MAY 2016
EDITORIAL
LEADERS
SPECIAL REPORT INSURANCE
Comment: How secured is the Lebanese insurance sector?
Reviewing the providers from a financial perspective
Ibrahim Muhanna
AGRICULTURE
Farming for the future
Five Lebanese agro entrepreneurs share their stories with Executive
Nabila Rahhal
Q&A: Growing an organic Lebanon
Biomass’ Mario Massoud gives Executive the lowdown on the country’s organic industry
Nabila Rahhal
ECONOMICS & POLICY
Retribution over rehabilitation
Drug users are in need of medical care, not prison time
Jeremy Arbid
Way beyond cars and football
Seen from Beirut, the fallout from the Syrian crisis illuminates the lasting interdependence of orient and occident
Thomas Schellen
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Going it alone, together
Lebanon’s co-working landscape is changing
Matt Nash
REAL ESTATE
Strategies to survive the real estate slump
The Chairmen of Plus Holding and Sayfco Holding talk property promotion
Matt Nahs
LAST WORD
The fear of an empty plate
Food insecurity is on the rise for many in Lebanon
Sami Halabi