It is rare enough that a Dubai-based financial venture sees Lebanon as one of its key target markets and is eager to set up a Beirut office during these confusing …
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Luxury swiss watchmakers Jaeger-LeCoultre are expanding their flagship boutique in Lebanon — owned by Atamian. Executive sat down with Renaud Pretet, regional brand director for Jaeger-LeCoultre in the Middle East, …
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“We are not just a counter hamburger restaurant. We are a gourmet hamburger restaurant. That’s our niche.” With these words, Nadim Hammoud, chief executive of Par Contre, the founding company …
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Natasawak in Arabic means “we shop,” explain Imad Karam and Rami Audi, co-founders of the Lebanon-based online shopping platform of the same name. Their challenge is to push Lebanon’s shopping …
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As a student, Karim Sokhn used to cycle to Université Saint-Joseph, frequently returning late at night. “Beirut is charming at night. It is small, everything’s close and it’s fascinating to …
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The mobile gaming industry is notoriously risky: in a market estimated to grow to $12.3 billion in 2013, a game can make millions or it can get lost in the sea …
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Falafel Games is behind one of the most popular online games in Arabic, Knights of Glory, with around half a million members. On its website, the firm states its aim …
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Abdallah Absi has been creating start-up enterprises since he was 17, an age at which, he points out, he wasn’t even legally allowed to own a company. Four years and …
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Time and again we hear of Lebanese having more success at home than abroad, so often that it is starting to become a cliché. Yet like most clichés, there lies …
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Even seasoned Palestine watchers might be surprised to learn that Ramallah receives slightly more annual rainfall than gray London. But Israeli authority over groundwater access and distribution across the West …