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Who is not covering Egypt?

byHabib Battah
Aug 14, 2013

Almost every Arab and Western news channel is covering the violent army crackdown in Egypt live. All except…

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Morsi news judgement

byHabib Battah
Jul 2, 2013

Al Jazeera: Morsi deserves our full attention: Al Arabiya: Morsi deserves some attention: Al Mayadeen: Morsi, who?

Video: Discussing Arab social media at Waterloo

byHabib Battah
Jun 16, 2012

Here is a video of my presentation this week at Waterloo’s Balsillie School of International Affairs on the…

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What Murdoch is really doing in the Middle East

byHabib Battah
Apr 7, 2012

Here’s a copy of my cover story for the inaugural issue of Bold magazine: By Habib Battah Under…

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Back with a vengence

byHabib Battah
May 14, 2008

Future Television has just begun broadcasting again after several days of being shut down by opposition militants. Here,…

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.