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Fiber on the way?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 12, 2015
Late last year I noticed a couple of technicians from Ogero– the state agency that runs the country’s…
PPublic Services
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  • 2 minute read

Dora goes solar

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 23, 2014
After years of darkness it seems the northern suburbs of Beirut will finally be lit up at night.…
IInternet
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Get in touch with your MPs now

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 31, 2014
Screen Shot of Nouweb site One of the best ways to hold government accountable is to get in…
IInternet
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Unlimited internet in Lebanon, could it be true?

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 21, 2014
Source: Social Media Exchange The chart above is a supposed leaked copy of the new internet rates passed…
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Unpacking the Arab Tech Boom

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 13, 2014
The word entrepreneur has become ubiquitous in talk about the future of Arab business. Some have even claimed…
RRule of Law
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Journalistic dilemmas: cakes, priests and the presidency

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 27, 2014
In journalism school, there are debates about what a reporter can ethically accept from a source. Gifts and…
IInternet
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Jordan’s internet up to 250 times faster than Lebanon

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 23, 2014
I’m in Jordan this week for the action-packed annual Arab bloggers conference organized by Global Voices Online. Needless…
MMedia
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Al Jadeed journalists freed

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 26, 2013
That’s Riad Kobessi, an investigative journalist and one of three Al Jadeed TV crew members who were savagely…
IInternet
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Technology in the camp

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 17, 2013
On my recent trip to a Syrian refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley, I was struck by a…
RRule of Law
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A minister on trial

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 2, 2013
It’s not every day that you get to see a Lebanese minister pleading his case in court. But…
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