A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

The palm tree has been cultivated by humans for almost 5,000 years. This began in the Middle East with the Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) but soon expanded to other regions with other palm species.

Middle East; The Gulf ... Jews recently planted palm trees in the Saudi city of Medina for the first time in 1,400 years, as part of an interfaith trip to the Gulf region.

A palm isn’t necessarily a tree and a coconut isn’t necessarily a nut. Botanically the fruit is a drupe, not a nut. Use of palm trees. The palm tree has been cultivated by humans for almost 5,000 ...