CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read Historic building demolition now near Phoenicia hotelbyHabib BattahNov 27, 2014 If you hurry, you might be able to get a glance of this historic facade before it is…
PPublic Services Read More 2 minute read Dora goes solarbyHabib BattahNov 23, 2014 After years of darkness it seems the northern suburbs of Beirut will finally be lit up at night.…
TTravel Read More 1 minute read Band invades Beirut airportbyHabib BattahNov 19, 2014 It’s not easy flying into Beirut these days. With fears of ISIS beheading soldiers and invading villages, refugees…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read Rose House opening to the publicbyHabib BattahNov 14, 2014 Next week, Beirut’s storied “Rose House”, which sits on a rare green hill overlooking the Mediterranean, will be…
CCrime Read More 4 minute read Tripoli residents: ‘It’s poverty, stupid’byHabib BattahNov 9, 2014 Local channel LBC ran this brilliant five minute interview with an unidentified man on the street in Tripoli.…
MMedia Read More 1 minute read Question the media, win prizesbyHabib BattahNov 8, 2014 I’ve been working on a project called Checkdesk, which is a tool for verifying news stories and holding…
PPublic Services Read More 5 minute read Getting access to information in LebanonbyHabib BattahNov 7, 2014 How hard is it to get information from the Lebanese government? The answer may surprise you. I…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read National Library opening soon?byHabib BattahNov 4, 2014 For years now, construction has slowly been moving forward on the National Library project in Sanayeh. Now with…