tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578451102138511405.comments2009-09-01T11:07:45.820-07:00Life's Sabichchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04029664527838156448noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578451102138511405.post-56404243241354173042009-09-01T11:07:45.820-07:002009-09-01T11:07:45.820-07:00i love how ridiculously ugly it is. but having mad...i love how ridiculously ugly it is. but having made it myself, albeit in mini-cupcake form across the ocean, i can vouch for its awesomeness.<br /><br />(not to rub it in, but my cupcakes were, in fact, adorable. now if i had only taken photographic evidence before ingesting them all...)<br /><br />happy four-month-aversary, love.chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029664527838156448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578451102138511405.post-50289514417703724152009-08-06T02:06:29.624-07:002009-08-06T02:06:29.624-07:00I did not know that!I did not know that!Noamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524919149000298753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578451102138511405.post-81160292231952170862009-08-05T09:13:19.363-07:002009-08-05T09:13:19.363-07:00As Callie mentioned, Sabras are used as a metaphor...As Callie mentioned, Sabras are used as a metaphor for Jews born in Israel.<br /><br />Notwithstanding the prevalence of this use, I found the fact that it is not an indigenous plant noteworthy.<br /><br />I'm not quite sure when and how it came here from Mexico, but it has been in use by Palestinians for a while. The Sabras can't reproduce on their own here, and have to be planted. It's a hardy plant, grows big and thick. These features lent themselves to using the cactus as fence, delineating land plots amongst Palestinian villagers prior to 1948. As a part of daily life, the plants held a very different symbolic meaning . Since it served a boarder between fields, it was not owned by one side or the other. It was shared by the whole village, and seen a community demarcating food item that villagers from another village were not supposed to pick.<br /><br />Today, cacti are visible in the local landscape, but rarely is the Palestinian use of it recognizable. Driving along the highway, one can see what is left of these agricultural clues and relics. In some of the planted forests, cacti can be spotted amongst the trees. A sad reminder that a village use to be close by - emptied, destroyed, and covered today by a national park.Goorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788552877988830981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578451102138511405.post-78816777033275197612009-07-25T04:43:25.940-07:002009-07-25T04:43:25.940-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797647883094149349noreply@blogger.com