LBC features Beirut Report, sets record straight on NasrallahbyHabib BattahAug 26, 2013 In the report above, LBC documented my criticism of a blatantly sectarian New York Times headline and its…
Fireworks after bombsbyHabib BattahAug 25, 2013 Barely a day since the horrific images from Tripoli where nearly 50 people are dead, some are partying…
Read More 1 minute read “Excellent” security meeting day before blastbyHabib BattahAug 23, 2013 Naharnet Just hours before today’s Tripoli bombing Nahrnet published a report quoting Lebanon’s interior minister as saying the…
MMedia Read More 1 minute read AgainbyHabib BattahAug 23, 2013 What do these men know? Will we ever know? Despite their investigations, very little is known about the…
MMedia Read More 2 minute read New York Times changes sectarian headlinebyHabib BattahAug 22, 2013 That’s today’s headline (above), changed as a direct result of this post I wrote about yesterday’s sectarian headline…
Read More 1 minute read About those traffic lightsbyHabib BattahAug 21, 2013 If you’ve been driving around the suburbs of Beirut lately, you may have noticed most of the traffic…
Read More 1 minute read The sectarianism of the New York TimesbyHabib BattahAug 21, 2013 Nowhere in this article is there a quote from Hezbollah’s leader “vowing to step up Sunni fight.” Agree…
Read More 1 minute read Tower PowerbyHabib BattahAug 20, 2013 The church must be proud. Its bid to build a tower taller than the mosque next door is…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read Beirut’s lost Roman hippodrome unearthed, to be dismantledbyHabib BattahAug 18, 2013 “There are four known Roman hippodromes in the Middle East,” a veteran archeologist recently told me. “In Beirut,…
Read More 1 minute read Tank of DorabyHabib BattahAug 16, 2013 Not only is there a tank casually parked in the northern Beirut suburb of Dora, it is also…