What Murdoch is really doing in the Middle East
Here’s a copy of my cover story for the inaugural issue of Bold magazine: By Habib Battah Under…
Confused clouds?
Normally the clouds move up the mountains, but today they sunk into the Bay of Beirut (above) From…
Summer Snow
Here’s my 3 minute submission to Lebanon’s Snow Film Festival: If you enjoy it, you can vote at…
Is Aishti killing us softly?
“Everywhere we look, women’s bodies are turned into things and parts of things,” said Jean Kilbourne, the renown…
Hezbollah Vs. CocaCola
Television viewers were treated to a match-made-in-Lebanon tonight. On the left, wearing yellow, was a team Ahed. They…
Fires not considered fires by Lebanese authorities
This afternoon, smoke from multiple fires billowed out of a green valley in Mtaileb, a hillside Beirut suburb,…
Remembering Anthony
Remembering Anthony Shadid
How (not) to report pollution in Lebanon
For much of this afternoon, a luxury residential apartment building was transformed into a pollution spewing factory fit…
Beirut Valentine: where martyrdom meets lust
Well its that awkward time of year again. The Lebanese television channels are ablaze with fist thumping speeches…
Boikutt in Shatila
Late last year, I caught up with Ramallah-based rapper Boikutt during his first show at the Shatila refugee…