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A rare look at the fallen of Dahyieh

byHabib Battah
Aug 17, 2013

I’ve watched hours of television coverage following yesterday’s bombing in Dahyieh, but rarely have I seen any stories…

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A parade of experts

byHabib Battah
Apr 15, 2013

Screen shot of the latest murder trial that aired endlessly last month Governments fall, wars erupt, refugees suffer,…

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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…

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Context in Tripoli

byHabib Battah
Mar 22, 2013

The fighting in Tripoli is often covered in two ways: either a five minute report or field dispatch…

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.