“Moving [to London] shows that [modern and contemporary] art from the Middle East has matured to the point where it is ready for an international audience,” explains Hisham Samawi, co-owner …
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The rooftop and outdoor bars concept is nothing new to Lebanon’s nightlife. It took off almost 14 years ago with the original SkyBar on Palm Beach Hotel’s rooftop, which created …
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Chahe Yerevanian, the chairman and chief executive of real estate company Sayfco Holding, is clearly comfortable in his capitalist boots. He has no reason not to be, since he owns …
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Sayfco CEO Chahe Yerevanian runs among the country's most successful real estate firms. Executive sat with him to discuss the company's long-term strategy, Syrian refugees and the government's role in …
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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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Homosexuality is not an illness and cannot be ‘cured’, two leading Lebanese mental health organizations have agreed in a landmark ruling. The Lebanese Psychiatric Society (LPS) and the Lebanese Psychological …
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When the dealer for Italian luxury marque Maserati is asked to talk of his business, he dips straight into childhood pleasures. “In my generation, when we were young, we used …
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The sight of a glittering yacht gliding smoothly across the Mediterranean is one that inevitably draws quite a few admiring stares from onlookers, and is regarded as a lavish indulgence …
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Roughly $8 billion have been transferred from the Middle East and North Africa into the care of Tom Barrack, the founder and chief executive of real estate private equity firm …
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Social media was abuzz last month when two billboards popped up on the highway outside of Jounieh. The first, an advertisement for Tripoli-based Abdul Rahman Hallab 1881, a stalwart of …