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Boobs over sport. Is Jackie really a hero?

byHabib Battah
Feb 12, 2014

Lebanese skier posed nude on the public slopes for photographer Prince Hubertus. By now everyone has heard of…

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A show about cleavage

byHabib Battah
Jun 11, 2013

As Syria’s war continues to ‘spill’ –some may even say ‘flood’— over Lebanese borders, local audiences are increasingly tuning…

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Balconies

byHabib Battah
Apr 9, 2008

The balcony is a central part of Lebanese life. People have lunch on them, play backgammon on them,…

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.