IInternet Read More 5 minute read A date with Clinton’s innovation tzarbyHabib BattahJan 15, 2013 A Date With Clinton’s Innovation TsarALEC ROSS, SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON’S INNOVATION ADVISOR, RECENTLY SPENT SOME TIME IN…
IInternet Read More 6 minute read Much ado about nothingbyHabib BattahDec 28, 2012 Published December 2012 // BOLD Magazine By Habib Battah Perhaps it was naive to be thinking of…
IInternet Read More 9 minute read The Elusive Mr. YoussefbyHabib BattahAug 13, 2012 Published August 2012 // BOLD MAGAZINE By Habib BattahMuch of what has been said or written about Lebanon’s…
IInternet Read More 11 minute read Investigating Lebanon’s internetbyHabib BattahApr 29, 2012 Here’s a copy of my cover story for this month’s issue of Bold Magazine: WEB OF DECEIT: HOW…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 3 minute read What fire? Local news didn’t see it.byHabib BattahApr 27, 2012 (*Update below) As I type this, an Armageddon-shaped black cloud of smoke hangs over Beirut, caused by a…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read Fires not considered fires by Lebanese authoritiesbyHabib BattahFeb 26, 2012 This afternoon, smoke from multiple fires billowed out of a green valley in Mtaileb, a hillside Beirut suburb,…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 3 minute read How (not) to report pollution in LebanonbyHabib BattahFeb 15, 2012 For much of this afternoon, a luxury residential apartment building was transformed into a pollution spewing factory fit…
PPublic Services Read More 2 minute read Deck the halls with electricitybyHabib BattahDec 27, 2011 Once again, Christmas lights are everywhere in Lebanon from the tiniest of villages to the sprawling urban suburbs.…
IInternet Read More 3 minute read Internet overpricing with impunitybyHabib BattahOct 13, 2011 It’s now been two weeks since Lebanese internet service providers began charging customers more money for falsely promised…
PPublic Services Read More 1 minute read Electricity godfathers rule billion dollar Lebanon marketbyHabib BattahSep 12, 2011 credit: The Godfather, Paramount Pictures The Corleones would be envious. Lebanese generator owners are racking up tax free…