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In pictures: the Boutros highway

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 10, 2013
Here is a series of pictures just published by Save Beirut Heritage, which is campaigning to stop what…
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No country for old buildings

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 22, 2013
This landmark had stood in Clemenceau for at least 75-100 years, local residents said. Here is what it…
CCulture & Heritage
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Glass sidewalks from NYC to Beirut

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 22, 2013
I’ve been fascinated by glass sidewalks ever since I noticed them in the ruins of downtown Beirut. Buried…
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Goodbye to “Au Peche De Vigne”

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 12, 2013
Sometimes we notice things before they are gone. A few days ago, I was passing by Roma Street…
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Haddad building coming down

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 4, 2013
It’s one of Hamra’s oldest buildings and has been in terrible shape for years. Soon it will be…
CCulture & Heritage
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Clemenceau landmark to be renovated or demolished?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Feb 13, 2013
For decades, the curious triangular building in the Clemenceau neighborhood has stood abandoned. But that seems set to…
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Tearing down Amin Maalouf’s house

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 3, 2013
Here are some photos of the current demolition happening at the former home of Amin Maalouf, one of…
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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.
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