Read More 2 minute read Beirut boys gone wildbyHabib BattahMay 30, 2008 Here are some pictures I took during last night’s festivities in downtown Beirut. In a bid to ‘rejuvenate’…
Read More 1 minute read Resume normal programingbyHabib BattahMay 27, 2008 After weeks of broadcasting war-mongering propaganda, Lebanese television stations have resumed their usual diet of music videos, soap…
Read More 2 minute read Red carpet election: Is the show over?byHabib BattahMay 25, 2008 As we watched a series of foreign dignitaries step out of armored SUVs and Mercedes sedans at the…
Read More 1 minute read Sleiman maniabyHabib BattahMay 24, 2008 For some reason, the term ‘overkill’ has not worked its way into the Lebanese vocabulary. When a new…
Read More 2 minute read Talking to a Hezbollah handymanbyHabib BattahMay 22, 2008 Hezbollah is associated with a lot of horrible things in the West, but few would attribute lane painting…
Read More 2 minute read Clean up and move on?byHabib BattahMay 21, 2008 Shockingly, the Lebanese leaders seem to have agreed and the most symbolic evidence of this is the end…
Read More 4 minute read A polite militiabyHabib BattahMay 20, 2008 A lot has been said about all the terrible things that happened in West Beirut last week: the…
Read More 1 minute read Sleiman for president?byHabib BattahMay 19, 2008 It seems the Lebanese politicians in Doha have agreed on at least one thing: elect Army general Michel…
Read More 1 minute read Don’t come back from DohabyHabib BattahMay 18, 2008 As Lebanese politicians try to make peace in Qatar this weekend–or at least say they are trying to…
Read More 2 minute read “West Beirut” revivalbyHabib BattahMay 16, 2008 For the past few days, many Lebanese have been using the term “West Beirut” as in easy way…