At Gemmayze Street, which doesn’t open until 6pm, a line of floor staff were standing at the ready, like Walmart security guards waiting for the doors to be opened on Black Friday.

Cuisine: Lebanese Address: St Kevin's Arcade, 183 K Rd Phone: (09) 600 1545 Bookings accepted Drinks: fully licensed From the menu: hummus, labneh, lamb's tongue, roast cauliflower, falafel (small ...

Volunteers arrive on Gouraud Street in the Gemmayze neighbourhood of Beirut to clear debris on 6 August 6, 2020 (Anwar Amro/AFP) Your support helps us to tell the story. Read more.

You'll likely walk along the seaside boardwalk, saunter through the glitzy downtown area, and barhop on Gemmayze street, or its nearby nightlife hotspots. Beirut once billed itself as a glitzy ...

Gemmayze Lebanese kitchen and lounge is a cultural oasis on Main Street between Third and Fourth Streets in downtown Royal Oak. The name Gemmayze (juh-MAYS-ee) comes from Beirut's artistic ...

Over a hundred volunteers from different local charities and ad hoc community groups have thronged the streets of Beirut's Gemmayze neighbourhood, MEE correspondent Kareem Chehayeb reports ...

For years, Lebanon made headlines for its ‘party capital’ and as a go-to tourist destination. Growing poverty was kept out of view. But a financial crisis may now drop economy’s veneer of ...

For years, Lebanon made headlines for its ‘party capital’ and as a go-to tourist destination. Growing poverty was kept out of view. But a financial crisis may now drop economy’s veneer of ...

For years, Lebanon made headlines for its ‘party capital’ and as a go-to tourist destination. Growing poverty was kept out of view. But a financial crisis may now drop economy’s veneer of ...