MMedia Read More 2 minute read The changing Israeli media narrativebyHabib BattahDec 16, 2013 Photo: China Weekly It has barely been 24 hours since the exchange of fire on the Lebanon-Israel border.…
Read More 2 minute read “The Lebanese” problem of The New York TimesbyHabib BattahDec 12, 2013 There is an important article in yesterday’s New York Times, where aid agencies tell the paper the Lebanese…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 4 minute read That time I got threatened by a government officialbyHabib BattahDec 11, 2013 This column was originally published in this month’s issue of Bold Magazine. Detained And RestrainedREPORTING IN LEBANON CAN…
PPublic Services Read More 8 minute read Lebanon’s failure to fund a crisisbyHabib BattahDec 9, 2013 This piece was originally published in the December issue of Bold Magazine. Aid: Lebanon’s Mission Impossible IT HAS BEEN…
MMedia Read More 1 minute read Disaster AdvertisingbyHabib BattahDec 9, 2013 As the country braces for a massive storm that will probably flood streets and homes and collapse the…
MMedia Read More 2 minute read Whitewashing MandelabyHabib BattahDec 6, 2013 Image: Daily Hearld You probably won’t see a lot of this picture or others in non-stop TV coverage of…
Read More 1 minute read Spies you can trustbyHabib BattahDec 6, 2013 Don’t you love American television? Particularly entertaining from Beirut.
MMedia Read More 1 minute read Nasrallah re-runbyHabib BattahDec 4, 2013 Just hours after today’s killing of a Hezbollah commander, OTV is now replaying its lengthy interview with Hezbollah…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read Vintage blockbyHabib BattahDec 4, 2013 For those of us who grew up after the civil war, it’s hard to imagine what Beirut once…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read It could be nothing…byHabib BattahDec 1, 2013 A friend recently sent me a picture of a major construction site going up in Hamra. It’s probably…