AUGUST 2012

Opportunity in crisis

When resistance was simple
How the struggle against Israel traded a Katyusha for a desk job

Banks caught in Iranian propaganda war
United Against Nuclear Iran launches fresh assault on Lebanon

Simple measures to end Lebanon’s energy crisis
Modest changes in power usage could save enough to let us all sweat less

Syrian refugees leave schools struggling
Lebanese schools struggle to cope with Syrian refugees

Lebanon’s terrible first impression
Government gives oil companies every reason not to invest in Lebanon

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Vice: regulating Lebanon’s darker side
Jokers from the gutter to the boardroom profit from Lebanon’s trade in vice

Oil and gas as a catalog for peace
How hydrocarbons and responsible policy could end conflict

Women and the Arab world’s glass ceiling
The ‘third billion’ in the Arab world

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Getting off the ground
With funding and ideas plentiful, what startups lack is support

Business from the start
Voices of entrepreneurship in Lebanon

Mena stock tips, August 2012
Regional investment aficionados put the chaos into context

Where did everyone go?
Lebanon faces a second year of slim pickings of vacation visitors

Pandering to the penny pinchers
As the tourism industry buckles, policy looks to attract the less well heeled to make up the numbers

Fewer people to play for
Attendance is down for Lebanon’s season of sounds

No rockin’ around the clock
Adjusting to smaller crowds, clubs curtail opening hours

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More Bling on the beach
Property developer looks to bring Lebanon a new first-class sea resort

A motley affair
Beirut Art Fair 2012 touts an uneven sort of success

Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
A book by Timothy Mitchell

Spirit of success
Lebanese ad company expands its network in the MENA region

Winners at growing their business
A showcase of entrepreneurial success

Q&A – Jacques Sarraf
An interview with Malia Group’s chairman on Iraq, North Africa and Syria

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Rebuilding Syria after revolution
Costs of transition may jeopardize any new beginning for Syria