CCrime Read More 4 minute read Tripoli residents: ‘It’s poverty, stupid’byHabib BattahNov 9, 2014 Local channel LBC ran this brilliant five minute interview with an unidentified man on the street in Tripoli.…
RRule of Law Read More 1 minute read Who is the army fighting in Tripoli?byHabib BattahOct 26, 2014 As battles rage in Tripoli, much of the focus seems to be on the fighting itself, the death…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 3 minute read Activists sue state over coast privatizationbyHabib BattahOct 2, 2014 Activists alleged that the state has illegally provided tens of thousands of square meters of public shoreline to…
RRule of Law Read More 5 minute read Policing the unpoliceable?byHabib BattahSep 17, 2014 How hard is it to be a Lebanese cop? Can laws be enforced when law enforcement live in…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read Coast erasing in BatrounbyHabib BattahSep 9, 2014 A new project seems to be chewing away the coastline in Batroun. I was able to get a…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read Journalists banned from entering Beirut parkbyHabib BattahSep 1, 2014 Citizens and journalists were held up at the park’s main entrance on Saturday. Municipal police prevented reporters from…
RRule of Law Read More 1 minute read Police beat journalists on videobyHabib BattahAug 13, 2014 The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban A video has recently surfaced documenting police beating journalists this week. The reporters were…
RRule of Law Read More 1 minute read Hamra is back to normal except…byHabib BattahJun 20, 2014 … for the “Hawker” private security guard staring and squinting at me while taking this picture (because I…
RRule of Law Read More 1 minute read Happy (lawless) birthdaybyHabib BattahJun 12, 2014 The Lebanese police are celebrating their 153rd anniversary. At a commemoration event, the head of the force pledged…
RRule of Law Read More 1 minute read Aintoury standoff continues, police deploybyHabib BattahJun 4, 2014 Family and friends continue to gather to resist the demolition of Aintoury Market in Hamra. They blocked the…