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“We spotted that most of those who work in interior design in Syria are intruders on the field,” May al-Assar, CEO of Stad. “They hadn’t really got a proper education which is specialized in interior design, they are mostly non specialists who depend mainly on their work experience.” That is when the decision was made to create the Stad Center (al-Monfared) for learning and development, a Syrian pioneer in the field of interior design, with plans to get into the field of garden design.

Indicating Syria's economy may not be as immune to the global downturn as initially thought, the IMF lowered its assessment for the country’s growth, while exogenous factors are affecting output in the vital agriculture sector, putting an extra strain on the budget. 

Maintaining a family legacy is never an easy task, and one many in the younger generations simply choose to ignore in favor of their own personal pursuits. For Vahe Hovagimian, however, continuing the long tradition of the Hovag Bros, a company started in 1958 and dealing mainly in industrial electricity and automation, was perhaps the most natural choice he could make.