Recipe of the week
Recipe: Canadian-Syrian Thanksgiving Stuffing By Heather Lawless From The Kitchn This recipe, created with my friend — the mother of a Syrian refugee family we hosted — takes a classic Thanksgiving stuffing and adds a Syrian twist. Commonly used celery…
Islamic finance discovering the charm of offshore jurisdictions [Cayman Islands]
By Arno Maierbrugger/Gulf Times Correspondent /Bangkok From Gulf Times Owing to the sometimes complex structure of Shariah-compliant finance vehicles, offshore jurisdictions have become increasingly popular with Islamic finance institutions in the recent past. One reason is that such jurisdictions allow…
THE DAILY CALLER: Bill Clinton got millions from world’s biggest Sharia Law education firm
By RICHARD POLLOCK From The Daily Caller Former President Bill Clinton collected $5.6 million in fees from GEMS Education, a Dubai-based company that teaches Sharia Law through its network of more than 100 schools in the Middle East, Asia and Africa,…
UK: Group makes $1.3 Billion offer for Grosvenor House, Plaza Hotels
By Hui-Yong Yu From Bloomberg U.K. family office, Middle Eastern partners file with court New owners would upgrade London, NYC hotels if bid accepted A U.K. multifamily office and two Middle Eastern partners submitted a $1.3 billion bid for London’s…
China’s market crashes, sets off panic selling in Europe, US
From Newsmax Financial markets are starting 2016 in turmoil as a rout in China rekindled concern that slowing growth there will spread, while tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran added to geopolitical unease. Global equities crumbled toward the worst opening…
Oldest’ Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
By Sean Coughlan Education correspondent From BBC What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among…
The Rise of the Gulf Carriers
By Ashley Kindergan From The Financialist Every company can count on an existential threat showing up at its door sooner or later. For European and Asian airlines, that time is now, and it is three Persian Gulf-based carriers that are…
Another huge Middle Eastern country with An Al Qaeda franchise is on the verge of exploding
By Armin Rosen From Business Insider Over 120 people were reportedly killed during fighting in a Middle Eastern capital on Friday, but it wasn’t Baghdad or Damascus. With a Shi’ite rebel movement marching on Sa’ana, Yemen now seems like it’s…
How the world’s super-rich like to travel
From Daily Mail UK Russian billionaires love Croatia, while the Chinese gamble in Las Vegas and both splash out on private yachts they barely use Middle Eastern billionaires prefer to spend their summers in the Mediterranean, while Russians head to…
Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert and co predict the tastes of the future – globally and locally
By Samantha Wood From The National When a star-studded cast of chefs – think Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, José Andrés and two Daniels (Boulud and Humm) – congregate in one spot, the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, for an annual cookout at…
