Even before the Gaza war broke out, the Taybeh brewery’s pale ales and lagers had to carve a rocky path to make their way out of the occupied West Bank.
Now, 30 years after opening, the Palestinian territory’s oldest microbrewery faces an array of obstacles — from literal roadblocks to standards testing and bureaucratic hurdles from Israeli authorities.
“Business has gone down drastically,” says Madees Khoury, 38, who took over the family business from her father Nadim, after he received the blessing of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to open a brewery in 1994.
