EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 5 minute read Playing monopoly with the lights offbyHabib BattahMay 26, 2015 How does municipal planning work in Beirut? Who draws up the projects and what experts are consulted? The…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read Last chance to support Dalieh crowdfunding campaignbyHabib BattahMay 19, 2015 Readers of this blog will be quite familiar with the campaign to save Beirut’s last undeveloped natural rocky…
MMedia Read More 1 minute read Media gets it wrong on Arab saintsbyHabib BattahMay 17, 2015 From New York Times to The Telegraph, to The Jerusalem Post, news outlets around the world are erroneously…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read Inside the forbidden HorshbyHabib BattahMay 15, 2015 Last year, we were allowed inside Beirut’s only major park for just one day. This year, (tomorrow May 16)…
MMedia Read More 5 minute read New York Times sells Israel’s next warbyHabib BattahMay 13, 2015 How hard is it for the Israeli military to launch an unprovoked war with its neighbor by casting…
RRule of Law Read More 1 minute read Police as parking valetbyHabib BattahMay 11, 2015 A most peculiar scene just unfolded on Bliss, one of Beirut’s busiest streets facing AUB. The policeman (above)…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 5 minute read Does Beirut deserve green space?byHabib BattahMay 8, 2015 Next week there is a protest to call for the opening of Beirut’s only major park, which…
MMedia Read More 2 minute read New report: Press freedom threatened in Lebanon, regionbyHabib BattahMay 4, 2015 Both Lebanon and Kuwait were among the poorest performing countries in terms of press freedom, according to a…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 3 minute read Police demolish fishermen homes: “The Israelis treated us better”byHabib BattahMay 2, 2015 This kind of destruction is usually caused by a war or natural disaster. But this was Beirut this…