CCulture & Heritage Read More 5 minute read Bodies of Armenian Genocide survivors to be exhumed for beach resortbyHabib BattahJun 30, 2015 Barely two months after the 100 year anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, relatives of those who survived the…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 6 minute read The gutting of Beirut’s Roman racetrackbyHabib BattahJun 27, 2015 We often worry about extremist groups like ISIS destroying history in the Middle East. But in Beirut, private…
MMedia Read More 11 minute read Held by HezbollahbyHabib BattahJun 16, 2015 “I don’t mind sitting here,” I told the Hezbollah guard who kept watch over us in a run-down…
MMedia Read More 2 minute read Two pools, two worlds of news coveragebyHabib BattahJun 9, 2015 By now much of the world has seen the brutal image of a Texas police officer literally sitting…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read Exhibit proposing coastal alternatives draws crowdsbyHabib BattahJun 8, 2015 Government officials like to complain that activists love making noise but never propose actual solutions. This is especially…
RRule of Law Read More 2 minute read A yacht to pay the rentbyHabib BattahJun 7, 2015 A “super yacht” called Samar has just docked in Beirut’s Zaitunay Bay marina. At around 77 meters, it…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read Clues to Roman Beirut at Saifi dig?byHabib BattahJun 5, 2015 Roman Berytus was one of the most lavish cities in the empire, featuring a massive chariot race track…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 3 minute read Dalieh competition winners announcedbyHabib BattahJun 1, 2015 The results of the Dalieh Ideas competition, which seeks to protect Beirut’s natural coast from private development, were announced…