CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read Inside Beit BeirutbyHabib BattahMay 17, 2016 Beit Beirut, Lebanon’s first memory museum, is finally getting ready to open its doors. After at least a…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read How the historic Adloun coast is becoming “Nabih Berri Port”byHabib BattahJan 25, 2016 After several weeks of organizing and documentation by activists, the minister of environment has called for a halt…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 5 minute read Remembering Karantina… who does?byHabib BattahJan 20, 2016 Today Karantina is home to the massive concert and frequent rave venue “Forum De Beyrouth,” where Snoop Dogg,…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 4 minute read Campaign to save “Red House”byHabib BattahJan 17, 2016 It seems everywhere you turn in Hamra, there is a new tower coming up. None of them affordable…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 6 minute read Abou Rakhousa and the politics of povertybyHabib BattahNov 10, 2015 I’m hearing a lot of people say street protests are dying out in Beirut, though there are…
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…
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…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read Losing Aabrine, erasing a neighborhoodbyHabib BattahApr 23, 2015 Gabriel Daher, who is known for posting beautiful images of old Beirut, posted something a bit different today.…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read Red cross exhibit on Lebanon’s warsbyHabib BattahApr 17, 2015 The Lebanese and International Red Cross are currently exhibiting a series of images, recordings and interactive installations chronicling…