RRule of Law Read More 2 minute read Can Lebanese political parties be investigated for blasphemy too?byHabib BattahJul 25, 2019 The Lebanese state (which literally cannot keep the streetlights on at night where hundreds die in highway collisions…
CCrime Read More 4 minute read Hate crimes cannot be tolerated in LebanonbyHabib BattahJul 18, 2017 No citizen is safe when brutality and hate crimes are tolerated. When contacted on Twitter this evening, the…
CCrime Read More 1 minute read Saving big cats and fighting zoo abusebyHabib BattahJul 26, 2016 Let’s face it, the Lebanese are dealing with probably every problem known to civilization at this point from…
CCrime Read More 2 minute read Above the law: Top 20 illegal election postersbyHabib BattahMay 6, 2016 An order from the Beirut governor to enforce laws banning campaign posters in public spaces seems to have fallen…
CCrime Read More 5 minute read When a state fears protests, not militiasbyHabib BattahOct 20, 2015 The passing away of Zahle MP Elias Skaff last week after a “long (unspecified) illness” has opened an…
CCrime Read More 3 minute read Poverty and abuse in the BekaabyHabib BattahOct 8, 2015 Once again, winter is approaching and Lebanon not only faces the environmental disaster of garbage soaking into the…
CCrime Read More 9 minute read Who has been attacking protestors in Beirut?byHabib BattahSep 28, 2015 “Listen you f**ks,” the man wearing military style pants and boots yelled at dozens of young male and…
CCrime Read More 5 minute read Should elites be held responsible for their bodyguards?byHabib BattahJul 17, 2015 The Daily Star reported today that a bodyguard associated with prominent banker Antoun Sehnaoui stabbed a man to…
CCrime Read More 2 minute read Cement factory militia attacks TV crewbyHabib BattahDec 12, 2014 In the video below, an Al Jadeed TV crew says they were assaulted by at least three car…
CCrime Read More 4 minute read Tripoli residents: ‘It’s poverty, stupid’byHabib BattahNov 9, 2014 Local channel LBC ran this brilliant five minute interview with an unidentified man on the street in Tripoli.…