Keep it in the family
Mohammed Aslam
The UAE is helping to cut wedding costs and offering other financial incentives to encourage mo…
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Olivia Snaije
Muslim women have for centuries been vaguely perceived by the …
Volvo and DaimlerChrysler Middle East car sales up in 2002
* Volvo Car Overseas recorded 22% additional registrations in 2002 compared to…
A star is born …
Andrew Hammond
A row has erupted in Egypt over who penned the anti-Israel lyric that has made a superstar of a p…
Arab traffic jam: road traffic accidents are costing Arab states billions of dollars annually, not to mention the catastrophic loss of life. Now…
How dot.com is Cairo?
Michael A Gordon
Cairo, some would say the de facto capital of the Arab world, is stepping up to become the I…
Lebanon Imposes Food Laws
Robert Tuttle
After months of bickering between farmers, food processors, food importers and various gove…
A license to collect number plates of the Arab world
Larry Luxner
For much of his 50 years, Jim Fox toured the globe as a drummer i…
Debt relief for Lebanon: the Paris II conference proved a victory for President Rafiq Hariri with a $4bn loan package agreed
Tom Owen
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Tunisia & the USA: Tunisia’s President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s visit to the United States at the invitation of US President George W Bush has …