Nadine Makarem

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Two Turkish pilots kidnapped by gunmen in Beirut

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two Turkish Airlines pilots, Murat Akpınar and Murat Ağca, have been kidnapped today, Friday, August 9, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. According to local reports, six gunmen forced the two out of a shuttle bus less than a kilometer away from Beirut’s Rafik Hariri Internatio

In conversation with SelectUSA’s deputy director

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Arab investors have been notorious among political economists for their preference for investing outside the Middle East. One favored destination for direct investment is the US, despite its recent economic problems. SelectUSA is a unit within the US Department of Commerce an

World Islamic Economic Forum to be held in London

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—London is set to become the first western city to host the annual World Economic Islamic Forum (WIEF), it was announced on Wednesday. The forum, set to be held in the city’s Excel Centre in October, was launched by the prime minister of Malaysia, Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun