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“Separation of Church and State”

byHabib Battah
Jul 9, 2014

It seems the Middle East is not the only place where God and guns go together. This alternating…

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Amal in the tabloids

byHabib Battah
Jul 4, 2014

Lebanon always makes headlines for the wrong reasons. But thanks to one 36-year-old lawyer, we finally graduated to the…

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Getting profiled at JFK, surprise.

byHabib Battah
Jun 25, 2014

John F Kennedy Airport New York Daily News/Jesse Ward “We need to ask you a few more questions. Come…

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Lana Del Rey quotes

byHabib Battah
Jul 11, 2013

As is typically the case when big acts come to Lebanon, Lana Del Rey’s performance experienced sound problems…

CCulture & Heritage

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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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Israeli jets over Laklouk

byHabib Battah
Feb 3, 2013

The Israeli overflights continued all night and all day yesterday, visible over the mountains of Laklouk ski resort,…

Who Am I?

Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 15 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.