All about Hamra Street, from Hotels to Restaurants, Shops and Events.
By SETH SHERWOOD BEIRUT — Take one of Beirut’s battered 1970s Mercedes taxis through the city center and you’ll chance across plenty of gold-plated names these days. Here, splayed across one of the plywood walls that surround proliferating construction sites is the logo for Norman Foster’s architectural firm, announcing a trio of residential towers. There, on a billboard down the...
By Patrick Galey BEIRUT: If it’s not the most popular street in Lebanon, it’s certainly one of the busiest. Hamra Street buzzes perpetually with cars and taxis eking their way through west Beirut even during the capital’s quieter moments. However, for the upcoming few days, traffic of a different kind will hit Ras Beirut in the form of the...
A new coffee table book seeks to capture Beirut’s Champs-Elysées Jim Quilty BEIRUT: Neighborhoods acquire reputations. These may be more or less complex, depending on how foreign you are to the quarter in question, but there tends to be a patina of consensus about what a place “means.” At times, that meaning can be of some utility, as when...
«نحـنُ لغتُنـا»: شـارع الحمـراء يقـاوم «الفرنجـي برنجـي» أحرف الابجدية العربية زينة في شارع الحمراء (فادي ابو غليوم) جهينة خالدية جريدة السفير وسط شارع يعرف كيف يحضن نشاطات ثقافية مختلفة، اجتمع ناشطون ومهتمون للاحتفاء باللغة العربية. عند رصيف شارع الحمراء، وأمام مسرح المدينة أعلن عن اليوم الطويل الذي تحيي فيه «مؤسسة الفكر العربي» وجمعية «فعل أمر»، «مهرجان اللغة العربية» تحت...
من مؤسسة الفكر العربي أطلقت مؤسّسة الفكر العربي في 4 يونيو الحالي مهرجان الّلغة العربية خلال مؤتمر صحفي في شارع الحمرا ببيروت شركة "أدفانسد بايونيك العالميّة" الطبّية المتخصّصة في زرع القوقعة تمنح جائزتها التقديرية إلى الاختصاصي في هذا المجال الّلبناني إيلي الزير نقابة الفنّانين المحترفين في لبنان تكرّم "مؤسّسة الوليد بن طلال الإنسانية" لماذا مهرجان الّلغة العربية؟ ثمة اتفاق...
By Mona Daoud T-marbouta , pronounced in English as ‘ta marbouta’, is an Arabic letter that constitutes a small part of our Arabic language. In August 2006, however, it exceeded that role after becoming the name of a place that embodies Arabic culture. The launching of the coffee shop ‘t-marbouta’ was delayed until August 2006 because of the July...
From Timeout Beirut Rastaurants and Cafes Drink and Dine Bardo (9611340060) Mexico Str, near Haigazian University, Hamra. Daily 9am till late, Kitchen closes at 12mid. Meal for two with wine: L.L75,000. This relaxed, alternative bar/restaurant has a delicious international menu and all-day breakfast. We recommend the Filo Fish for lunch when you can kick back with a glass of...
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From Timeout Beirut Le Bristol Hotel (9611351400) Madame Curie (United Nations) Str, Verdun. This upscale hotel was first opened in 1951 and has since then grown into one of the city’s most famous hotels, often playing host to the rich, the famous and the powerful. Plus, with a top-quality steak house, a chic bistro, a tea house, a cocktail...
