Archive for June, 2008

Fast company

By admin • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Media

When MerchantBridge’s Samir A. Arab test-drove a Spyker car a few years ago, he was impressed. “How much?” he asked. “$250,000,” came the reply.



Lebanese T-shirt

By admin • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Trends

Dotcom-unity’s t-shirts with attitude show how slogans can sell - if you can laugh at hard times.



Saudi Minister flips burgers to sell McJobs to locals

By admin • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Trends

It comes to something when the Labor Minister has don overalls and serve burgers to convince Saudis that working in a fast food joint is better than being unemployed.
Saudi Arabia’s Labor Minister, Ghazi Algosaibi, was pictured yesterday, wearing overalls and serving burgers in fast food restaurant in Jeddah. His three hour stint was aimed at [...]



Building Palestine

By admin • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Last Word

A private developer is hoping to create the West Bank’s first planned municipality.



A continent all its own

By admin • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Focus

Ignore the saber-rattling and nukes fears that dominate the headlines. Iran surprises and delights all who visit it.



Doha calling

By admin • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Focus

Qatar’s staging of the Asian Games was just the start of the country’s race to best its equally ambitious neighbors.



Raiders of the lost art

By admin • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Focus

Iraq’s cultural catastrophe continues, with highly organized gangs still plundering archaeological treasures five years after the US invasion.



Common Bond

By admin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Last Word, Perspectives

As GCC Summits go, the 28th, held in Doha in early December, was one of the most significant, yielding an “historic declaration,”Rahman al-Attiyah.



If you can’t make it, fake it

By admin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Last Word

Despite well publicized seizures of counterfeit goods, Gulf countries are holding on to their dubious reputation as clearinghouses for the world’s black markets.



Telco giant stumbles

By admin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Media

Not long ago Batelco wasn’t just a big fish in the pond; it was the only fish. Now competition has made Batelco’s size a liability. Can the company wriggle free?