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Grand Sofar Hotel: A case for preservation

  • byHabib Battah
  • Sep 21, 2018
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At a time when so many historic sites are being demolished in Lebanon, it’s refreshing to see that…
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Will Renzo Piano’s new tower demolish an ancient city buried under Beirut?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 23, 2018
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“We will find where you live,”  a watchman yelled at me after taking a picture of ruins on…
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Residents vow to protect historic steps from developers

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 10, 2013
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A protest was held last night in Mar Mikhael after residents learned that a historic passageway through their…
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Checkered Sanayeh building to come down?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 21, 2013
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For years, an odd checkered building has been lying abandoned across the street from the Ministry of Interior…
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We once made trains

  • byHabib Battah
  • Sep 14, 2013
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Did you know Lebanon has over 100 years of locomotive history? Neither did I and that’s why I’m…
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