الجوري يذبل في سوريا بسبب الحرب و تغيير المناخ

Damask rose

الوردة الدمشقية، أو الجوري، تلك الوردة الخلابة ذات البتلات الثلاثين، هي الأخرى من ضمن من عانوا ويلات الحرب و تغيير المناخ في سوريا. و بينما باتت تُزرع الوردة في مناطق مختلفة في تركيا و إيران و غيرها، تُعتبر الجوري من أشهر المنتوجات التي حملت إسم دمشق إلى العالم لاستخدامها في صناعة العطور و نكهات الحلويات

و في الوقت الذي بلغت صادرات الجوري المجفف أكثر من 80 طنا في السنة من قرية المراح وحدها شمال دمشق قبل اندلاع الحرب، هوى العدد إلى أقل من 20 طنا بسبب الجفاف و الحر و هلاك المزارع و هجرة أهل القرية العاملين في زراعة الورد. و بينما كان عبق الجوري يملئ طرقات و شرفات القرية، أصبحت رائحة البارود هي الطاغية في القرية بحسب حمزة بلال، أحد مُلاك مصانع تقطير زيوت الجوري في المراح

Syrian picking damask rose

تاريخيا، أدرك الصليبيون الغزاة جودة وردة الجوري و نقلوها معهم إلى أوروبا في أيام الحروب الصليبية، و انتشرت بشكل كبير هناك حتى ذكرها الشاعر الإنجليزي الشهير ويليام شيكسبير في أحد بيوت الغزل من قصائده. و وصلت الصادرات أيضا دول الخليج العربي حيث زاد الطلب على زيوت الوردة هناك. أما الآن، بات الجوري ذابلا على سيقانه في ما تبقى من حقول الزراعة الناجية من المعارك المتواصلة في سوريا على مدى الخمس أعوام الماضية

و أخيرا، يقول أمين بيطار، و هو مزارع للجوري و رجل طاعن في السن، أن للوردة الدمشقية قيمة أكبر من قيمتها التجارية، فهي بالنسبة إليه كأحد أفراد عائلته، و  أن الوردة لن تعود للحياة حتى تضع الحرب أوزارها

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Basel Ismaiel
Basel Ismaielhttp://www.greenprophet.com
Raised in Abu Dhabi, and made a living in Calgary. The lowest common denominator? Oil. Nothing against compressed corpses of the clade Dinosauria, per se, but Basel guesses that the industry might have accelerated the predictably grim Anthropocene. He consults in sustainability out of Ottawa, Canada. Basel runs marathons & hikes mountains. He plays football too. Talk to Basel at [email protected]

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