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Art brings life to the ruins of Beit Meri

byHabib Battah
Jan 2, 2022

Too often on this site, I have covered the destruction of ancient ruins in favor of new developments.…

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Minister says ruins to be preserved after photos leaked

byHabib Battah
May 21, 2013

Daily Star In a surprise announcement, Culture Minister Gaby Layoun said today that ancient Roman and Byzantine ruins…

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Hidden mosaics could mark Lebanon’s oldest church

byHabib Battah
May 19, 2013

In addition to the possible Roman gate and road revealed in a previous post, the Landmark site dig…

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Stealing a peek at the past: Riad al Solh dig

byHabib Battah
May 11, 2013

Stalled since it was announced in 2004, Jean Nouvel’s Landmark mall and tower development has become one of…

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Trouble in Byzantium… again

byHabib Battah
Apr 10, 2013

It’s that time of month again. What’s wrong with those crazy Lebanese? Time magazine tells all in another…

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.