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Table of contents
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Contents |
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Preface Who is Rafic Hariri?
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11
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| Chapter 1 |
Lebanon and its emigrants
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17
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| Chapter 2 |
The genesis of a billionaire |
31
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| Chapter 3 |
Mr. Hariri's road back to Lebanon
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41
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| Chapter 4 |
A closer look at Mr. Hariri's |
53
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| Chapter 5 |
Cornerstones of convictions and policies
The Lebanese paper Statesmanship and government The perspective in Women |
69
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| Chapter 6 |
Do aspects of the Lebanese
challenge transcend the possibilities of political guidance? |
85
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| Chapter 7 |
The fruits of his (Hariri)
labor under scrutiny |
99
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| chapter 8 |
Mr. Hariri's difficult dealing with other leaders
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111
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| Chapter 9 |
Perceptions of Mr. Hariri
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127
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| Chapter 10 |
Limits to a great ambition
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141
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| Chapter 11 |
The succession question
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159
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| Chapter 12 |
Questions and lessons
From the Hariri epoch |
169
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| Chapter 13 |
Further lessons from
Nation to world |
183
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| Chapter 14 |
Gamble on the region,
Hariri the survivor |
193
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Editorial Note
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213
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Undertook his first research into the situation of Lebanese emigrants and their links to their homeland nearly 20 years ago as his Masters thesis at AUB in 1986. His interest and qualification in researching the fate, identity and social standing of Lebanese expatriates is rooted in his personal biography. Born in Mexico in 1951 to Lebanese parents, he returned to Lebanon at the age of 12 and completed his schooling at the International College in Beirut. He then departed for the United States, where he acquired a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources from the university of San Francisco. |
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After his stay in the US, Taki lived for two years in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the mid-seventies, and then moved once again to Beirut. Here, he earned a Masters degree at the American University of Beirut with his thesis on the role of Lebanese emigrants in South America and Australia. At the time, in 1984, this study represented the first scientific research into the quantitative and qualitative impact of Lebanese emigration on the home culture. Following his studies at AUB, Taki again moved abroad, this time to the United Kingdom, and completed his academic education with his Ph.D in Public Administration at the university of Somerset in 1991. Inspired by the stabilization of affairs in Lebanon and motivated by the vision of the nation's rebuilding, he once again returned to Beirut in 1997. He published several scientific studies on social and political issues and worked in California for the Saudi government. In the past seven years, while operating a business in Beirut, he has initiated social projects and promoted concepts to raise the international image of the Lebanese capital. Married to Arifi daughter of the late judge Mahmoud Ahmad Naaman. Has three children Ranya,Stephanie and Ahmed-Justin. |
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Thomas Schellen |
Has closely observed the second half of the Hariri decade as a Beirut-based business writer and journalist working for several English-language Lebanese and international publications. He began his journalistic career in his native Germany as writer on the international desk of the political weekly newspaper, Der Report. His experience as journalist, editor and lecturer includes work with publications and organizations covering politics, economy and ideological affairs. Acquiring international experience by working for five years in inter-religious dialogue |