MAY 2013
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
The EU’s pointless oil gesture
Decision to lift Syria sanctions will have little effect
Jihad Yazigi
The man who could bring peace
Hassan Rouhani’s bid for Iran presidency raises hopes of nuclear deal
Gareth Smyth
FEATURE
Seeking a fourth estate
Seven ways to improve Lebanon’s media
Line Tabet , Zeina Loutfi and Ramsay G. Najjar
SPECIAL REPORT: HEALTHCARE
Licensed to slice
Poorly qualified opportunists endanger surgery's most lucrative market
Nabila Rahhal
Medical tourism keeps growing
International patients still checking in despite regional turmoil
Nabila Rahhal
The cost of quality diagnosis
Diagnostic center takes the long view when investing in best of the best
Thomas Schellen
Stem cells: worth banking on?
New stem cell storage facility could make Lebanon a regional competitor in regenerative medicine
Robert Biddle
ECONOMICS & POLICY
Waiting on the line
DESPITE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF IMPROVEMENTS, THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO LAG
Executive Editors
‘We have almost no cyber security’
Chairman of Lebanon’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Chairman delivers damning verdict
Alexandra Talty
‘Job creation is still not a priority’
World Economic Forum sees little change in the Middle East
Thomas Schellen
Clever planning keeps airports aloft
Strong operational thinking can overcome unavoidable problems
Fadi Majdalani , Alessandro Borgogna and Marwan Bejjani
BANKING & FINANCE
‘Corporate governance helps companies grow’
Leading professor on the need to reform Middle East firms
Maya Sioufi
REAL ESTATE & DVELOPMENT
Behind Beirut’s newest luxury development
Damac Properties’ managing director discusses Damac Tower
Thomas Schellen
Planning your Lebanon property investments
Buying land is a safe haven for the long term
Karim Makarem
COMPANIES & STRATEGIES
CONSUMER SOCIETY
Revisiting the Trans-Arabian Pipeline
Beirut exhibition tells the story of a more connected region
Maya Sioufi
BUSINESS ESSENTIALS
LAST WORD
Dubai’s child labor complicity
Emirate should do more to stop abuses in gold trade
Juliane Kippenberg
