So I’m waiting for my haloum sandwich at Jarjoura Dairy in Chtoura, Bekaa–never tried it before and place looks dated... Read More
Only a small pool of water is retained in the massive multi-million dollar Mseilha dam, seen in these pictures from... Read More
It’s a question I get asked a lot lately, most recently during a radio interview I did this morning. With so much that’s happened this year in Lebanon–and the world–it’s easy to forget how massive the crowds once were, as seen in these protest tours we did in downtown Beirut... Read More
Many have asked if the revolts taking place across Lebanon will succeed. But they have already succeeded at taking away... Read More
The Lebanese state (which literally cannot keep the streetlights on at night where hundreds die in highway collisions every year)... Read More
A version of this story was published in Monocle Magazine, August 2018 By Habib Battah Just across the skyscraper-lined Bay of Beirut, in the lush foothills of Mount Lebanon, a little-understood civilization lived in caves for thousands of years. Skeletons found at the site known as Ksar Akil date back... Read More
‘We Made Every Living Thing from Water’ (وجعلنا من الماء كل شيء حي) will have its premiere at 6pm today... Read More
If you live in Lebanon, you would probably fall out of your chair if I told you government ministers were... Read More
At a time when so many historic sites are being demolished in Lebanon, it’s refreshing to see that some in the country are also interested in preserving the past, and seeing a value in that. Just last week I reported on the removal of an ancient Roman city wall in... Read More
A rare and well-preserved ancient Roman wall that once surrounded Beirut has been dismantled. Photography of the site is not... Read More