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CCulture & Heritage

4 minute read

One of world’s oldest cities found in North Lebanon, may become hotel

byHabib Battah
Aug 2, 2016

Perched on a hill along the rocky coast of North Lebanon, archaeologists have uncovered what they believe is…

CCulture & Heritage

3 minute read

Mystery BCD plot for secret eyes only

byHabib Battah
Mar 29, 2013

In what was once the Jewish quarter of Beirut, through a small slit in the metal panel fence,…

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.