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Dumbing down our internet usage

byHabib Battah
Oct 1, 2013

Lebanese telecom companies like Alfa are so excited about their new 100 megabyte package, a pathetically tiny amount…

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Whose telecom is it?

byHabib Battah
May 9, 2013

Telecom minister Nicolas Sehnaoui is in the news every day it seems, either launching new initiatives or defending…

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4G map for Beirut

byHabib Battah
Feb 7, 2013

There’s a lot talk about 4G coverage being available in Lebanon beginning this April. That would be wonderful,…

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A date with Clinton’s innovation tzar

byHabib Battah
Jan 15, 2013

A Date With Clinton’s Innovation TsarALEC ROSS, SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON’S INNOVATION ADVISOR, RECENTLY SPENT SOME TIME IN…

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Much ado about nothing

byHabib Battah
Dec 28, 2012

Published December 2012 // BOLD Magazine By Habib Battah Perhaps it was naive to be thinking of…

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.