CCulture & Heritage Read More 4 minute read That time I got threatened by a government officialbyHabib BattahDec 11, 2013 This column was originally published in this month’s issue of Bold Magazine. Detained And RestrainedREPORTING IN LEBANON CAN…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read Vintage blockbyHabib BattahDec 4, 2013 For those of us who grew up after the civil war, it’s hard to imagine what Beirut once…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read It could be nothing…byHabib BattahDec 1, 2013 A friend recently sent me a picture of a major construction site going up in Hamra. It’s probably…
CCulture & Heritage Asfouri: a building at warbyHabib BattahNov 14, 2013 Asfouri tells the story of an old Beirut apartment building through the lens of civil war and reconstruction.…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read Sanayeh building updatebyHabib BattahOct 31, 2013 Last week I posted on what seemed to be the destruction of yet another historic Beirut building, the…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read Roman wall removed from Beirut Hippodrome sitebyHabib BattahOct 25, 2013 It survived some 2,000 years of wars and conquest, but the wall above is now gone. Archeologists believe…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read Minister reportedly denies role in latest demolitionbyHabib BattahOct 6, 2013 The photo above was posted on the Facebook group Save Beirut Heritage yesterday evening. According Nabil Najjar, who…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read Developer to resume dismantling of HippodromebyHabib BattahSep 29, 2013 A work cessation order at Beirut’s Roman Hippodrome site has been overruled and the dismantlement of ruins belonging…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read Plans to dismantle Beirut hippodrome reach BBC front pagebyHabib BattahSep 25, 2013 That’s a screen shot from BBC’s news site today and you’ll see my latest piece as the second…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read We once made trainsbyHabib BattahSep 14, 2013 Did you know Lebanon has over 100 years of locomotive history? Neither did I and that’s why I’m…