The Woman Behind West Bank's Pioneering micro Beer Brewery

A taste of the Middle East! 😋

Until the Islamist religious police knocks at the door of the brewery! Let's pray it will never happen!

"... [Madees] Khoury is not just doing any job. She’s the only female brewer in the Middle East. And from the Palestinian village of Taybeh, she is making beer under occupation, against the grain of tradition—far from the easiest place to run a business.

“I grew up here, since the age of nine, watching my family build the business and work really hard,” the 39-year-old tells me from the brewery over a Zoom call. “When I was in the States, I couldn’t wait for summer so I could return and work here.”

Khoury studied business, returning home after college to join the company full-time in 2007, aged 21. Nearly two decades later, Taybeh Brewing Company now exports to more than 17 countries, including Japan, Germany, Belgium, and Sweden. ...

Founded in 1994 by Khoury’s father, Nadim, and her uncle David, Taybeh is the oldest microbrewery in the region. ..."

The Woman Behind Palestine’s Pioneering Brewery "A small family-run brewery in the West Bank is exporting craft beer, offering a glimpse of a Palestine defined by innovation and endurance rather than the violence that fills the headlines."

Madees Khoury (Source)