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The rise of Rifi

byHabib Battah
May 23, 2013

Retired police chief Ashraf Rifi entered the spotlight today when he threw his support behind the fighters of…

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It’s not just hate: Tripoli needs more reporting

byHabib Battah
Aug 27, 2012

Photo: Altertpak Everyday more and more news articles are telling us that Tripoli is engulfed in “a sectarian…

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.