Rose petals, fresh, dried and crystallized, as well as rose water and rose syrup, are still widely used in the cuisines of the Middle East.

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Hasan, who declined to give his last name, was a furniture factory worker in Aleppo but fled the city after the war intensified, work dried up and prices sharply rose.

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Instead of using regular water as the base of their brew, they distilled their own base of rose water, and added that to a mix of dried lavender, hibiscus, jasmine, rosebuds.

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