September 2012 | Beirut Report

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The Pope meets “MuslimRage”

byHabib Battah
Sep 24, 2012

Here’s a copy of my monthly “Media Uncovered” column: The Pope meets “Muslim Rage” As news of “Muslim…

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Reporting “claims”

byHabib Battah
Sep 23, 2012

Photo: The Daily Star By now, everyone has heard about the reported assassination attempt on Free Patriotic Movement…

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Remembering Sabra and Shatila

byHabib Battah
Sep 17, 2012

See my latest piece for Al Jazeera English on Lebanon’s most infamous massacre and its ramifications 30 years…

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Pope Mania

byHabib Battah
Sep 13, 2012

In anticipation of the Pope’s visit to Lebanon this week, highways across the country have been shrouded in…

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A perfect day. In Beirut??

byHabib Battah
Sep 3, 2012

Imagine a Beirut where people spent more time upside down (above). Where the police protected us from cars…

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What we’re watching

byHabib Battah
Sep 1, 2012

Like most Lebanese, I’m hungry for answers about the surge in kidnappings, tribal violence deadly “personal disputes” and…

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.