Among brick-and-mortar retailers, Sephora and Ulta do the best merchandising job "because they have people who can assist the consumer if they have a question or a comment, " says
Halaka. "The other stores just place the product on the shelf and count on the product catching the consumer's eye as they walk through the aisle."
The university expressed special thanks to the artists who had contributed with their works to Museum : Marwan QassabBashi, Kamal Boullata, Etel Adnan, Laila Shawa, Samia Halaby, Vladimir Tamari, Mona BassiliSehnaoui, RachidQurayshi, Ismail Shammout, Nasser Soumi, Sari Khoury, Samira Badran, Mona Hatoum, Mona Saudi, Vera Tamari, Maurice Pasternak, MizukoYakuwa, Jorge Shmeitzer, Guy Cobb, and Lois Nakhleh, Sliman Mansur, Suha Shoman, Nabil Anani, Tayseer Barakat,Emily Jacir, Rula Halawani, Hosni Radwan, Taysir Batniji , Samir Salameh, Hani Zurob, Khaled Hourani, Jawad al Malhi, Jumana Manaa, Raeda Saadeh, Inass Yassin, Sharif Waked, Ahmad Kanaan, Khalil Rabah, TayseerSharaf, Yazan Al khalili, Amer Shomali, OmarivsIosephFilivsDinE*, Bashir Makhoul, and John
Halaka .
For his part, Head of the Syndicate for Tourism and Hotels Workers, Bassem
Halaka, affirmed the existence of three training centres providing many programmes in all touristic domains -- a centre affiliated of the syndicate, another at the Chambers of Tourism Federation and one affiliated from the ministry.