Who has been attacking protestors in Beirut?
“Listen you f**ks,” the man wearing military style pants and boots yelled at dozens of young male and…
Cement factory militia attacks TV crew
In the video below, an Al Jadeed TV crew says they were assaulted by at least three car…
Tramway exhibit this week
I just stumbled upon this interesting Al Jadeed TV report about Lebanon’s old trolley car or “tramway” system.…
Panic on the radio
In a country where FM radio stations often play pop music as gun battles or massive protests rage…
Journalists and bloggers defy press crackdown
This column was first published in the April issue of Bold Magazine A Thirst For Silence By Habib Battah …
Airtime is free for Lebanese politicians
Politics is hard. But it’s a lot easier when you get free adverting and free airtime–when every time…
Al Jadeed journalists freed
That’s Riad Kobessi, an investigative journalist and one of three Al Jadeed TV crew members who were savagely…
Al Jadeed picks up hippodrome story
Leading Lebanese TV station Al Jadeed has just published a piece following up on my article in the…
Tents collapse, media looks the other way
Yesterday I posted about the dangers posed to thousands of Syrian refugees living in tents across the country…
A rare look at the fallen of Dahyieh
I’ve watched hours of television coverage following yesterday’s bombing in Dahyieh, but rarely have I seen any stories…