Nouhad Machnouk Archives

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When a state fears protests, not militias

byHabib Battah
Oct 20, 2015

The passing away of Zahle MP Elias Skaff last week after a “long (unspecified) illness” has opened an…

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Should elites be held responsible for their bodyguards?

byHabib Battah
Jul 17, 2015

The Daily Star reported today that a bodyguard associated with prominent banker Antoun Sehnaoui stabbed a man to…

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 20 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.