Min Ardina

the first thing we have made that is not a book

Some gifts carry more
than what is inside them.

Min Ardina · مِن أرضنا · From Our Land

Eid gift wrap drawn with ripe figs and olive branches, for whatever you are giving. A quiet tribute to the orchards of Palestine, and to the food, the stories and the memories carried through Muslim homes here in Britain.

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An Eid gift wrapped in Min Ardina paper, tied with a plum ribbon and a handwritten tag — “to: yusuf, from: mama”

Part I

The paper

made for every gift, not only ours

The pattern

Figs cut open, whole figs, olives still on the branch. Watercolour, drawn by the same hand as the books, at the size of a real fig.

The ground

Warm limestone ivory, printed on proper uncoated paper, so it creases softly and takes a ribbon without shining.

The sheets

Large flat sheets, printed in Britain and posted flat in a card sleeve. One sheet wraps most things, two will cover the whole Eid table.

Part II

Why figs,
why olives.

The fig and the olive are how our families talk about land, provision and continuity without saying any of those words.

Land

Fruit picked by hand. A whole orchard living in one leaf.

Provision

Full tables, food going round twice, the soft chaos of Eid morning.

Continuity

Teta's kitchen, and home coming with us, oceans and all.

Which is why it is drawn quietly. Familiar enough to belong on your table, restrained enough that the gift is still the gift.

For eidiyah pressed into small hands. For parcels posted to family far away. For the one you actually thought about, and for the small one you nearly forgot, which now looks like you planned it.

Several Eid gifts wrapped in Min Ardina paper with plum and olive ribbons — plum or olive ribbon. both were made for this paper.

Part III

What comes next

min ardina is the first of it, not the lot

Eid envelopes For eidiyah, in the same ivory, with an olive sprig on the flap.

Greeting cards Eid Mubarak in a hand you will recognise from the books.

Gift tags One fig, one olive, and room for a name.

Ribbon Plum and olive, cut long enough for anything you are wrapping.

More patterns The next one is already being drawn.

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