March 28, 2008
Desert Bloom
Awash in oil money, Persian Gulf emirates are striving to shift the intellectual heart of the Middle East
When Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon was killed in a car bombing in February 2005, Toufic Mezher hoped it would be an isolated incident. But the country was subsequently racked by almost weekly outbursts of riots, assassinations, and bombings. Mezher began to fear for his family's safety. The 16-year American University of Beirut engineering professor also saw his beloved
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