A date with Clinton’s innovation tzar
A Date With Clinton’s Innovation TsarALEC ROSS, SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON’S INNOVATION ADVISOR, RECENTLY SPENT SOME TIME IN…
Much ado about nothing
Published December 2012 // BOLD Magazine By Habib Battah Perhaps it was naive to be thinking of…
The Elusive Mr. Youssef
Published August 2012 // BOLD MAGAZINE By Habib BattahMuch of what has been said or written about Lebanon’s…
Investigating Lebanon’s internet
Here’s a copy of my cover story for this month’s issue of Bold Magazine: WEB OF DECEIT: HOW…
What fire? Local news didn’t see it.
(*Update below) As I type this, an Armageddon-shaped black cloud of smoke hangs over Beirut, caused by a…
Fires not considered fires by Lebanese authorities
This afternoon, smoke from multiple fires billowed out of a green valley in Mtaileb, a hillside Beirut suburb,…
How (not) to report pollution in Lebanon
For much of this afternoon, a luxury residential apartment building was transformed into a pollution spewing factory fit…
Deck the halls with electricity
Once again, Christmas lights are everywhere in Lebanon from the tiniest of villages to the sprawling urban suburbs.…
Internet overpricing with impunity
It’s now been two weeks since Lebanese internet service providers began charging customers more money for falsely promised…
Electricity godfathers rule billion dollar Lebanon market
credit: The Godfather, Paramount Pictures The Corleones would be envious. Lebanese generator owners are racking up tax free…