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Domestic dreams in jeopardy
Just when you thought you could not disappoint teta any further, news that your home loan has been put on ice will surely do the trick. For the first time in nearly two decades, Lebanese citizens can...
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The scramble to sell as real estate nears crisis point
Times are very tough for Lebanon’s real estate sector. After years of poor demand in the upper and middle segments of the housing property market, demand for entry level units plunged in 2018 with the...
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Outsourcing business maintenance
It is all fun and games until one tenant in the building goes rogue and decides not to pay allotted monthly fees, another wants to butt heads over details, and a third does not show anyone their...
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Property management of short-term rentals in Lebanon
Anyone who has rented a room on Airbnb knows the process is simple—you can get a great deal on a cool rental in a city you’re visiting with just a few clicks. Users may think the process on the other...
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Pegged urbanization and the (in)stability of Lebanese capitalism
Ten years ago, the massive failure of subprime mortgage holders and lenders in the United States dealt a devastating blow to the world economy. The worst international financial, economic, and social...
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Paula Yacoubian talks development
Six months into her role as a member of Parliament, Paula Yacoubian has been busy doing what she can in a difficult situation, given that a new government has not yet been formed. While admitting that...
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Peace for those left behind
“Just a bone,” she said. “All I need is one bone for me to put his memory at peace.” On the International Day of the Disappeared, at an event organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross...
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You can’t handle the truth
Our naive and simple minds have proven time and time again to be susceptible to transparent excuses. They shield us from accepting the facts on the ground and allow us to orbit in an imaginary reality...
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Opportunites for new startups abound
Near the center of Beirut sits the heart of Lebanon’s startup ecosystem, the Beirut Digital District. It is mainly here that Lebanon’s entrepreneurs gather to pitch and develop solutions to problems...
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Entrepreneurship and the digital economy in Lebanon
When making the rounds through the Beirut Digital District (BDD) to assess how Lebanon’s entrepreneurship system is developing, there is a lot to observe. Over the past five years, there have been...
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The biggest startup bankruptcy since Circular 331
It may have all started six years ago, with the zone of low air pressure that moved westward over the Atlantic, encountering large amounts of relatively warm water in the middle of nowhere. The...
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An interview with Bookwitty chief executive Cyril Hadji-Thomas
To understand as much as possible about the inside perspective and mindset related to the first high-profile failure of a Lebanese startup, Executive sat down with Cyril Hadji-Thomas, the stakeholder...
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12 new Lebanese startups
In previous years, attending a startup demo day in Beirut—where hopeful graduates of accelerator programs present their projects and pitch for recognition and financial investments—tended to require a...
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Entrepreneurship and youth in lebanon
Lebanon may be officially classed as an upper-middle-income country by the international community, but it lags far behind other countries of a similar status. Serious deficiencies in the dynamics of...
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Social entrepreneurship in Lebanon
Anyone with any knowledge of Lebanon knows that the country is perpetually described as teetering on a cliff’s edge, frequently stuck in political stalemate, and with infrastructure that leaves much to...
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‘America First’ is a risk to Lebanon and the Middle East
Last month marked the 35th anniversary of the deadliest attack against US forces since World War II: the bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut on October 23, 1983 that killed over three hundred...
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The curious case of Assad Barakat
There is a thin line between fact and fiction in discussions of the Triple Frontier, a border area between Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil that is rumored to be a Hezbollah hotspot. More than one year...
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Interview with Ziad Hayek, Secretary General of the High Council of...
One observation that the World Bank’s latest economic monitor publication for the Middle East and North Africa conveyed to its faithful readers was that the internet infrastructure in MENA countries...
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A long time in the making
The PPP law, formally known as Law 48 Regulating Public Private Partnerships, was first proposed as a draft by Cabinet in 2007. It was not until September 2017 that it was passed by Parliament and...
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Lebanon’s housing authority to restart subsidization scheme
How far will LL100 billion go? That was the main question Executive posed to Rony Lahoud, head of Lebanon’s public housing authority, the Public Corporation for Housing (PCH). While there are still...
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