Al Jazeera on MSN5mon
Coffee on the street in Hamra: Stories of Lebanese displacement
The uncertainty is almost palpable as exhausted people stream into the Hamra neighbourhood of Beirut on Tuesday, some having ...
LBCI Lebanon1mon
Armed robbery in Beirut's Hamra turns deadly as shop owner shoots fleeing robbers (Video)
A man was killed and another seriously wounded in an armed robbery in Beirut's Hamra neighborhood. In the details, two assailants on a motorcycle targeted a currency exchange shop in the "Bristol" ...
The Canadian Press on MSN4mon
Massive displacement from Israel-Hezbollah war transforms Beirut’s famed commercial street
In 1982, Israeli tanks rolled down Hamra Street after Israel invaded the country, reaching all the way to west Beirut. In ...
Al-Monitor11y
Beirut’s Historic Hamra Street No Longer Cultural Epicenter
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
Goethe6y
Memories of the “Most Famous Promenade in the Middle East” – Bauer Film Projectors in Hamra
Before the Lebanese Civil War, Hamra Street was considered the most popular boulevard in all the Middle East and the intellectual heart of Beirut. Artists and intellectuals of all political stripes ...
Goethe6y
Stranded in the Hamra District: RAF Terrorists at the ‘Strand’ Hotel in Beirut
journalist Stefan Aust gave an account of that day on which a group of French and German passengers arriving from East Berlin’s Schönefeld airport were literally ‘stranded’ against their will in ...
lse4y
Gentrification and Neighbourhood Change in Ras Beirut
Prior to the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), Ras Beirut and its commercial center Hamra represented the most cosmopolitan district in the city. During the Civil War the neighbourhood sustained serious ...