Cover Story
Ferreting Out Fakes
Counterfeit wristwatches and handbags used to be restricted to back alleys. But these products are now swamping the Internet on a massive scale.
{More»} Perspectives
Save the Last Dance»
Traditional nightlife in Cairo is under threat from new Western entertainment and increasingly conservative attitudes.
Editor's Choice
Top Arab Cities 2010»
Where should you live, work, and play? Our exclusive rankings pit the region’s major cities against one another to identify the best urban areas in the Middle East.
Business
Investment
Greek Futures»
Can the country step back from the brink? Seven Greeks share their views on what lies ahead.
Aviation
Sky High Hopes»
It’s worthy of a business school case: Lufthansa’s Middle East expansion strategy aims to redefine the market before dominating it.
Industry
Riding the Wave»
We’ve found the mother of all economic indicators: As the Dow Industrials edge upward, so do orders for a new generation of decadent mega-yachts.
Last Word
Yousef Tuqan Tuqan»
Remember the good old days, when finding movie listings meant flipping through the morning newspaper? Well times have changed, and the fact is that the lion’s share of motion picture fans are now closer in age to your grandchildren than they are to you. What’s more, they’re so technologically savvy that they don’t need to get ink on their hands – they find movie times on their mobile phones. The chief executive of Flip Media, Yousef Tuqan Tuqan, tells the curmudgeonly TRENDS editor Jay Akasie about his company’s new app, and what’s wrong with his iPad.












