Beirut's new thriving business: A women's cafe for veiled women

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Strobes of garish neon lights greet the visitor at the entrance of the Women’s Cafe in south Beirut, an ingeniously titled female-only establishment off Hadi Nasrallah Street that its customers say offers them an opportunity to be themselves, outside home. Finding the place merits a story of its own. For starters, there are no signs to mark the cafe, so prospective customers must instead ask the myriad of eateries and shops along the main road for directions. Following these will inevitably give way to pangs of doubt, as they lead one down a narrow and unlit alleyway toward a store selling sunglasses.

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