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Today’s smartphones increasingly resemble “mini laptops”, allowing users on-the-go access to the Internet. They are about to get more useful and addictive, becoming wallets as well, allowing users to pay …

Markets appeared to be on the downward slope of the rollercoaster last month. After rallying following monetary easing measures in the United States and in Europe in September, markets have …

As cultural editor of An Nahar, Joumana Haddad has long been a presence in the vibrant media landscape of Lebanon. But until recently, she was better known outside of the …

“Obama’s weaknesses on full display in debate”; “Obama admits debate performance a flop”; “In debate style and body language, Romney trumps Obama”. These have been the sort of remarks making …

Driving down the highway from Antelias into downtown Beirut, one cannot but notice several huge billboards advertising the latest Asian cuisine restaurant, Chenbao — the Chinese word for castle. Curiosity …

  On Sunday, October 21, 2012, a group of demonstrators who had been attending the funeral of Wissam al-Hassan at Martyrs’ Square broke away and attempted to storm past police …

Photographs from the aftermath of the killing of Wissam al-Hassan

Five years ago it was the building frenzy and Dubai, at least on paper, looked bigger and dinosaur-crazier each month. Then an unprecedented phase of correction meant the survival only …

One of the most significant challenges foreign journalists have faced in covering the Syrian uprisings these past 18 months has been their lack of understanding regarding the country’s society. Unlike …

Social buying seemed like such a wonderful concept at the beginning when my friends started talking about it three years ago. But it seems to me that after the novelty …