Special Report

Syria is stepping up reforms to become a “social market economy,” and accelerated changes are widely expected in 2007. But with the country projected to become a net importer of …

After a four-year-delay, Solidere has finally obtained the necessary permits to complete construction of the much anticipated 100,000m2 Souks retail Project in the Beirut Central District. In an exclusive interview …

Airbus postpones Emirates’ A380s again With Airbus facing well-documented difficulties in delivering its A380 passenger aircraft, Emirates Airline has reached a deal with Boeing to meet its aggressive expansion plans …

Lebanese banks face tough choices The Lebanese banking sector has gone through significant changes since the 1960s and the collapse of Intra in 1966. Banks that used to dominate the …

Intro Despite having several critically acclaimed films, Lebanon has no real film industry to speak of. The fact is that without foreign funding, most Lebanese films would never see the …

It may have been an unreported milestone in the history of Middle Eastern printing: last year the Arab region’s first web offset printing press celebrated its 40th anniversary. A young …

Lebanon has significant potential in the conferencing business. This area of enterprise is an often underestimated, yet versatile commercial realm with touching on education, networking, and tourism. Even though conferences …

In recent months, the international, particularly the American, media have stuck to a particular narrative when analyzing developments in the Middle East. Following the Iraqi elections in January, the subsequent …

There is a much-publicized belief that the whole country is being sold off to foreigners in small and not so small parcels of land, leaving ever-declining opportunities for the domestic …

Background With a few notable exceptions, getting elected to Parliament in Lebanon is, and always has been, an expensive business. The half dozen or so families who between them provided …