamia to prehistoric Egypt.

The date palm tree is extremely popular for its fruit and is known to have several hundred other uses including lumber, mattresses, rope and baskets.

The date palm trees are popular across the city of Dubai and also seen extensively across the desert areas on the outskirts.


The local emaratis are very passionate about their date heritage. One local, Mohammad Atiq Al Hamili recently purchased 810 baskets of dates for $273,000 at the recently concluded Fourth Liwa Dates Festival.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Check out this link.

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Heritage_and_Culture/10230360.html

Harsha said...

I cannot help but notice the huge amounts of dates on all the trees around Dubai!

They look amazing!

Uma por Dia said...

I love dates!
Ususaly here I find them from Tunis.
Nice information :)

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful series of photographs!

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