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ECONOMIC CRISIS

Beirut’s 'golden square,' a haven for the newly dollarized?

The crisis seems to have spared the city center this time, where posh places to go out are once again flourishing.

A lively district and a flashy clientele. (Credit: Nada Ghosn/L'Orient-Le Jour)

A Saturday evening in December in Downtown Beirut. The ballet of luxury cars crowds the road without respite, as the end of the year celebrations approach. On the terraces of the posh cafes-restaurants, which have opened one after the other over the...
A Saturday evening in December in Downtown Beirut. The ballet of luxury cars crowds the road without respite, as the end of the year celebrations approach. On the terraces of the posh cafes-restaurants, which have opened one after the other over the...