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Why is Mseilha Dam empty again?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 9, 2021
Only a small pool of water is retained in the massive multi-million dollar Mseilha dam, seen in these…
EEnvironment & Public Space
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  • 7 minute read

On the Making of ‘We Made Every Living Thing from Water’ 

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 22, 2018
‘We Made Every Living Thing from Water’  (وجعلنا من الماء كل شيء حي) will have its premiere at…
EEnvironment & Public Space
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Painting Beirut’s slums

  • byHabib Battah
  • Aug 11, 2017
When we hear about real estate developers working in poor neighborhoods, it often means they are tearing them…
EEnvironment & Public Space
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The violent face of real estate development in Lebanon

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 30, 2017
An LBC camera crew has become the latest victim of violent Lebanese real estate companies seizing the country’s…
CCulture & Heritage
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Join events this week to help save Beirut heritage sites

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 15, 2017
Beirut activists are fighting hard to preserve two of the city’s key heritage sites and you can support…
EEnvironment & Public Space
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Janneh dam investigation now in Arabic

  • byHabib Battah
  • Feb 10, 2017
Thanks to the help of lawyers collective Legal Agenda and public space advocates Public Works Studio, my investigation into the…
EEnvironment & Public Space
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A Dam Is Built in ‘Paradise’

  • byHabib Battah
  • Feb 10, 2017
The following article originally appeared in Take Part, a US-based online publication that has recently ceased operation. I’m…
EEnvironment & Public Space
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Cool new music video shot in endangered Dalieh

  • byHabib Battah
  • Feb 1, 2017
Something fun today in a mad world! Check out this new video by The Wanton Bishops recalling vintage Beirut action…
CCulture & Heritage
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Let’s investigate Lebanon!

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 17, 2017
With environmental disasters and public service dysfunction everywhere you look, there’s never been a better time to investigate…
EEnvironment & Public Space
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Can Seal help ‘legalize’ public performance in Beirut?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 15, 2016
A lot of you have probably seen the now viral cell phone video shot in the Beirut Souks…
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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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