The drive to Qasabah on the outskirts of Kabul is painstakingly slow. The shock absorbers of the cars shriek as drivers carefully maneuver through foot-deep potholes. The contours of the snowcapped summits of …
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Economics & Policy
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To his admirers he is intelligent, principled and steadfast. To his adversaries he is uncompromising, avaricious and self-indulgent. All may be partly true of Minister of Energy and Water Gebran …
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For a hugely popular Lebanese-founded company, Woopra has had almost no success in the Middle East. The real-time web analytics company – which provides analysis of customer behavior on websites …
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Lebanon’s real economic growth was a meager 0.8 percent in 2012, according to the most recent evaluations from The Institute of International Finance (IIF), compared to an expansion of 1.8 …
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Transportation within Lebanon, especially within the greater Beirut area, has become synonymous with congestion and chaos. The system is built, almost entirely, around the personal car with a road network …
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There is only one Arab seat on the 15-member United Nations Security Council, which rotates every two years among the 22 Arab countries. That means Lebanon is offered the seat …
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Based in San Francisco working as an art director at eluxury.com — the e-commerce site of French luxury goods giant Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy — flying out to New York …
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Oil and gas industries in the Middle East are among the least transparent in the world. According to the pro-transparency group Revenue Watch, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Algeria fall into …
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Ranked the number one football club in New Jersey for boys under 12, George Altirs’ Cedar Stars Academy is “almost his full time job now” he jokes. Established in 2011, …
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Ever heard of Lebanon’s bid to join the space race? You would have had you the chance to wander into New York’s CRG Gallery in Manhattan this spring. The multi-layered …