APRIL 2011

You are on your own

In search of Syrian solidarity
Opposition must be inclusive to avoid the regime’s sectarian trap

A smiling police state
President Assad’s PR makeover hits a brutal snag

Secularism’s time to shine
Bringing regional aspirations for change home to Lebanon

Western silence is complicity in Yemen
Ambivalence toward Saleh’s atrocities will be remembered

Calming Bahrain’s two seas
How to mend Sunni-Shia divisions after misguided Saudi invasion

“Old media” the unsung avenger
Newspapers, not Facebook, laid the foundation for Egypt's revolt

Dialogue of the deaf
The absolutist AKP against a slogneering free press in Turkey

Resistance on the high seas
Ripples of renewed conflict flow offshore oil finds

Time to rethink a nuclear Middle East
Japanese disaster should be heeded as a regional warning

No queen for the tribes
Hashemites bill the kingdom's first lady as "un-Jordanian"

Eyes for the world
Citizen journalists break regime’s stranglehold on the message

Reforms in reverse
Fearing revolt, government backpedals on open economy

Frontline Headlines
Rebellion sparks media renaissance

A view to a rebellion
The revolutionaries of Eastern Libya, captured in images

Untying the tyrant’s tentacles
An exclusive exposé of Qadhafi’s global billions

Hail to the shale
Kingdom moves closer to energy independence

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An arranged marriage
Lebanon's alpha banks merge amid heat from US

Equities in times of upheaval
Reactions to recent unrest expose the personality of the region's young bourses

Harvesting higher prices
Unrest and oil drive a spiral of expense

Executive Insight – Only real demand counts
Urbanization ups commodity costs

Regional equity markets
An overview of February’s stock market trends

Money matters bulletin

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Under destruction
Future development and preservation of the past need not conflict

An unsustainable future
For all the talk of luxury living, quality of life is likely to decline as building for today is ruining tomorrow’s potential

Karim Bassil
Making heritage profitable

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Art with no admirers
Lebanon will feel the pinch as unrest keeps tourists away

Pricey prospect for pipe dreams
Plans to bring Qaraoun reservoir to Beirut have sprung a leak

Executive Insight – OIF
History’s resolution to revolutions

Executive Insight – Carbon neutral skies in Middle East Aviation
Carbon neutral skies in Middle East Aviation

Book review: Middle East Patterns
Stalwart reference book revised

Q&A – Vahe Torossian
Microsoft's global SME chief on managing a risky region

Q&A – Geoff Skingsley
Vice President of L’Oreal Global discusses the region

Company bulletin

Returning to tyranny
Iraqi leaders revive repression