April 2008 | Beirut Report

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Popular sentiment

byHabib Battah
Apr 26, 2008

This spray painted wall says a lot about what many Lebanese think of the poster/billboard war that is…

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Loving and hating America

byHabib Battah
Apr 22, 2008

The Arab world is more divided than ever today and this can be illustrated through a very unscientific…

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Welcome to “new” Dubai

byHabib Battah
Apr 15, 2008

This week I’m in Dubai, covering the first ever Gulf Film Festival for Variety. But I’m actually staying…

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Balconies

byHabib Battah
Apr 9, 2008

The balcony is a central part of Lebanese life. People have lunch on them, play backgammon on them,…

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The irony

byHabib Battah
Apr 4, 2008

Here’s another picture from the Mughniyah rally. But hold the conspiracy theories. This man’s FBI actually stands for…

Who Am I?

Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 15 years and teaches journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. He is a contributor to Monocle, The Guardian, BBC World, Al Jazeera and others, a former fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and two-time recipient of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. Battah's investigative work was recently recognized for outstanding local reporting by the Columbia University Oakes Award for Environmental Reporting. Battah earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Near East Studies and Journalism from New York University.