EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read Job’s Wednesday: A Ras Beirut traditionbyHabib BattahApr 30, 2015 This week, Beirut residents celebrated Job’s Wednesday (Orba’at Ayoub) at Ramlet El Baida, a tradition that stretches back…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 1 minute read Last week to enter Dalieh ideas competitionbyHabib BattahApr 29, 2015 If you haven’t seen it, watch this old Egyptian movie clip about the future of Dalieh. Activists have…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 5 minute read Flags of Our FathersbyHabib BattahApr 13, 2015 The following column was published in last month’s issue of Bold Magazine. I thought it would be appropriate…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 1 minute read Resisting ZaitunaybyHabib BattahFeb 23, 2015 It’s still hard to believe that the once publicly accessible St. George Bay has been rebranded as the…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 1 minute read Political posters removed except…byHabib BattahFeb 21, 2015 There has been much fanfare about the removal of political signs and posters from Beirut, as part of…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 8 minute read Major project by celebrity architect revealed in DaliehbyHabib BattahDec 15, 2014 Activists have claimed that a multi-million dollar real estate project by world-renowned architect Rem Koolhaas is being planned…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 1 minute read Beirut Bodies in PublicbyHabib BattahOct 10, 2014 It’s not every day that you see young people walking the streets of Hamra, sketching on pieces of…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 1 minute read Minister takes stand against fencing of coastbyHabib BattahJun 8, 2014 The Environment minister’s Facebook status above was posted this afternoon and comes in the wake of weeks of activism,…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read The fencing of DaliehbyHabib BattahJun 6, 2014 The creative people at 5Ampere have just come up with this striking piece of protest art. The caption…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 3 minute read The Caves and Pools of Dalieh: Endangered?byHabib BattahMay 16, 2014 Ah the post card image of Raouche. Now imagine it surrounded by a giant fenced off marina, full…