17 September 2019
04 minutes
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Monocle’s Lizzie Porter takes us on a tour of a laidback Beirut district where bars with vaulted ceilings and cafés with French windows spill onto the street between Ottoman-era mansions and modern apartment blocks.
17 September 2019
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