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Since the start of Lebanon’s financial woes at the end of 2019, the government has proposed several measures to address the liquidity crisis in banks. Yet all the suggested measures…

It is rare enough that a Dubai-based financial venture sees Lebanon as one of its key target markets and is eager to set up a Beirut office during these confusing…

Want to take out a loan to open a small workshop in your village? Without owning a piece of land that could be used as collateral, banks would pass on…

A house is more than just a home. It is also an investment vehicle that, if things go well, can produce handsome earnings. With real estate producing double digit returns…

If you are lucky enough to be able to wander around Qatari households, in every seventh you will find a millionaire — at least that’s what the 2013 Global Wealth…

“Late March a Syrian mother of eight stood at my door, asking for help, but I had nothing left to give,” said Elian Nasrallah, a priest in charge of coordinating…

Taavet Hinrikus is perhaps being generous when he compares his home country Estonia to Lebanon. While he may be right that both countries are small with a lot of expatriates,…

We wanted to avoid talking about Hezbollah, we really did. We entered the room with the intention of carrying out our first interview with Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir where he didn’t…

The first power plant was established in the Emirate of Dubai in 1961 when citizens of the small city-state still lived a life dominated by their desert environ. Half a…

Four months into the opposition’s descent on the Soliderearea in protest, it is increasingly plain that the effortwas a remarkable success. No, the Seniora government is notabout to fall, nor…