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Across the last 100 years, the fate of Beirut's design scene has been inextricably linked with political realities on the ground. A new design exhibition in Belgium tells this story, and how contemporary Lebanese designers endure present stress.
LONDON: Ahmad Zaki Yamani, the longest-serving Saudi petroleum minister who oversaw the implementation of the oil embargo of 1973, is considered among the towering figures of the global energy market. It is therefore no surprise that his death at the age of 90 on Tuesday was picked up by international news agencies. What is surprising, however, is how many of these reputable media outlets — including ones in Yamani’s native Saudi Arabia — got one major fact wrong about the late minister’s career. Indeed, several major news outlets in the Kingdom referred to Yamani as the first ever ...