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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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Mystery BCD plot for secret eyes only

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 29, 2013
In what was once the Jewish quarter of Beirut, through a small slit in the metal panel fence,…
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When downtown Beirut was busy

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 27, 2013
I found this picture today on the Facebook group قديماً one of many sites now posting pictures of old Beirut.…
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Nowruz in Raouche

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 25, 2013
Nowruz, known as the Persian New Year, was celebrated last Wednesday in Beirut. But an additional celebration was…
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Quote of the week

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 24, 2013
“There is no need to worry,” said Culture Minister Gaby Layoun, following the theft of 46 items from…
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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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Clemenceau landmark to be renovated or demolished?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Feb 13, 2013
For decades, the curious triangular building in the Clemenceau neighborhood has stood abandoned. But that seems set to…
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Maalouf: “We don’t have a home in Beirut anymore”

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 30, 2012
I just got off the phone with Ziad Maalouf, a son of Lebanese literary giant Amin Maalouf, who’s…
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Reclaiming city spaces

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 14, 2012
With fighting in Tripoli and little progress on public services, it’s always nice to see positive events happening…
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Public performance banned in Downtown Beirut

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 12, 2011
I’ve experienced many disturbing episodes in the corporate-owned and operated space known as Beirut Central District (BCD) or…
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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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