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11 Lebanese in The Top 100 Arab Business Women for 2016

By Rami on September 22, 2016 in Business

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Forbes Middle East recently released their list of the 100 most powerful businesswomen in the Arab world for 2016 and the below 11 Lebanese women made it to the list this year, with Lubna Olayan from Saudi Arabia topping it. (link)

#55 Sana Khater, CFO – Waha Capital

#57 Randa El Assaad, CEO – Arif & Bintoak Consulting Architects and Engineers

#58 Mona Bawarshi, CRO – Gezairi Transport

#60 Hala Fadel, Partner – Leap Ventures

#61 Nour Sweid, Partner – Leap Ventures

#66 Ingie Chalhoub, President – Etoile Group

#69 Christine Sfeir, CEO – Treats Holding

#82 Nadia Cheaib, Founder, CEO – ClinServ International

#83 Caroline Fattal Khoury, Senior VP; Board Member – Fattal Group

#92 Myrna Soufan, COO – Banque Bemo

#97 Jinan Zoya, General Manager – Gulf Family Business Council

I’m personally mostly familiar with Christine Sfeir as I follow her on a couple of social media platforms and she seems very down to earth.

On the other hand, Forbes Middle East also released a list of the world’s top 10 most powerful Arab women and 5 Lebanese women were mentioned in it with number 1 being Nemat Shafik from Egypt. (link)

#2 Amal Clooney, Lawyer – Doughty Street Chambers

#3 Nayla Hayek, Chair Swatch; CEO – Harry Winston

#6 Rula Ghani, Afghanistan’s First Lady

#7 Reem Accra, Fashion Designer

#8 Aya Bdeir, Founder, CEO – Little Bits

13 Lebanese Among The 100 Most Influential Arabs Under 40 for 2016

By Rami on March 28, 2016 in Lebanon

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Arabian Business published their list of 100 most influential Arabs under 40 for 2016 and it included 13 Lebanese from different industries. Chaker Khazaal, a Palestinian refugee who used to live in Lebanon before emigrating to Canada, was named as the most influential Arab for this year.

Below are the Lebanese that were mentioned. You can check the full list here.

15- Maher Zain 34, Arts and Entertainment
21- Amal Clooney 38, Law
30- Rafi Demirjian 39, Business
39- Abdallah Absi 23, Technology
48- Nancy Ajram 32, Arts and Entertainment
66- Fahd Hariri 35, Banking and Finance
76- Mahmoud Kabbour 37, Media
78- May Habib 24, Technology
81- Philippe Ghanem 35, Banking
84- Jihad Kawas 19, Technology
92- Diala Makki 32, Arts and Entertainment
93- Aya Bdeir 33, Technology
98- Myriam Fares 33, Arts and Entertainment

PureGray at Le Gray Beirut among the top 10 spas in the middle east

By Rami on October 24, 2013 in Lebanon

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According to this article in CNN Arabic today, PureGray Health Club at Le Gray Beirut is among the top 10 spas in the middle east along with the following places:

Six Senses at Missoni Hotel in Kuwait
Hello Kitty in Dubai
Eternal Med Spa in Dubai
Six Senses in Oman
Biolite in Dubai
Anantara in Dubai
Banyan Tree Al Wadi in Ras El Khaimah
Evason Ma’In Hot Springs in Jordan
Asswan Spa at Burj El Arab in Dubai

I’ve never been to PureGray before but have always read positive feedback about it online. On the other hand, I’ve been to one of the Banyan Tree hotels when I was in Thailand back in 2011 and their service is truly impeccable.

Thank to Philippe Abou Zeid for the link

Instabeat and Wally mentioned on Forbes

By Rami on August 25, 2013 in Lebanon

Forbes recently posted about 10 Middle Eastern startups that will (hopefully) change lives in the MENA region and the world. Two of these startups are Instabeat, which was founded by Lebanese Hind Hobeika, and Wally, which has two Lebanese members on board of its team, Makram Saleh and Maya Zankoul.

You can check the full list here. If it were up to me, I would have also added eTobb.com.

Barbar among CNN’s best kebab joints

By Rami on May 14, 2013 in Lebanon

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CNN chose Barbar among their favorite Kebab joints in the world for the chicken shawarma it offers, and they got it right as Barbar’s shawarma is one of the best in town. Four other joints were chosen from Turkey, Israel, Greece, and Iran.

I once tasted the shawarma they do in Turkey at a famous place called Saray in Istanbul and thought it’s pretty awesome. The spices they use are a bit different I guess, and they serve it on a bed of bread with tomato sauce on top and yogurt on the side. It beats the Lebanese shawarma anytime!

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Also, one country I believe is missing from CNN’s list is Syria, since they’re known for their good kebab too. A good friend once took me to a quite old and famous restaurant called “Al-Siddiq” in an area called “Al-Qanawat” in Damascus, and its shawarma was really out of this world. The portion you get there is pretty generous with a pita bread on top, and also tastes much better than our Lebanese shawarma. If only the country is not at war now!

Al siddiq Photo via illaf.net

Top 100 rich Arabs for 2013

By Rami on April 15, 2013 in Lebanon

According to Forbes, three Lebanese are among the top 10 rich Arabs for this year. Joseph Safra, a Lebanese Brazilian banker, came in the 2nd position with $19.5 billion, while Najib & Taha Mikati ranked 8th with $3.5 billion each.

On the other hand, the wealthiest member of the Hariri’s is Bahaa Hariri who ranked 15th with $2.4 billion. You can check the full list below.

via Emirates 24/7

List of shops at Beirut City Centre

By Rami on April 4, 2013 in Lebanon

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So Beirut City Centre is finally opening today and I was just able to get hold of the list of all brands that will be available at the mall. Almost half of the shops will be operating as of the opening, and the rest will gradually open over the next two months including VOX Cinemas. You can click on the below two tables for more details.

Update:

I’m sorry I had to remove the lists as per City Centre’s request since they’re not official. I’ll be posting an official list as soon as it comes out.

Update #2:

Here’s an official list published in one of City Centre’s brochures. The starred names are opening soon.

2013 Most powerful Lebanese women

By Rami on March 4, 2013 in Lebanon

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Arabian Business published their 2013 list of the top 100 powerful women in the Arab world, and 12 Lebanese women made it to the list, with the most powerful one being Nayla Hayek (chairwoman of the Swatch Group) who came in the 8th position.

Below are the Lebanese woman who made it to the list:

8. Nayla Hayek
14. Leila El Solh
31. Fairouz
39. Nadine Labaki
41. Nancy Ajram
42. Elissa
46. Anissa Helou
49. Cyrine Abdelnour
56. Najwa Karam
66. Octavia Nasr
81. Mona Bawarshi
90. Christine Sfeir

Is it a bit weird to see people like Nancy Ajram and Elissa making it to the top 100 while there’s no mention of Haifa Wehbe? Anyway, you can check the full list here.

Thank you Ivy

Haifa Wehbi among the top 30 worlds most beautiful women of 2013

By Rami on December 21, 2012 in Lebanon

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When Rina Chibani fails to get us the Miss Universe title, leave it to Haifa Wehbi to put us again under the spotlights. She made it to the top 30 worlds most beautiful women of 2013 on Hollywood Buzz.

Official list of the illegaly imported drugs

By Rami on November 12, 2012 in Lebanon

Najib from Blog Baladi posted today an official list of the illegally imported drugs by the Lebanese Ministry of Health which can be downloaded using this link.

I also noticed the website of the Order of Pharmacists in Lebanon is worth checking every now and then, since they regularly post memos issued by the Ministry of Health on fake or misadvertised drugs such as their latest memo on Energa, Starvex and many others.

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