2013 Archives | Beirut Report

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Protestors pelt MPs with tomatoes: in pictures

byHabib Battah
May 31, 2013

In defiance of parliament’s decision to renew its term this afternoon– and thus delay elections for over a…

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Election steal? Minister tells independent candidates ‘sue us’

byHabib Battah
May 24, 2013

From right: Independent candidates Elias Abou Mrad and Nadine Moussa at protest earlier this month. During a private…

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Did independent candidates win the elections?

byHabib Battah
May 7, 2013

Nadine Moussa, left, is one of 49 candidates who claim to have won a parliamentary seat by default. …

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Want to run for office? That’ll be 5,000 bucks.

byHabib Battah
Apr 24, 2013

Tajaddod Youth Ever see those movies were the average joe runs for office and wins? Well that’s not…

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.