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Article: Nectar of Allah: honey has a unique place in Islamic culture, and Yemen produces the rarest and most extensive honey in the world. Prized as a delicious, all-powerful medicine, beauty product and aphrodisiac, it's the subject of a thriving trade.(Yemeni honey)
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- September 1, 2008
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It brings wealth to merchants; doctors consider it a universal remedy. Beekeepers speak of it as a gift from Allah. Women believe in its ability to reduce infertility and men praise its aphrodisiac qualities. Its taste, purity, rarity and medical applications all contribute to making it the world's most expensive honey.
This honey, from Wadi Do'an, a valley in the Hadramawt region of eastern Yemen, is as precious as oil. A kilogram can be sold for up to USS100 [50 [pounds sterling]] in Yemen, while prices reach US$200 in Dubai, where sheikhs feed it to their camels before a race, convinced of its energy-boosting qualities. This ...