Beirut’s plush new city centre lacks just one thing: people
 

06-01-15 01:00 PM

Lebanon’s capital has risen from the rubble of civil war, but has struggled to recapture its spirit Not so long ago, the historic downtown of Beirut was a wasteland of scorched buildings and rubble. Lebanon’s civil war , which ended in 1990, destroyed an area known for its picturesque Mediterranean vistas and Roman and Mamluk ruins. Now, after a multibillion-dollar reconstruction project, the ...

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