CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read Developer to resume dismantling of HippodromebyHabib BattahSep 29, 2013 A work cessation order at Beirut’s Roman Hippodrome site has been overruled and the dismantlement of ruins belonging…
Read More 1 minute read Civil (war) engineeringbyHabib BattahSep 28, 2013 So you want to save on building materials? Fill an old oil barrel with rocks, plop some cement…
Read More 1 minute read Al Jadeed picks up hippodrome storybyHabib BattahSep 27, 2013 Leading Lebanese TV station Al Jadeed has just published a piece following up on my article in the…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read Plans to dismantle Beirut hippodrome reach BBC front pagebyHabib BattahSep 25, 2013 That’s a screen shot from BBC’s news site today and you’ll see my latest piece as the second…
MMedia Read More 1 minute read Tents collapse, media looks the other waybyHabib BattahSep 22, 2013 Yesterday I posted about the dangers posed to thousands of Syrian refugees living in tents across the country…
Read More 1 minute read Why you’re lucky to have wallsbyHabib BattahSep 22, 2013 Last week I visited a few of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians living in tents across Lebanon…
Read More 1 minute read Ayn el Hilweh: It’s all herebyHabib BattahSep 20, 2013 I passed by this shop the other day in Ayn El Hilweh refugee camp, one of Lebanon’s poorest…
Read More 1 minute read Grand Theft Auto for kidsbyHabib BattahSep 19, 2013 The new game allows players to murder bystanders, hijack cars and pick up prostitutes and is restricted to…
Read More 1 minute read Local prostitution on FacebookbyHabib BattahSep 18, 2013 I didn’t expect to see this on my Time Line. If I was an overzealous blogger or desperate…