Watching the Lebanese news is like watching the 1993 movie “Groundhog Day,” in which the main character is trapped in time, forced to live the same day over and over again. Although the days change in Lebanon, the political news is always the same: The president and the prime minister-designate exchange accusations and fail to bring to life a government that will conduct
BEIRUT: L’Atelier Nawbar is the Lebanese jewelry label you need to have on your radar. Established by Dima and Tania Nawbar in 2011, the designers are fourth generation jewelers and the first women to take over the family’s Beirut-based business which was founded by their great-great-grandfather in a gold souk in 1881.
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DUBAI: Luxury giant Chalhoub Group aims to raise women’s participation in senior management roles from 20 percent to 50 percent, the company said in its latest sustainability report.
The new report, which outlined the group’s key sustainability targets in Saudi Arabia, included employing more Saudis – from 91 percent to 93 percent of its frontline workforce.
The group also wants to increase the number of Saudis in back of house roles from 34 percent to 52 percent, as well as integrate people with disabilities (PWDs) into its workforce.
The luxury retail distributor aims to accomplish these goals over the next three years, it said, as it aligns itself with the Kingdom’s country-wide objectives for its labor force.
DUBAI: The military accounts for 24 percent of cement production capacity in Egypt, the Financial Times reported, citing officials. The cement spending spree has pushed a number of private sector players toward collapse and deterred investment in what is now perceived as an oversupplied market, the newspaper said. “The military’s intervention appears to have been based on a