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3 stories
Zahlé Arak Nights | ليالي العرق بزحلة
Anastasia Chrome•3 min read
She runs her family's arak distillery in the Beqaa. He's the sommelier who wants to introduce Lebanese spirits to the world. Between tastings, they intoxicate each other. 'Inti btiski aktar min el arak' (أنتِ بتسكي أكتر من العرق).
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The Arak Distillery
Layla Khalidi•5 min read
When Nadia inherits her grandfather's arak distillery in Beit Jala, she clashes with master distiller Jibril—until their rivalry ferments into something stronger.
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The Glass of Arak
Layla Khalidi•3 min read
At a Haifa bar, strangers Dalia and Amir share a bottle of arak—and discover that some connections form faster than ice dissolves in anise.
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