On a chilly early March evening in Benghazi, staff at the recently formed newspaper Libya worked furiously under the dim light of two dangling bulbs. Notebooks, hard drives, empty water…
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In setting targets for foreign investment in Syria during a speech last year, the country’s then-Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Abdullah Dardari, admitted that there was “a long way…
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If it weren’t for people like Malath Aumran, the video showing Syrians mourning over the bloody corpses of demonstrators killed by state security forces in Sanamein would never have reached…
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Although Egypt, Bahrain and Libya largely pushed Tunisia out of the media spotlight in February, the story from the cradle of 2011’s wave of revolt remains unfinished. Executive asked Tunisian…
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Revolutionaries had taken over much of Libya as February came to an end, stretching their control from the epicenter of the uprising in the eastern city of Benghazi to the…
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Bahrain is known more for its sleek steel and glass skyscrapers of high finance than the unpaved alleys of the disenfranchised tucked behind them. Indeed, the kingdom has worked hard…
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There is no going back. Recent months have severed the future from past precedent and brought about a fundamental shift in the Arab paradigm. This month Executive examines some of…
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In a much publicized and internationally heralded move in August 2010, the Lebanese government passed “right to work” legislation for the country’s Palestinian refugee population. For those who thought that…
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If it is true that one can study the heart and mind of an artist through examining his work, it is equally true that one can learn about, and perhaps…
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The events of the last two months have touched the lives of every Tunisian, regardless of class or position. Executive spoke with several of them to hear, first hand, the…