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Since last September's deadly Marriott hotel blast, which killed over 60 people, the denizens of this once somnolent capital are taking no risks. Over recent months, the streets of Islamabad's well-heeled neighborhoods have been dotted with concrete barriers, and enormous blast walls now block entire buildings from public view...
...Hotel-industry employment, for instance, has dropped 7% in the past year. Jobs in the apparel business are down 16%. Work in the temporary-staffing industry has been slashed 26%. Automobile-manufacturing, which lost 30,000 jobs in May alone, is off 29%. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...years after it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tel Aviv's historic Bauhaus quarter finally has a hotel that lives up to the accolade: the 12-room Hotel Montefiore, hotelmontefiore.co.il...
...Although the hotel lacks a formal reception or concierge desk, the staff are Tel Aviv insiders who are well connected with local nightlife and the city's cultural and culinary happenings. They can also arrange after-hours guides and valet service at the nearby beach, making the Montefiore a perfectly positioned addition to Tel Aviv's urban scene. Rates from $280 a night...
...Still, Western culture has increasingly grabbed a foothold in the nation. Though ads for alcohol are blacked out of imported magazines, an Arabic version of MTV, featuring shows like My Super Sweet Sixteen, is shown in hotel rooms and via satellite dishes that are readily available throughout the country (though not officially permitted). Mai Yamani, a Saudi scholar who is the daughter of former Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani, describes an ongoing political tension within the government between more secular reformists and traditionalists, for which there is no clear resolution. "Abdullah's strategy is one of political appeasement," Yamani wrote...