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CCulture & Heritage
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  • 6 minute read

The gutting of Beirut’s Roman racetrack

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 27, 2015
We often worry about extremist groups like ISIS destroying history in the Middle East. But in Beirut, private…
IIn-Depth
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  • 20 minute read

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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  • 6 minute read

Journalists and bloggers defy press crackdown

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 6, 2014
This column was first published in the April issue of Bold Magazine A Thirst For Silence By Habib Battah …
EEnvironment & Public Space
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  • 12 minute read

Erasing memory in downtown Beirut

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 19, 2014
A waiter surveys a row of empty tables beneath the Place De L’Etoile clock tower seen on so…
PPublic Services
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  • 8 minute read

Lebanon’s failure to fund a crisis

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 9, 2013
This piece was originally published in the December issue of Bold Magazine. Aid: Lebanon’s Mission Impossible IT HAS BEEN…
IIn-Depth
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  • 11 minute read

Refugee Nation: Lebanon fails to cope with population influx

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 13, 2013
  Here is a copy of my article and photo-essay for this month’s Al Jazeera’s digital magazine, available…
IInternet
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The Elusive Mr. Youssef

  • byHabib Battah
  • Aug 13, 2012
Published August 2012 // BOLD MAGAZINE By Habib BattahMuch of what has been said or written about Lebanon’s…
IInternet
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Investigating Lebanon’s internet

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 29, 2012
Here’s a copy of my cover story for this month’s issue of Bold Magazine: WEB OF DECEIT: HOW…
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 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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