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Established in 1945, Havana Cafe (Arabic: مَقْهًى الْهَافَانَا, romanizedMaqhan al-Hāfānā) is a noted cafe situated in the al Bahsa Area in Damascus City, Syria. During the modern period the cafe became well known for its elite class of visitors, including politicians, high-ranking military officers, poets, artists, authors and journalists, in addition to a number of political refugees. The cafe is sometimes referred to as the birthplace of novels, poems, political conspiracies and even coups.

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Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper (Ar)

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33°30′52.6″N 36°17′42.3″E / 33.514611°N 36.295083°E / 33.514611; 36.295083


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