The Most Powerful Lebanese Women – 2014

Arabian Business released their “100 most powerful Arab women 2014″ list and 17 Lebanese women were ranked among the top 100, with Swatch's Nayla Hayek climbing 2 ranks from last year to 6th position. UAE's Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi is still ranked first for the fourth year in a row. 6- Nayla Hayek 14- Leila el Solh 39- Ayah Bdeir 45- Grace Najjar 49- Nadine Labaki 56- Hanan Al Shaykh 58- Fairouz 59- Nesreen Ghaddar…

PayPal Has No Plans To Launch In Lebanon Anymore

According to Executive-Magazine's , we won't be having PayPal anytime soon in Lebanon. The Lebanese launch, however, is not just stuck in the pipeline – it has been taken out of it altogether. Currently, Barel says, there are no specific plans to launch in Lebanon at all. “We are trying to expand to new territories and to other countries, but right now we don’t have specific targets for Lebanon,” he says.
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A Map Of Female Labor Force Participation Around The World: 25% Or Less Of Lebanese Women Work

11 years ago
[High-Res] The numbers are taken from the most recent data from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators on female labor force participation rates, but to be honest, I find 25% a very low percentage for ...
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Lebanon Drops 5 Spots From Last Year In The Press Freedom Index 2014

11 years ago
Syria is the worst ranked Arab country in 177th spot (out of 180). Kuwait is the best ranked Arab country in the 91st spot. Here’s the list of Arab Countries and their respective ranking: Syria ...
Critiques

FAIL: Only “Gad” Can Judge Me

11 years ago
via LebaneseMemes The driver could be a Gad el Maleh fan but he better be careful because Gad is not welcome in Lebanon. In fact, his show got cancelled few years back because someone decided ...
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Lebanon Ranks 9th In The World Bank and IFC’s Doing Business 2014 Report For Arab Countries

11 years ago
Lebanon is way behind countries in the The Gulf Region but is still at the same position from last year. UAE and Saudi Arabia are on top of that list with a considerable margin from ...
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Google Autocompletes For Countries In The Middle East (Lebanon Included)

11 years ago
Randal Olson, a Computer Science graduate research assistant at Michigan State University, created this map of the top autocomplete words for each country in Europe after one for America arose. Olson, who is the moderator ...
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Exotica Now In Dubai

11 years ago
[Exotica] Nice one! ...
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PayPal Not Planning To Launch in Lebanon Yet

11 years ago
PayPal launched in Egypt last year and Lebanon was supposedly next on the list. However, and as per their reply to Jad from the JRExpress, “there are no reasons per se why PayPal is not ...
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Dubai New Year 2014 FireWorks

11 years ago
[YouTube] Breath-taking and record-breaking fireworks for Dubai at the start of 2014. Palm Jumeirah Island Fireworks were also impressive. [YouTube] ...
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