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Beirut’s lost Roman hippodrome unearthed, to be dismantled

  • byHabib Battah
  • Aug 18, 2013
“There are four known Roman hippodromes in the Middle East,” a veteran archeologist recently told me. “In Beirut,…
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Beirut Report on France 24

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 24, 2013
I did this interview last week during the height of the media uproar over my assault by construction…
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New ruins at Souk el Tayeb site

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 22, 2013
Looks like we could have another interesting archeological dig in central Beirut. These pictures were sent to me…
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Minister says ruins to be preserved after photos leaked

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 21, 2013
Daily Star In a surprise announcement, Culture Minister Gaby Layoun said today that ancient Roman and Byzantine ruins…
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Hidden mosaics could mark Lebanon’s oldest church

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 19, 2013
In addition to the possible Roman gate and road revealed in a previous post, the Landmark site dig…
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Possible Roman gate and road found in Beirut dig

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 17, 2013
This is a panoramic shot of a dig that has been going on for several years in Riad…
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More journalists harassed at DistrictS site

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 16, 2013
Skyscraper City  Looks I like I was not the only reporter to get manhandled or threatened by the…
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What DistrictS was hiding

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 15, 2013
All of my photos of ancient ruins were forcibly deleted when I was surrounded and physically attacked by…
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Getting physically assaulted today at District S site

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 14, 2013
My chest and wrists still hurt from the arms of the men who tackled me, twisted my hands…
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Stealing a peek at the past: Riad al Solh dig

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 11, 2013
Stalled since it was announced in 2004, Jean Nouvel’s Landmark mall and tower development has become one of…
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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 20 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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