NOVEMBER 2012
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
Battle of the drones
Hezbollah flaunts a technological leap in surveillance of Israel
Nicholas Blanford
The Kurds quietly ascend
On the sidelines of the Syrian war, foundations for autonomy form
Josh Wood
An offer they can’t refuse
International ‘aid’ undercuts the nation is claims to be building
Farea Al-Muslimi
FEATURE
SPECIAL REPORT: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Growing support for Lebanon’s entrepreneurs
The steps are in place for startups to take off
Maya Sioufi
SPECIAL REPORT: AUTOMOTIVE
BANKING & FINANCE
Q&A: Mastercard’s Basel el-Tell
Mastercard’s manager for the Middle East talks smartphones
Maya Sioufi
MENA stock tips, November 2012
Regional investment experts give tips on where to invest your capital
Maya Sioufi
ECONOMICS & POLICY
A decline into uprising
How the geographic roots of revolt mirror Damascus’ economic mismanagement
Jihad Yazigi
COMPANIES & STRTEGIES
Fortune in the tube
Executive chats with the billion-dollar mind behind Future Pipe Industries
Thomas Schellen
CONSUMER SOCIETY
Dealing with trauma and depression
Social and traditional repression, failing social networks, fostering mental disorders
Nabila Rahhal
Presidential beyond words
How everything you don’t say makes you a leader
Line Tabet , Zeina Loutfi and Ramsay G. Najjar
Book review: Superman is an Arab
Joumana Haddad’s latest offering displays characteristic stridency
Faisal Al-Yafai