Friends of mine recently visited Lebanon for the second time, roughly a year since their first trip. Over the course of their weeklong stay they commented on how much more …
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When this magazine initially discussed the world’s ‘first Arab supercar’ nearly a year ago it is fair to say that the idea was a long way from fruition. Lebanese entrepreneur Ralph Debbas had …
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Lebanon’s energy minister has provided the clearest hint yet that he expects a delay to the bidding process for the country’s offshore oil and gas, ahead of a Monday deadline. …
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Everyone is overwhelmed. United Nations bodies are desperately trying to raise funds, the Lebanese government is seeking to maintain control and local and international charities are providing care to the …
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“If I want to go to prison I will go back to Bashar al-Assad. He is pretty good at it,” Abou Ibrahim jokes when asked about whether he would move …
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Time and again we hear of Lebanese having more success at home than abroad, so often that it is starting to become a cliché. Yet like most clichés, there lies …
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Company: Cedar Books/BookWitty Country: Lebanon/Switzerland Industry: Books Founder: Cyril Hadji-Thomas and Sany Naufal Capital raised: $1 million investment from Bader The Internet, it is widely believed, is killing the …
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Elias Chabtini is a remarkably confident man. The chief executive officer of Shawarmanji, the increasingly ubiquitous shawarma chain which began in Beirut in November 2012, has an incredibly aggressive strategy …
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Company: Karen and Josette Country: Lebanon Industry: Photography Founder: Karen Kalou and Josette Youssef Established in: 2009 In 2009, Karen Kalou and Josette Youssef had both recently returned from …
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Even as Eric Le Borgne, lead economist at the World Bank, presented the body’s latest report on the Lebanese economy yesterday, he knew facts on the ground were already making …