An ice-cold jug of rose-flavoured lemonade on a balcony in Beirut’s summer heat, a glass of rich red wine in a vineyard in the Bekaa Valley or a fierce arabic coffee warming your hands in the mountains– these are some of the settings and memories I most associate with drinking in Lebanon.  We are a country of various religions and subsets of religion of course so alcohol is consumed widely — and certainly in my childhood it was difficult […]

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