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Picture this: You walk into a restaurant, serve yourself a generous helping of each of the items on the buffet, have a waiter pour you unlimited cups of water and …

Competitiveness is an essential need for any economic entity, and in today’s global context it is a core qualifier for countries. Having reported on the measurements of competitiveness regularly over …

Yves Meylan is the director of international retail for luxury Swiss watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre. Executive caught up with him to get the latest trends in high end watches, from design to …

In consumer fiction, everybody and their sibling nowadays writes novels that project human drama into the space of zombie-werewolf-vampire-x-men-viral-divergent dystopias. About time that someone applies the motif of aliens to …

Nada Debs is famed for her luxury line of furniture and home accessories which blends the minimalist and modern design styles of Japan and the West with traditional Middle Eastern …

When you walk into any Lebanese home built between the early 1880s and the 1940s, the first thing you are likely to notice are the intricately designed and colorful terrazzo …

“Lebanese jewelers’ Achilles’ heel is their lack of creativity and originality,” explains Selim Mouzannar, a leading Lebanese jewelry designer, when asked about the main challenges local designers face. Throughout his …

With few exceptions, when strolling down the sidewalks of Beirut, one would typically encounter more parked cars than fellow strollers. Whether this is due to the desirability of moving around …

While doing research for her master’s thesis on women and prostitution at Saint Joseph University in 2000, Sarah Beydoun probably never thought she would end up being the creative director …

After 10 years of collaborations with various Lebanese craftsmen, Karen Chekerdjian — a well known luxury furniture and home accessories designer based in Lebanon — is about to give up on …