This is a different sort of post, but given the huge impacts the recent (and not so recent) events all over the Middle East have on people’s lives, countries’ economies and business decisions, it is worthwhile to recognise the very real problems that exist in these markets.
A few photos of the damage and tension after the tragic bomb blast in Ashrafieh, Beirut on Sunday evening, 20 May 2007. Several people were injured and one woman was killed when the force of the explosion caused a wall to collapse on top of her.