Business

A Successful Approach To Personal Growth & Family Development

Presented by

Rabbi Laibl Wolf

Guest lecturer at the International Convention on Transpersonal Psychology

HARNESSING THE POSITIVE IN ANGER

Learn practical meditative exercises for:

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REDUCING INNER STRESS

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RESOLVING TENSION IN
RELATIONSHIPS

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GAINING MASTERY OVER
NEGATIVE THOUGHTS

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ACHIEVING INNER BALANCE &
HARMONY

Sunday, February 22, 1998 - 7:30 PM

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6735 Telegraph Rd. - Bloomfield Hills

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by Middle East regimes. The trick has
been to import Israeli goods via multi-
nationals in Europe or through the
United States. A product might bear a
tag saying it was made either in the EU
or the U.S., or even in Jordan, when
actually it was "Made in Israel."
Take what is being marketed in
Qatar supermarkets as Jordanian
tomatoes. They are all the rage among
Qatari professionals educated in the
West. The Jordanian label is their
entry ticket to this Gulf sheikdom,
but it is a well-kept secret that the
tomatoes are really from Israel.
Other Arab businessmen are deal-
ing with Israelis in joint ventures .
based on exports through the duty-
free port of Dubai. That is where
labels are changed and everything
from Israeli produce to software are
shipped throughout the Arab world.
Such businessmen as Jordan's Salah
consider Israel as a partner even in
what they regard as the stalled peace
process. They dismiss the refusal of
Arab governments to send officials to
the Doha conference as essentially
meaningless.
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The new cadres of young Western-
educated businessmen have some
influence on their governments, diplo-
mats say. A good example is Morocco
where King Hassan II has actually
conceded some authority to permit
privatization and the opening of capi-
tal markets. The result is that the
North African kingdom has one of the
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fastest growing economies in the
region, a development Hassan hopes
will help fight the influence of Islamic
fundamentalism.
In Jordan, successive governments
have observed International Monetary
Fund guidelines regarding privatization
and the creation of capital markets.
Officials and Arab businessmen say
the Hashemite kingdom has instituted
some of the most liberal regulations in-\
the region. The result has been an
inflow of Arab and Western capital
and investments.
In Qatar, Emir Hamad Bin Khalifa
Althani presides over a young govern-
ment of Western-educated technocrats
who have introduced unprecedented
social and economic reforms. The
emir's wife may have seven children
like other Gulf women but she is uni
versify educated and leading a drive
for women's rights.
In Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak
might be mouthing the tired old slo-
gans of Arab unity and resistance. But
his 34-year-old son Jamal is a leading
entrepreneur fighting for Western-style