July 2011 | Beirut Report

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Censoring Beirut heritage

byHabib Battah
Jul 26, 2011

It won’t be long before another historic building vanishes without a trace in Beirut. As one would imagine,…

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Hezbollah wears NYPD?

byHabib Battah
Jul 18, 2011

The Daily Star has just posted a photo essay by its correspondent Mohammed Zaatari, who visits “the largest…

Factory fire in Mazraat Yachouh

byHabib Battah
Jul 11, 2011

According to The Daily Star, the factory is owned by Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud. The fire reportedly raged…

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The Devil drives a Corvette?

byHabib Battah
Jul 3, 2011

Apparently Satan was in Downtown Beirut last night… and sporting KSA plates. I asked the parking attendant if…

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Backstage with DAM in Brooklyn

byHabib Battah
Jul 1, 2011

Photo: MTV IGGY MTV has just published my review of Palestinian rap trio DAM during their performance in…

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.