Even if independent candidates don’t win big on election day, they are already having an impact on Lebanese political culture.... 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.
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There is a fantasy among many in Lebanon- liberals in particular– that a silent majority of Lebanese do not support... Read More
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What had been one of the most beautiful and historic buildings on Jeanne d’Arc street will soon be gone. Here’s... Read More