In case anyone is wondering, the soap is stacked after cutting, because it needs to "cure", or finish saponifying. This ensures that (a) the remaining lye in the soap has reacted with the olive oil, so it does not burn your skin (which would be _very_ bad), and (b) it lengthens the usable life and effectiveness of the soap. These bars are left in these "towers" for months.

All I have to say is...WOW! These guys work hard! We take so much for granted sometimes. It's fascinating watching them do this

The packaging depertment had mad skills.

workers in other factories: after a day of work, washes hands with soap and water workers in this factory: after a day of work, rinse

Such an incredible insight into the whole process from start to finish, such hardworking people. God Bless them all!!!

This is one of the most beautiful documentary videos I've ever seen. Their whole soap making process is unbelievable in this age. I loved watching this and appreciate that it was done without narration.

The love of my life gifted me a bar of this soap after 4 years of watching this video. And im writing this to say to anyone else watching this to numb the pain or soothe themselves--- it gets better and the soapies will always be here in the meantime. I have watched this video dozens of times over the years-- its so soothing to me, simple, ASMR-ish, just relaxing to see such beautiful work's fruition. I first saw it when I was about 16 and it helped so much with my anxiety-- I would watch it on loop to go to bed and would periodically return to it over the years, becoming obsessed about it and forgetting over and over. I am now 20 and in my first long term relationship--- as things became deeper between us we shared we both struggle with really intense anxiety and so showed him the soap video I would always return to just once. 2 months later I received my very first bar of this unreal bar soap from him out of nowhere-- he just remembered that I had always wanted one. Now I am putting the bar in our bathroom of the apartment we are moving in together soon. Let me tell you that this bar lathers so nicely. It smells so pure and earthy, when I smell it I feel like I am in the Nablus factory with these men. I love it so much even though its a bit drying on my skin. xxx

The gentleman in the opening scene probably began there as a young man running the buckets down and up the stairs. Moved onto smoothing, then sweeping, marking out, on the mallets, cutting, wrapping then the brewing. Well done with dignity gents.

These guys need to implement a pulley system to get those buckets up and down the floors. Damn that has to be so painful on their backs.

Back breaking hard work....I hope they are appreciated

What craftsmanship, at every step in the process, including the guy with the lightning-fast hands wrapping them! 😳. It also strikes me that you'd have to be very accurate in the process of cutting the bars - not only to have a consistent weight per bar, but also to have perfectly straight sides so that they can be stacked in those drying-towers without toppling over. Amazing...

This video is genuinely amazing. They hammer in the brand with such precision!

This was so inspiring to watch! I've learned so much in the short film. I salute them for working so hard to keep many people clean and fresh! Thank you for sharing.

damn...such hard work for something we take for granted. I wanna buy one just to support their efforts!

Can you imagine the beautiful smell in this place.

7:29 When your soap tower starts misbehaving.....

Wow, I love how they have preserved the old way of soap making. I want to try this soap!

I'm a soap maker, and let me say, I commend these men.....kudos to them for keeping their tradition!

Much respect for these gentlemen.

1:47 I see the sadness in the eyes of that old man, carrying heavy weight on his back all day for some money. Be grateful of where you are born, never take anything for granted.

No matter what part of the world...no matter what the job....no matter how well of a life I may be leading....mad respect to those who work hard and honest to provide and fulfill their responsibilities.

Hard job 1:13 Painful work 5:13 Sometimes suggestive 3:59 The flash skills 8:04 Nice result 9:24 Thanks for this video :)

This soap is made from olive oil in Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and north of Iraq. it's useful for who's suffering hair loss

My god, what champions. Absolute legends.

that guy wrapping the soap is not fucking around

loved how he wrapped the soaps..so much of work for everyone though..

Love these soaps! Have been using them for years. The best quality!

How can anybody not find this fascinating, I’ve just spent 30mins on Google finding out about where Nablus is, what of soap this is etc etc, I’ve learnt geography, history, botany and economics just because of see what they were doing and why, oh yes it doesn’t smell

How come some people hate this?? It is beautiful.

my back is screaming just from watching 5 min of this.

5:48 I would love to know what these men are in conversation about, this is a wonderful video and showing us how traditional handmade soapmaking is done, they make it look like an art. I would love to travel to Nablus one day and learn from these hard working people.

This is amazing!!! I love how it’s all done by hand.

Wow ! That's amazing! I bet they are so tired when they finish working everyday. I've seen comments of people being so rude and judgmental but they are working this hard for money, to provide for their families and these days everyone is so use to having things handed to them. There is hardly any hard work don't these days and when you work hard like these people, you break a sweat and I'm fairly certain THERE IS NO AIR CONDITIONING ! Awesome job guys !

now i know why my soap had a Nike foot print on it.

extreme soaping! amazing the stamping and those curing stacks are so pretty!

This is some absolute backbreaking work!

Very interesting to see the hard labour that actually goes into a bar of soap. It makes me grateful.

thank you to show process :)

Amazing. I admire tradition. If we kept more of it , the world would probably be a better place. I ordered just to support

The reason why I got interested about this soap is that it cleared my skin for real. I had a horrible cystic acne, blackheads all over my nose, and post acne dark spots in short my skin was in the worst condition you could imagine. I tried everything natural masks, korean cosmetics , everything, but nothing helped even made it worse. It's been a month since I started using this soap and it's like a magic

Simple and beautiful this is there art.

I bought some because of this video and it’s amazing. Highly recommend

makes me really appreciate how well paid I am and how "easy" my career is.

Well done, everything by hand!! A practically hand made soap!

Thank you for posting this interesting video of a traditional soap making process.

This is art. The hard work involved is way too much for a commodity way too trivial but I am sure that these people love their art way too much for machines to let it run. I love this too. Such a therapeutic video too. Would love to buy a dozen or two of these wonderful soaps one day! :)

These workers are so awesome to watch ..this is one of my favorite videos...hard work pays off with a good product

Makes me appreciate how spoiled we are, and how readily available soap, shampoo, actually pretty much anything that we need. So many people take soooo much for granted and would quit a job like this within the first few hours of the 1st day.

I think it is fascinating!!! See how fast he wrapped those bars

Hard working job .. bless you all

Thankyou for showing us the beauty of hard work. A wonderful tradition.

For some reason I feel like biting the soap

Absolutely amazing. Amazing!

Omg! He's so quick with wrapping soaps

Always a pleasure to watch people doing something useful.

The old guy at the beginning waiting for the other guy to move the full bin and then reposition the empty bin in front of him 😂😂😂

An ancient art! Beautiful!

This really is amazing... every bit of it. They are doing an awesome job. No machines, no chemicals, human efficiency at best. Even the wrap is natural. This truly is organic. Hats off to them. I never have appreciated any video so much. This whole thing takes you back in time. Love it. Wish I could be there.

These are over 800 years old soap factories in the old town of Nablus in the west Bank, long live Palestine 😘😘😘

You guess are awesome, without any technology you are doing so precise & accurate and finally the guys who was packing that was the fantastic

Do they play Jenga when they get bored?

I think its cool, keep it traditional! When big corporations get involved sooner than later a great product becomes sub par I love it

Amazing. I’m from USA and I’m still amazed.

Wow this is great men you have sharpened my skills.This time i will not strangle with making single bar moulds for my home made bar soap.God bless.

عنوان الفيديو معمل صابون نابلس بصراحه شغله متعبه وتتطلب مجهود كبير الى ان توصل للمنتوج الحقيقي الله يكون في عونكم

Amazing to see how they make the soap there! wish i could wrap soap bars that fast! lol

Very cool video. I went and ordered Nablus soap after watching this

What hard working people! I enjoyed watching your process - thanks for sharing this 💜

Am Jewish but this are My personal heros, I think you are amazing, extraordinary , good work. Keep it simple, keep it classic, keep the quality. greetings from the other side ;)

This was wonderful. It's just like homemade soapmaking, but on a large scale. This may not be the way we make large quantities of soap bars in the most technological countries anymore, but if there's ever a disaster and we can't get soap or the complex automated factory machines, this is how we'll make it, the old-fashioned way by hand. Just like people everywhere in the world still do in their kitchen, but here on the scale of a commercial factory operation. Really fascinating to see. Everything they did made sense! And the process of an ancient soap factory probably looked just the same. The tradition continues.

The most beatiful documentary!❤❤❤❤❤

Wow, this is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! 👏👍 I make soap at home, and have a project to start a business! 👍 Anyway, besides that, it's gorgeous to see those men so dedicated and skilled in their handcrafted job! 👍

not everything is about money.... great to see people keeping the old tradition. respect please

Wow. Now thats hard work.

My great respect for you all. It's not just great products. But already a matter of the heart. They are special people. This is art . I use these products every day. I wish everyone peace and happiness in the production. God bless you all !!!!

Just watching this is hurting my back. After one row id need a perc lol

Waaaaow! I love this!!!!

Such hard work. Such respect for those guys.

Incredible! What a really hard work, I would love to take a bath using that soap. Traditional soap recipe from Middle East. Thanks for sharing.

Love that wrapping parts.😊

I bet they smell good when they come home from work

We are soapmakers (Stoney River Soap Company), and I am just fascinated by this wonderful video. I've watched it three times in the past couple of years. Those guys work so hard. One thing that was skipped, though, was video of the men actually lifting the soap off of the floor. The man who is wrapping the soaps... I would lose all circulation in my legs sitting like that. This all looks so ancient, yet they do have UPC codes on the wrappers. All-in-all this is a classic.

Great job I love it

Back breaking work and none of them young men. God Bless them.

I only buy organic artisinal hand cut floor soap...

I want to buy one of these!

Love seeing how things are made !

I watched this video and bought this soap. Month later it came in. Use it everyday!

I love this soap, I bring some everytime I visit Palestine. Love that country !

dont know how i ended up at this end of youtube, but its so satisfying to watch lol

5:13 its good to know that these guys are playing Jenga and working at the same time. 😁

That is a strenuous job right there...omg a lot of work 💯

very interesting thanks

This soap is made in Palestine from olive oil

Quality handmade product. Thats something most can appreciate!

Hermoso trabajo. Felicitaciones a todos !!.

I’m a big fan of the Palestinians 🇵🇸❤️

It’s it just me, who mainly enjoyed watching the soap wrapping process 😊

Amazing can that guy come wrap presents for me lol seriously though to see the process of making was wonderful

Amazing film - thank you