It’s a question I get asked a lot lately, most recently during a radio interview I did this morning. With... Read More
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Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 15 years and teaches journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. He is a contributor to Monocle, The Guardian, BBC World, Al Jazeera and others, a former fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and two-time recipient of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. Battah's investigative work was recently recognized for outstanding local reporting by the Columbia University Oakes Award for Environmental Reporting. Battah earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Near East Studies and Journalism from New York University.
The Lebanese state (which literally cannot keep the streetlights on at night where hundreds die in highway collisions every year)... Read More
‘We Made Every Living Thing from Water’ (وجعلنا من الماء كل شيء حي) will have its premiere at 6pm today... Read More
At a time when so many historic sites are being demolished in Lebanon, it’s refreshing to see that some in... Read More
“We will find where you live,” a watchman yelled at me after taking a picture of ruins on his construction... Read More
Many have asked if the revolts taking place across Lebanon will succeed. But they have already succeeded at taking away... Read More
A version of this story was published in Monocle Magazine, August 2018 By Habib Battah Just across the skyscraper-lined Bay... Read More
If you live in Lebanon, you would probably fall out of your chair if I told you government ministers were... Read More
A rare and well-preserved ancient Roman wall that once surrounded Beirut has been dismantled. Photography of the site is not... Read More
Even if independent candidates don’t win big on election day, they are already having an impact on Lebanese political culture.... Read More