Issam Al Haffar

Al Murray stars in The Crown Jewels, a comedy that lacks sparkle — review

...The cast (Issam Al Ghussain, Kosar Ali, Simon Manyonda, Sirine Saba and Yusra Warsama) are wonderful, however, nipping nimbly from one character to another in Nimmo Ismail’s production....

August 2, 2023

FT Magazine

Artist Issam Kourbaj will not forget his homeland

...“Issam Kourbaj: Urgent Archive” is at Kettle’s Yard until May 26....

April 20, 2024

FT Live

The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition

FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government

KPMG International

KPMG boss in Dubai attempts to reassure clients amid discord

...KPMG Lower Gulf offers audit, consulting and tax services to 3,400 clients in the UAE and Oman, including real estate and retail conglomerate Majid Al Futtaim Group and sovereign wealth funds ADQ and Mubadala...

September 26, 2022

KPMG International

KPMG UAE holds meetings with clients after governance row

...They include Dubai World, an investment company that acts for the Dubai government, and Majid Al Futtaim Group, an Emirati real estate and retail conglomerate....

July 30, 2022

KPMG International

Staff accuse KPMG of ignoring complaints about UAE boss

...It also advises the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Majid Al Futtaim Group, an Emirati real estate and retail conglomerate....

July 9, 2022

KPMG International

KPMG’s business in UAE split by partner infighting and coup attempt

...Haffar and Elard did not respond to requests for comment made through KPMG....

July 5, 2022

FT Live

Future of Asset Management Europe

New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence

Israel-Hamas war

Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon were ‘apparently deliberate’, say rights groups

...The group of seven journalists — from Lebanon, Iraq and the US who were working for Reuters, Al Jazeera and Agence France-Presse — were at the Lebanese border town of Alma al-Shaab following reports that...

December 7, 2023

Day seven of Israel conflict as it happened: Israel calls for evacuation of 1mn people in northern Gaza

Reuters journalist killed by shelling in Lebanon

...“We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed,” said a Reuters spokesperson....

October 13, 2023

Day eight of Israel conflict as it happened: Israel planning ‘significant ground operations’ in Gaza

Reuters journalist killed by shelling in Lebanon

...“We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed,” said a Reuters spokesperson....

October 14, 2023

Day eight of Israel conflict as it happened: Israel planning ‘significant ground operations’ in Gaza

Lebanon to submit formal complaint to UN over killing of Reuters journalist

...Lebanon said it would submit a formal complaint to the UN Security Council over “Israel’s deliberate killing” of Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah on Friday, calling it a “flagrant violation and a crime...

October 14, 2023

Construction sector

Construction ‘supercycle’ predicted on wave of government spending

...Cemex’s chief financial officer Maher Al-Haffar predicted there would be 20 to 30 per cent higher demand for cement in the US if Biden’s infrastructure bill was passed, supporting demand for imports....

August 9, 2021

Lebanon

Lebanese port eyes China as it sells itself as hub for Syria

...“The Chinese saw that even before we did,” said Raya Haffar El Hassan, former Lebanese finance minister and chairman of the Tripoli Special Economic Zone....

January 3, 2019

Audio articles

Manchester attack investigation turns to Libyan links

...Mr Haffar would not comment on reports that the bomber worshipped there. But not everyone has reacted with surprise....

May 24, 2017

World

The suicide bomber from the anonymity of suburban Manchester

...The family friend said Abedi prayed at the Didsbury mosque but Fawzi Haffar, a trustee, denied this. “We don’t know who he is,” Mr Haffar said. “We’ve never seen him....

May 25, 2017

FT Magazine

Syria: a tale of three cities

...Adnan al-Daqas, a local administrative head, is handing out cooking gas canisters....

August 3, 2017

FT Live

Commodities Asia Summit

Enabling decarbonisation in a time of disrupted trade flows

News in-depthSyrian crisis

West sidelined to the bar in Russia-led Syria talks

...They are acting much better, but still we cannot trust them,” said Issam al-Rais, spokesman for the Southern Front rebel group....

January 25, 2017

Syrian crisis

Syrians begin evacuating from symbolic Damascus suburb

...It is their inaction that sponsors this ethnic cleansing today,” Issam al Reis, an FSA spokesman, said in a statement....

August 26, 2016

Syrian crisis

Syrian rebel leader killed in air raid

...Jaysh al-Islam said in a statement that its leader was killed “on one of the fronts in eastern Ghouta,” adding that it has appointed Abu Hammam Issam Buwaidani as the new commander of the insurgent group...

December 26, 2015

Israel-Hamas war

Hamas seeks to stamp out Isis in Gaza

...Issam Younis, director of the Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights in Gaza City, estimates that the number of people arrested is closer to 30 or 40....

June 1, 2015

News in-depthThe Big Read

Syria: A fight for credibility

...“We are still struggling to gain the international community’s trust,” says Southern Front spokesman Issam al-Reis. “We were expecting more support but nothing has changed . . ....

June 23, 2015

World

Israel continues Gaza bombardment

...Egypt’s state news agency said Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had met Mr Blair, envoy for the so-called Quartet of UN, EU, Russia and United States....

July 12, 2014

beyondbricsJude Webber

Cemex: back to square one in Egypt?

...The administrative court hearing is expected in mid- to late-March, and once that court has ruled, there is a process of appeal and ultimately appeal to the Court of Cassation, Al-Haffar said....

January 20, 2014

beyondbricsMarkets

Cemex: shedding more assets

...Cemex had 55 institutional creditors participate in the debt exchange offer, said Maher Al-Haffar, a company spokesman....

September 10, 2012

Fund management

Tunisia at the crossroads

...“After the revolution we expected investors to hide money, but exactly the opposite happened,” says Issam Ayari, director at the broker Tunisie Valeurs. “We had large deposits in our funds....

November 25, 2012

Currencies

Syrian sanctions finding unintended targets

...At Salman al-Dimashki’s computer shop in the centre of the Syrian capital, Chinese-made desktop machines are piled high outside the door....

April 30, 2012

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