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Lord’s Hotel coming down

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 22, 2014
This old Ras Beirut hotel has been abandoned for a few years and now looks to be coming…
CCulture & Heritage
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Activists harassed as demolition continues in Gemmazye

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 17, 2014
Despite a cessation order posted yesterday by Beirut’s governor, demolition works have continued today at a historic Art…
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Update: Beirut governor halts demolition work at Gemmayze building

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 16, 2014
In a Facebook post last night, Beirut Governor Ziad Chebib shared an order from his office to halt…
CCulture & Heritage
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Demolition of Art Deco building begins in Gemmayze

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 13, 2014
The green screens have gone up and demolition work has already begun on the top floor. The wrecking…
CCulture & Heritage
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Historic building demolition now near Phoenicia hotel

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 27, 2014
If you hurry, you might be able to get a glance of this historic facade before it is…
CCulture & Heritage
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Rose House opening to the public

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 14, 2014
Next week, Beirut’s storied “Rose House”, which sits on a rare green hill overlooking the Mediterranean, will be…
CCulture & Heritage
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Demolitions ongoing in Furn el Hayek

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 22, 2014
This may be your last chance to see some of the oldest buildings in Furn El Hayek, including…
CCulture & Heritage
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Vintage block

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 4, 2013
For those of us who grew up after the civil war, it’s hard to imagine what Beirut once…
CCulture & Heritage
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Glass sidewalks from NYC to Beirut

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 22, 2013
I’ve been fascinated by glass sidewalks ever since I noticed them in the ruins of downtown Beirut. Buried…
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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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