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Open letter in defense of our heritage

byHabib Battah
Jan 8, 2013

Culture Minister Gaby Layoun Here’s an excerpt from my op-ed appearing in today’s Daily Star:Dear Prime Minister Najib…

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Tearing down Amin Maalouf’s house

byHabib Battah
Jan 3, 2013

Here are some photos of the current demolition happening at the former home of Amin Maalouf, one of…

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Amin Maalouf: a writer’s bedroom

byHabib Battah
Nov 11, 2012

There is no news about plans to demolish author Amin Maalouf’s former Badaro apartment, covered on this blog…

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A few days left to save the Maalouf house?

byHabib Battah
Nov 5, 2012

The developers that plan to demolish the house of Lebanese literary legend Amin Maalouf have agreed to suspend…

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.