#roseharvest

Dear Ouddict, Last week I was in the rose fields of Logar, Afghanistan, nestled among the foothills of the Hindu Kush during the Rosa damascena harvest. I had gone there curious about the Afghan rose after hearing good things about it over the years, but smelling it directly from the branch...

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ Ouddict family! Just a few days ago I was in England, curled up on the sofa binge-watching YouTube clips about the legendary Taif rose harvest, convinced I’d already missed the season. Then the itch hit: why not just go? So I took a leap of...