Underground, down a dark driveway and below a nondescript building in the back streets of the Beirut neighborhood, Tabaris, is a small, unmarked door. Behind this secret portal a bounty …
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After starting out on the Cannes interior design circuit, Prospect Design International’s Managing Director, Fady Chams set up the second branch of the boutique design firm in Dubai in 2005. …
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Exactly five months to the day that Lebanon’s last cabinet fell, a new one was formed last month on June 12. The abrupt formation after months of impasse took many …
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In the foreseeable future, the cost of banking security is set to rise. A bewildering number of legal and regulatory initiatives are almost certain to drive costs higher for banks …
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It’s not often that Executive speaks with Lebanon’s Beta Banks, but their unique operating conditions can give them varied insight into Lebanon’s banking future. This month we spoke with Tarek …
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Akl el-Helou’s farm has grown beyond his wildest expectations. Just outside of Jbeil in Hosrayel, it is a far cry from how it looked in 1989 when it was ravaged …
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Out of the 14 private banks doing business in Syria, Lebanese banks comprise a third, with five helping to spearhead the establishment of this sector over the past decade. Those …
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Since the end of the civil war, Lebanon has developed a relationship between its economy and banking sector that resembles an old beat-up truck carrying a heavy load on a …
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Founder of BREI sarl Karim Bassil has been stirring up some heated debates in real estate. His Beirut Convivium series, which features seven developments and 14 buildings, deflates many of …
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Take the many woes afflicting Lebanon — electricity blackouts, traffic congestion, lack of parking, pollution, water shortages and overflowing sewers — and now amplify them; this is the scenario facing …