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Why Beirutis don’t use sidewalks

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 17, 2013
People get hit by cars all the time in Lebanon. The municipality of Beirut is preparing to spend millions…
CCulture & Heritage
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Getting physically assaulted today at District S site

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 14, 2013
My chest and wrists still hurt from the arms of the men who tackled me, twisted my hands…
IInternet
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Whose telecom is it?

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 9, 2013
Telecom minister Nicolas Sehnaoui is in the news every day it seems, either launching new initiatives or defending…
PPublic Services
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Interactive pothole map

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 29, 2013
Lebanon’s roads are notorious for potholes, which often go unattended for months and cost drivers millions in repairs…
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Want to run for office? That’ll be 5,000 bucks.

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 24, 2013
Tajaddod Youth Ever see those movies were the average joe runs for office and wins? Well that’s not…
IInternet
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Request for an explanation

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 9, 2013
Dear Mr. Hariri,  The internet has been totally pathetic lately, half as pathetic as usual that is. Though…
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Quote of the week

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 24, 2013
“There is no need to worry,” said Culture Minister Gaby Layoun, following the theft of 46 items from…
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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.
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