The Netherlands: Noureddine Al-Omrani books and photography by Hajar Mmad

On the twenty-first of January, Amsterdam is decorated with lavender roses of all colors, a special festival with the participation of about 60 volunteers, male and female, in addition to rose producers in the Low Countries, which work to establish such a season every year, whether in Dam Square near the Royal Palace or Museumplein.

In order to put male and female readers in the picture, we must go back, that is, to history during the era of the Ottoman Empire
Where the novel says that the Ottoman Sultan presented a gift of the roots of lavender roses to the Dutch king, who believed that the gift was a real onion.

This is how the Dutch remember this novel well whenever the annual season of roses is organized, which turns into a historical and artistic heritage in Amsterdam, visited by thousands of citizens as well as tourists

The Netherlands is the first country in the world to export roses to different continents in the world