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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
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
When friends and neighbours voiced interest in buying his arak, Muaddi, who works full time at an international humanitarian organization, decided to turn his hobby into a side business.
From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2022
He has a brand-new, limited-release arak, distilled from a base wine of Merlot, which he made as a tribute to his Palestinian grandmother, who died last year from complications of COVID-19.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
They are rigid "abstainers," and arak is not to be procured in the Bakhtiari country.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
