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Ghalghoul: a neighborhood erased

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 22, 2017
Before and after pictures were at the heart of the project to rebuild downtown Beirut following the Lebanese…
CCulture & Heritage
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How did ancient Beirut get tossed in a pile?

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 13, 2017
In the shadow of the towers of new Beirut, the ruins of ancient Beirut have literally been dismembered…
EEnvironment & Public Space
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Can Seal help ‘legalize’ public performance in Beirut?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 15, 2016
A lot of you have probably seen the now viral cell phone video shot in the Beirut Souks…
EEnvironment & Public Space
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What happened to Beirut’s “Shoreline Walk”?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Feb 14, 2016
One of the great things about the internet is that there is just so much floating around out…
CCulture & Heritage
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Abou Rakhousa and the politics of poverty

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 10, 2015
  I’m hearing a lot of people say street protests are dying out in Beirut, though there are…
RRule of Law
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Private security confront police at Zaitunay Bay

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jul 25, 2015
Watch this private security man get right in the face of uniformed police officers. According to Al Jadeed,…
RRule of Law
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A yacht to pay the rent

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 7, 2015
A “super yacht” called Samar has just docked in Beirut’s Zaitunay Bay marina. At around 77 meters, it…
MMedia
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Top 10 weirdest Lebanese Christmas displays

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 21, 2014
I don’t usually do lists, but with all the awful news I have been covering lately about demolitions…
CCulture & Heritage
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Saifi Plaza dig progress

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 11, 2014
I recently got a better look at the ruins discovered at the “Saifi Plaza” project, which I have…
EEnvironment & Public Space
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Beirut Bodies in Public

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 10, 2014
It’s not every day that you see young people walking the streets of Hamra, sketching on pieces of…
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