I'm looking forward to that knife. That booze in the picture must be pretty rare; the only reference I've found was in a 2003 Washington Post article: Odyssey of Frustration

Here's the excerpt (from page 5):
"Its Christian owners called it Asriya Anis Arak. Acting director Janan Roger Lassow showered Allison and his men with hospitality, escorting them around the family-owned distillery and attempting to press them with gifts of arak, the company's anise-flavored liqueur."