Scores of trendy new shops and bistros enliven Hamra Street, long a dowdy, depressed zone that seemed fated never to regain its pre-civil-war glamour.

尽管被人认为注定永远恢复不了内战前辉煌，长期以来显得寒酸、萧条的Hamra街上也出现几十家时髦的新商店和小餐馆，使之也活跃了起来。