Araqi (drink)

For the Levantine unsweetened distilled spirit, see Arak (drink).
For the East Asian liquor, sometimes also spelt "arak", see arrack.
Araqi
TypeDistilled alcoholic spirit
Country of origin Sudan
Region of originSudan and South Sudan
IntroducedMedieval
Alcohol by volume Variable, 30–80%
Proof (US)60–160°
Colorclear
Ingredientsdates, water, yeast
Boy distilling alcohol in South Sudan; most araqi is made in home stills like this.

Araqi (Arabic: عرقي, romanized: ʿaraqī; also araki, aragy)[1] is a date-liquor distilled in Sudan. The 1983 introduction of sharia in Sudan prevented licit sales of alcohol, but a black market exists to meet local demand. The drink is made by mixing dates with water and yeast, fermenting the mix, and then distilling it. It is usually drunk neat.[2]

During the war in Darfur, a number of southern Sudanese women came to the north as refugees, and found that some of the only professions available to them were prostitution or brewing araqi, the latter being a skill some already had, with a reliable market demand. A 2000 UN report noted that 80% of the women in Khartoum's women's prison were there on charges of prostitution or brewing araqi.[3]

Araqi is also popular in South Sudan, which split from Sudan in 2011 and where alcohol is legal.[4]

Home distilling can lead to methanol poisoning; 10 died and several others were blinded by a batch of incorrectly distilled araqi in East Darfur in 2017.[5]

In 2020, a new law permitted alcohol sales to non-Muslims in Sudan.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "After Decades of Civil War, Can Sudan Survive Peace?". WRMEA.
  2. ^ "Sudan's date-gin brewers thrive despite Sharia". BBC News. 2010-04-29.
  3. ^ Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf (1 August 2009). Transforming Displaced Women in Sudan: Politics and the Body in a Squatter Settlement. University of Chicago Press. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-0-226-00201-9.
  4. ^ ""Wine/Gin" Making in the Sudan". March 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "Deadly drink kills at least ten, blinds two in East Darfur". Radio Dabanga. 15 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Sudan legalises alcohol for non-Muslims for first time in 40 years". The Irish Times.
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