Ahmed Al Assir Archives | Beirut Report

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Ayn el Hilweh: It’s all here

byHabib Battah
Sep 20, 2013

I passed by this shop the other day in Ayn El Hilweh refugee camp, one of Lebanon’s poorest…

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LBC takes Charbel to task

byHabib Battah
Jun 26, 2013

“The problem with you journalists–some of you– is that you believe the liar and make the trustworthy lie.”…

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Bombs or boobs?

byHabib Battah
Jun 23, 2013

Yes Lebanese viewer, the choice is yours. As gun battles raged through the streets of Saida, some channels…

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Salim Slem squeeze

byHabib Battah
Feb 24, 2013

The Army had blocked off all roads leading to Salim Slem this afternoon, following clashes after a rally by…

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.