Sorting olives

15 Oct 2008

I wish I knew more about the olive-sorting process. Perhaps the dried-out ones drift away? Or is she just rearranging the bowl’s contents so she can do a visual inspection once things have settled?

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“A Palestinian woman sorts olives during the harvest in a grove next to Israel’s separation barrier near the West Bank village of Abu Dis, on the outskirts of Jerusalem,” by Ashraf Abu Turk (AP), The Big Picture, 15 October 2008

Originally published at culture-making.com.

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