INDUSTRY: Arab wines: Oasis of freedom https://www.freiheit.org/spain-italy-portugal-and-mediterranean-dialogue/arab-wines-oasis-freedom
They are the fruit of the Coptic Christian or Jewish tradition, of the customs imported from the colonizing countries, especially France, of the demands of tourists or of the courageous entrepreneurship of a handful of businessmen. Wine in the Arab countries of the Mediterranean arc is an inherent part of their culture, uses and customs.
Khayyan, a mathematician and wine poet born in northern Iran