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One of Beirut’s oldest blocks demolished

  • byHabib Battah
  • Sep 6, 2017
What had been one of the most beautiful and historic buildings on Jeanne d’Arc street will soon be…
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Campaign to save “Red House”

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 17, 2016
It seems everywhere you turn in Hamra, there is a new tower coming up. None of them affordable…
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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…
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Oud on the corniche

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 9, 2015
As winter begins to fade, it’s a beautiful time for a walk along the corniche. Street performers are…
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Jack’s (abandoned) Hideaway

  • byHabib Battah
  • Feb 16, 2015
This place has been closed for as long as I can remember. It’s located on the bottom floor…
CCulture & Heritage
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Lost interiors: Inside Lords Hotel for the last time

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 26, 2015
I managed to capture the final moments of Lord’s Hotel this afternoon. The gradual destruction of this 1950s…
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Lost in transliteration

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 5, 2015
In Arabic “جو” (pronounced jao or jaaw) means atmosphere or mood. Somehow it doesn’t convey the same ‘mood’…
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Lord’s Hotel coming down

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 22, 2014
This old Ras Beirut hotel has been abandoned for a few years and now looks to be coming…
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Rose House opening to the public

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 14, 2014
Next week, Beirut’s storied “Rose House”, which sits on a rare green hill overlooking the Mediterranean, will be…
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