arak
- a variation of arrack.
Example Sentences
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In Aleppo in around 2015 an Alawite general handed out glasses of perfectly distilled arak, poured from bottles that once held Jack Daniels.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
Ghazwan Isso manufactures arak, a popular anise-flavored spirit, at his factory in Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
But Hodali said that since the Palestinian alcohol market is small - given that most Palestinians are Muslim - arak makers are encouraged to export their products.
From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2022
The first anise spirit, made as early as the 12th century, arak is based on a neutral alcohol made from grapes, and is the classic beverage of the Levant, or the eastern Mediterranean region.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
On the meadows near the stream, is always to be found a group of Baalbekians bibbing arak and swaying languidly to the mellow strains of the lute and the monotonous melancholy of Arabic song.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
