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Lebanon s crash snuffs out Beirut s fabled Hamra Street

BEIRUT (AP) From his small music shop on Beirut’s Hamra Street, Michel Eid witnessed the rise and fall of Lebanon through the changing fortunes of this famed boulevard for more than 60 years. Hamra Street represented everything that was glamorous about Beirut in the 1960s and 1970s, with Lebanon’s top movie houses and theaters, cafes frequented by intellectuals and artists, and ritzy shops.

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Once Lebanon s center of glamour, Hamra Street goes dark

BEIRUT (AP) From his small music shop on Beirut’s Hamra Street, Michel Eid witnessed the rise and fall of Lebanon through the changing fortunes of this famed boulevard for more than 60 years. Hamra Street was the center of Beirut’s glamour in the 1960s and 1970s, home to Lebanon’s top movie houses and theaters, cafes frequented by intellectuals and artists, and shops selling top international brands.

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Once Lebanon s center of glamour, Hamra Street goes dark | News, Sports, Jobs

Once Lebanon s center of glamour, Hamra Street goes dark | News, Sports, Jobs
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Once Lebanon s center of glamour, Hamra Street goes dark

Hamra Street at one time represented everything that was glamorous about Beirut. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was where the great singers of the Arab world performed, where intellectuals and artists hung out in the cafes and where European, American, Arab and Lebanese shoppers came to buy. Now, many of its stores are shuttered. Poverty-stricken Lebanese and Syrian refugees beg on its sidewalks. The streetlights barely come on. Like the rest of the country, Lebanon's economic crisis swept through the street like a destructive storm. Longtime Hamra Street residents fear it will never be able to bounce back.

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From his small music shop on Beirut’s Hamra Street, Michel Eid witnessed the rise and fall of Lebanon through the changing fortunes of this famed boulevard for more than 60 years. Hamra Street was the center of Beirut’s glamour in the 1960s and 1970s, home to Lebanon’s top movie houses and theaters, cafes frequented by…

Ras beirutUnited statesCedar rapidsSaudi arabiaElie rbeizMohamad rayesNizar qabbaniPaul ankaAbdel halim hafezMetro medinaFarid el atrashAdnan khashoggiMichel eidDavid livingstonLouis armstrongNaim saleh