Read More 1 minute read Al Jadeed picks up hippodrome storybyHabib BattahSep 27, 2013 Leading Lebanese TV station Al Jadeed has just published a piece following up on my article in the…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read Plans to dismantle Beirut hippodrome reach BBC front pagebyHabib BattahSep 25, 2013 That’s a screen shot from BBC’s news site today and you’ll see my latest piece as the second…
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,…
CCulture & Heritage Beirut Report on France 24byHabib BattahMay 24, 2013 I did this interview last week during the height of the media uproar over my assault by construction…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read New ruins at Souk el Tayeb sitebyHabib BattahMay 22, 2013 Looks like we could have another interesting archeological dig in central Beirut. These pictures were sent to me…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read Minister says ruins to be preserved after photos leakedbyHabib BattahMay 21, 2013 Daily Star In a surprise announcement, Culture Minister Gaby Layoun said today that ancient Roman and Byzantine ruins…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read What DistrictS was hidingbyHabib BattahMay 15, 2013 All of my photos of ancient ruins were forcibly deleted when I was surrounded and physically attacked by…
CCulture & Heritage Stealing a peek at the past: Riad al Solh digbyHabib BattahMay 11, 2013 Stalled since it was announced in 2004, Jean Nouvel’s Landmark mall and tower development has become one of…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read Stealing a peek at the past: Riad al Solh digbyHabib BattahMay 11, 2013 Stalled since it was announced in 2004, Jean Nouvel’s Landmark mall and tower development has become one of…