Zahlé's culture has
long revolved around its signature crop, the grape, and its products, wine and
arak. Arak, in particular, has traditionally been served in cafés at virtually
any time of the day. Together with the town's gorgeous natural settings, it
might have provided with inspiration many of the fifty poets and writers who
were born Zahlé over the past century, leading to its designation as "the
City of Wine and Poetry". A graceful personification of this nickname
stands at the town's
