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When in September last year Erbil was hit by a series of terrorist attacks, fears over political instability in the Kurdish capital, among Iraq’s safest regions, might have scared foreign …

The region’s securities markets showed mixed performances last week with the strongest gain recorded in Egypt at 4.2 percent for the EGX30 and the biggest drop in Dubai at minus …

“We have a cultural role to play; the festival is a form of cultural and touristic resistance which says that the country is still here,” says Hala Chahine, director of …

In mid-June this year, some of Lebanon’s newest real estate projects will be judged by a pool of experts in the sector, including architects, academics, consultants and entrepreneurs. While transparency …

Lebanon’s hospitality and tourism industry is in crisis management mode when it comes to dealing with its finances. As the number of tourists visiting the country has steadily declined, down …

With the E-day of transfer to MSCI Emerging Markets status now less than a month away, the three soon-to-be-upgraded bourses of Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi each moved in a different …

As conditions for the hospitality sector in Lebanon remain stagnant, more and more entrepreneurs in the field are exporting their concepts to greener pastures abroad. While successful restaurant concepts have …

Update: President Michel Sleiman announced he would not sign the rent law on May 7, 2014. The following article appeared in Executive’s print edition on May 1. When Parliament approved …

The transition from April to May saw Arab markets step back from their previous momentum. The indices for eight of the twelve security exchanges in the Middle East and North Africa …

Investors in Lebanese flagship developer Solidere this summer should see an improvement in the upcoming annual results, compared with the dismal year of 2012 and its 89 percent drop in …