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... Read More
Many have asked if the revolts taking place across Lebanon will succeed. But they have already succeeded at taking away the ruling politicians’ most powerful weapon: the microphone. Extraordinary scenes are unfolding on Lebanese television, a freedom of speech and confrontation with power that may not be found in the... 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... Read More
‘We Made Every Living Thing from Water’ (وجعلنا من الماء كل شيء حي) will have its premiere at 6pm today (22 November) at Metropolis Cinema, Sofil as part of the Beirut Art Film Festival. The screening (free attendance) will be following by a Q&A with the directors and Human Rights... 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... Read More
A rare and well-preserved ancient Roman wall that once surrounded Beirut has been dismantled. Photography of the site is not allowed, but from the street, a truck-mounted construction crane can be seen hoisting stones out of the major archaeological site in Bachoura, just off the Fouad Chehab highway that circles... Read More
“We will find where you live,” a watchman yelled at me after taking a picture of ruins on his construction... Read More