APRIL 2013

Where talent lies idle

Fueling the fitna
Lebanon’s Sunni-Shia divide growing

Seizing a Golan chance
Israel both worried and tantalized by Syria’s disintegration

Syria can’t afford to break apart
Economic realities make sectarian statelets improbable

Lessons of hindsight
Learning from failed Iran negotiations can improve chance of agreement

Sponsoring slavery
The need for major reform of the GCC’s kafala system

Student voices vital to education reform
Survey shows importance of listening to youth to improve schools

Making us proud in New York
Boys from back home who ascended to the throne

Eight top Lebanese on Wall Street
Maya Sioufi

Q&A-Nawaf Salam
Lebanon’s ambassador to the United Nations

Ilili
Massoud brothers infuse home cuisine into NY

Capelli
George Altirs’ global fashion firm

Rony Zeidan
A self-made advertising aficionado

The Lebanese Rocket Society
NY gallery hosts memoir of Lebanon’s space dreams

Economy goes from slow to sputtering

Buses bought to die
Why Lebanon’s 250 new buses will not solve traffic crisis

Public policy missed the train
Beirut’s transportation has potential, but currently drains the economy

FOREIGN INVESTORS CURB THEIR APPETITE FOR LEBANON

Local fund invests abroad
Why B.L.F. caters to top-tiered lebanese

‘Lebanon remains a growth market’
HSBC’s new country chief confident of profits

Why its time to invest in gold
Ignore the temporary dip and buy gold equities

A privilege to live here

Lending homeowners a hand
BDL subsidies favor those who can afford the down payment

Lebanon’s renaissance man
Real estate magnate Georges Zard Abou Jaoude on healthy communities

A buyer’s market
Three trends keeping housing afloat

A scanning success
BMB Marking Systems putting Lebanese intelligence into international markets

Moroccan insurance spreads east
Lebanon is the stepping-stone for regional conquest

Not just another Italian…
Villaggio restaurant brings something new and exciting to Beirut

Company bulletin

Lebanon without a government, again
Mikati’s departure nothing but familiar