January 2012 | Beirut Report

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Another bright sunny day on Dunia TV

byHabib Battah
Jan 22, 2012

As tanks and explosions plough through Syria’s streets, and thousands of bodies pile up in its morgues, all…

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Sadistic weather girl?

byHabib Battah
Jan 18, 2012

Lebanese weather women (yes all of them are female) are better known for their tight jeans than meteorology…

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.