Soap from Aleppo resurfaces — a sign of hope

Adèle Tarzi-Bachi began importing soap from her native city of Aleppo in 2009.
Said to be the oldest soap in the world, favoured by the likes of Queen Cleopatra and Queen Zenobia, though these things are hard to verify, it was still being made until recently according to ancient traditions — by hand and by foot, with planks of wood strapped onto the feet to flatten the soap before it was cut into bars. 
Then came the war, however, and the famous soap industry became collateral