Ṣināʻat Māʼ al-Ward fī al-Jabal al-Akhḍar: Qirāʼah Tārīkhīyah fī al-Mawrūth al-Ḥirafī wa-Muqawwimāt al-Tanmiyah al-Mustadāmah - Awsanjalī, Ilhām bint ʻAwaḍ Saʻīd; Multaqá al-Tīn wa-al-Zaytūn al-Awwal (2026) (Wilāyat al-Jabal al-Akhḍar) (Wilāyat al-Jabal al-Akhḍar : Markaz Dhākirat ʻUmān, 2026)
This study treats rose-water production in Al Jabal Al Akhdar in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate of the Sultanate of Oman as one of the most venerable Omani crafts, so closely bound to the mountain's name that it has become a fixed mark in the cultural memory of the Gulf and the Arab world. It offers a critical historical reading of the craft in the modern and contemporary periods — the twentieth and twenty-first centuries — by tracing the historical roots of rose cultivation on the mountain; describing the traditional craft system of distillation with its implements and local terminology (al-dahjān, al-manāṣib, al-birmah, al-khirs and the false floor); recording the economic and social dimensions of the craft in the village communities of al-ʿAyn, al-Sharījah, Sayq, al-ʿAqr, Wādī Banī Ḥabīb and al-Qashʿ; and analysing the foundations of its sustainable development in the light of the rapid transformations the mountain has undergone. The study adopts an integrated method combining descriptive history with exploratory fieldwork, drawing on classical and modern Omani sources, refereed journals, official reports and the records of foreign travellers.
Permanent citation identifier: MHF-TEENZAYTOON-032.
Conference theme (in Arabic): الاقتصاد والتنمية.
Text in Arabic; title also romanized (ALA-LC); abstract and keywords in English.
Keywords: Rose water; Craft heritage; Traditional distillation; Sustainable development; Al Jabal Al Akhdar; Intangible heritage; ماء الورد; الجبل الأخضر; التراث الحرفي; التقطير التقليدي; التنمية المستدامة