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Rose House opening to the public

byHabib Battah
Nov 14, 2014

Next week, Beirut’s storied “Rose House”, which sits on a rare green hill overlooking the Mediterranean, will be…

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Hidden passages of Gemmayze

byHabib Battah
Apr 22, 2014

I recently stumbled upon a passageway between 19th century homes in Gemmayze. It is only accessible by foot:…

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Tearing down 200-year-old trees

byHabib Battah
Jun 15, 2013

If the municipality of Beirut has its way, these two-century old trees will be torn down to make…

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Labaki road mansion

byHabib Battah
Jun 3, 2013

This is one of many 19th-20th century homes that will be torn down by the controversial Boutros road…

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.