meema

The journal

What we learn, written down.

One grove, one harvest a year. These are the notes — what the season is doing, what the trade hides, and how to tell good oil from the rest.

  • A bottle of Meema extra virgin olive oil on a stone ledge, with olive branches beside it.

    31 August 2026 · 3 min

    The name on the bottle

    Meema is my mother, and she is very much alive. Slim Hamza on why a family olive oil from Tunisia now has her name on the front of it.