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Art brings life to the ruins of Beit Meri

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 2, 2022
Too often on this site, I have covered the destruction of ancient ruins in favor of new developments.…
CCulture & Heritage
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Race Against Time: How luxury developers are wiping out ancient Beirut

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 28, 2019
A version of this story was published in Monocle Magazine, August 2018 By Habib Battah Just across the…
CCulture & Heritage
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Roman city wall removed from Beirut site

  • byHabib Battah
  • Sep 13, 2018
A rare and well-preserved ancient Roman wall that once surrounded Beirut has been dismantled. Photography of the site…
CCulture & Heritage
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Will Renzo Piano’s new tower demolish an ancient city buried under Beirut?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 23, 2018
“We will find where you live,”  a watchman yelled at me after taking a picture of ruins on…
CCulture & Heritage
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New excavations across downtown Beirut, Saifi and Martyr’s Square

  • byHabib Battah
  • Feb 4, 2018
Archaeological excavations have been mushrooming across downtown Beirut over recent months, providing a glimpse at how the city…
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…
AArcheology
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Ruins cleared near port of Beirut

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 19, 2017
Following our last post about the vast ruins site uncovered near the “Beirut Digital District” construction site, a…
CCulture & Heritage
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Ancient ruins uncovered in the ‘digital district’

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 5, 2017
A wide range of ancient structures have been uncovered in downtown Beirut that may provide important clues to…
AArcheology
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World’s oldest scale found in Lebanon, on display at AUB

  • byHabib Battah
  • Sep 25, 2016
The oldest known scale beam was recently found near Kfaraabida in North Lebanon and is now on display…
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One of world’s oldest cities found in North Lebanon, may become hotel

  • byHabib Battah
  • Aug 2, 2016
Perched on a hill along the rocky coast of North Lebanon, archaeologists have uncovered what they believe is…
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Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 15 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.
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