IN STEREO

I’m one of those people who loves their land. You know, that piece of land is my joy. I spend most of my time, as a matter of fact, in Al-Makhrour. It’s a beautiful area. I mean, it’s unbelievable. It’s a nice, nice valley. I don’t spend as much time in my house as I spend up there. I enjoy being alone with nature, and that’s about it. When I go up there, I feel really relaxed, like a whole different person. When I’m at home, doing nothing, I feel like I’m tied up or something. So I just crank my engine in my car and go up there. That’s the best way to do it. Just get away from everybody, from all this noise, all the traffic, and stay up there. Even though there isn’t much to do, because as I said, I fixed up my land. But I don’t mind going up there, staying up there, sitting under the tree. You get the fresh air, the view. Honestly, it’s like heaven.

I mean, I was coming back yesterday and I looked at the sun setting down. I said, “God, it’s so beautiful.” As I said, thank God for everything I’ve got. I’m really happy. Fortunately, I know a few people now starting to take care of their land. But we’re talking about the older generation, not the younger one. If they know how to take care of the land, it’ll give them all kinds of things. Like us, this year – you’ve seen how many apricots we’ve got. I mean, we’re talking about more than one tonne of apricots that I’ve picked this year. Why? Because I’m taking care of my land. I grow just about everything. [Our food] is all homemade stuff. It’s 100% organic. It comes out so tasty, it’s beautiful. We live in nature, and it gives us more than we need. So whenever you take care of things, things will take care of you. – Jamal