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Proudly, he said the arak, an aniseed based spirit popular across the Middle East, came from the Assad family's home town in the hills behind the port of Latakia.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
"Making arak the traditional way needs time, it's tiring and expensive," Muaddi said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2022
A McDonald’s stands in place of Faisal Restaurant, where Arab leftists once huddled over glasses of arak liquor and dishes of appetizers.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 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 Ameen Fares Rihani
