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Why is Mseilha Dam empty again?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 9, 2021
Only a small pool of water is retained in the massive multi-million dollar Mseilha dam, seen in these…
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Amid constant blackouts, Energy minister awarded prize

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 1, 2018
If you live in Lebanon, you would probably fall out of your chair if I told you government…
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Venice? No, it’s all in Lebanon!

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 13, 2016
Have you ever been to Lake Naccache? It’s so romantic with restaurants right on the waterfront. But strangely,…
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Highway closed for no reason?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 17, 2016
For no clear reason, a major highway was closed during morning rush hour today. Police officers and vehicles…
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The stench of Costa Brava

  • byHabib Battah
  • Sep 17, 2016
No picture can capture the absolutely vile, all-encompassing stench coming from the Costa Brava dump, which is conveniently…
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Protestors embrace security forces after tense standoff

  • byHabib Battah
  • Aug 28, 2015
In contrast to the street violence earlier this week and harsh crackdown on young protestors, it was all…
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Lebanon’s garbage crisis: a blessing in disguise?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Aug 5, 2015
I took this photo about a month ago, well before the start of the current garbage crisis that has…
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Video: Lebanon launches “2020” telecom plan

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jul 2, 2015
Last night, hundreds of invited guests were seated in a lavish chandelier hall at the prime minister’s offices…
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Playing monopoly with the lights off

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 26, 2015
  How does municipal planning work in Beirut? Who draws up the projects and what experts are consulted? The…
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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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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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