Business-bound women with zeal and determination can get far in Lebanon, where a great number of women thrive as entrepreneurs. From a million-dollar tech company incubated in the startup hub of Beirut, to an agribusiness in North Lebanon, female entrepreneurs can be seen across the country. Whilst Lebanon affords women greater freedoms than other countries in the Middle East the extent of these freedoms differs from community to community. Urban havens Female entrepreneurs from Lebanon’s urban areas may not even cite gender as an issue when starting and running their companies. For these women managing a business involves other challenges not related to gender. This is particularly the case for tech companies, which have a high proportion of female entrepreneurs. "The typical response I get from female Lebanese entrepreneurs is that being a woman is just not an issue. When you press women on their challenges, most of them say
