Sometime during the evening of Saturday, March 22, pipes from the Holcim cement factory in Chekka began leaking oil into the Mediterranean. Between one and two tons of oil …
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Going back a few years, Gemmayzeh was a quiet, residential area. As the brown tourist signs declare, it was and still is a “quartier a caractère traditionnel”, and back …
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Downtown Beirut has become so desolate and empty that one almost expects to find tumbleweeds rolling in between vacant restaurant tables. But a walk through the Central Business District can …
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The past year appears to have been a good one for Jordan; was the same true regarding the well-being of average Jordanians? On the positive side, the country continues opening …
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During our holidays this summer we were fortunate to be able to stay with my wife’s extended Lebanese family on both the east and west coasts of the United States. …
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If you think getting a resident’s visa to the Emirates is difficult try being a pet! Years ago cats were the easiest pets to take on an airplane. They were …
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As a foil to Dubai, where runaway fees and commissions are en vogue, Qatar’s central bank has begun efforts to cap bank commissions and fees, according to local newspaper Asharq’s …
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Executive talked to Hani Hamid, Marketing Manager at the National Bank of Umm Al Qaiwain, and Yousef Padganeh, Head of the Basel II Project at Bank Saderat Iran in Dubai, …
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With the news from Iraq turning ever more savage, many in the Middle East were glad to see the Democrats take Congress from the GOP in November, delivering a well-placed …
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In a deal considered to be the largest divestment of Egyptian state assets to date, the government in Cairo last month completed the sale of Bank of Alexandria (BOA) – …