Read More 4 minute read What happened to the protests in Lebanon?byHabib BattahMay 27, 2020 It’s a question I get asked a lot lately, most recently during a radio interview I did this…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 6 minute read The violent face of real estate development in LebanonbyHabib BattahJun 30, 2017 An LBC camera crew has become the latest victim of violent Lebanese real estate companies seizing the country’s…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 4 minute read Join events this week to help save Beirut heritage sitesbyHabib BattahMay 15, 2017 Beirut activists are fighting hard to preserve two of the city’s key heritage sites and you can support…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 3 minute read Beirut’s stolen coast and the growing fight to get it backbyHabib BattahNov 23, 2016 Activists have put together this great new video looking at how Beirut’s natural rocky coastline has basically been…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read Inside Beit BeirutbyHabib BattahMay 17, 2016 Beit Beirut, Lebanon’s first memory museum, is finally getting ready to open its doors. After at least a…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read Game of DronesbyHabib BattahMar 11, 2016 The eight-month old battle between the Lebanese state and anti-corruption activists has taken many forms: from street protests…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read How the historic Adloun coast is becoming “Nabih Berri Port”byHabib BattahJan 25, 2016 After several weeks of organizing and documentation by activists, the minister of environment has called for a halt…
MMedia Read More 6 minute read A new era for Lebanese journalism?byHabib BattahDec 20, 2015 As 2015 comes to a close, it’s important to look back at the ways the Lebanese press behaved unexpectedly…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 6 minute read Abou Rakhousa and the politics of povertybyHabib BattahNov 10, 2015 I’m hearing a lot of people say street protests are dying out in Beirut, though there are…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read Urban intervention at Boutros RoadbyHabib BattahNov 5, 2015 Following resistance to a municipal plan to create a highway that would bulldoze a historic part of Beirut,…