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Will Renzo Piano’s new tower demolish an ancient city buried under Beirut?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 23, 2018
  • 5 comments
“We will find where you live,”  a watchman yelled at me after taking a picture of ruins on…
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Ghalghoul: a neighborhood erased

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 22, 2017
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Before and after pictures were at the heart of the project to rebuild downtown Beirut following the Lebanese…
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One of Beirut’s oldest blocks demolished

  • byHabib Battah
  • Sep 6, 2017
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What had been one of the most beautiful and historic buildings on Jeanne d’Arc street will soon be…
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Historic Laziza brewery demolition begins, can it be stopped?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 27, 2017
  • 14 comments
  A number of images are appearing on social media today documenting the demolition of one of Lebanon’s…
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Demolition of Art Deco building resumes, despite governor’s order

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 15, 2017
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Two years ago the Governor of Beirut issued an order to stop demolition of this historically listed Art…
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Police demolish fishermen homes: “The Israelis treated us better”

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 2, 2015
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This kind of destruction is usually caused by a war or natural disaster. But this was Beirut this…
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Losing Aabrine, erasing a neighborhood

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 23, 2015
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Gabriel Daher, who is known for posting beautiful images of old Beirut, posted something a bit different today.…
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Lord’s Hotel coming down

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 22, 2014
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This old Ras Beirut hotel has been abandoned for a few years and now looks to be coming…
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Activists harassed as demolition continues in Gemmazye

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 17, 2014
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Despite a cessation order posted yesterday by Beirut’s governor, demolition works have continued today at a historic Art…
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Update: Beirut governor halts demolition work at Gemmayze building

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 16, 2014
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In a Facebook post last night, Beirut Governor Ziad Chebib shared an order from his office to halt…
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