EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 12 minute read Erasing memory in downtown BeirutbyHabib BattahJan 19, 2014 A waiter surveys a row of empty tables beneath the Place De L’Etoile clock tower seen on so…
Read More 1 minute read Tower PowerbyHabib BattahAug 20, 2013 The church must be proud. Its bid to build a tower taller than the mosque next door is…
Read More 2 minute read Faces of non-violencebyHabib BattahJun 27, 2013 With almost 50 dead, the images from Saida this week have sickened most Lebanese, enough for many to…
Read More 1 minute read Protesters take to the streets tonightbyHabib BattahJun 20, 2013 It’s been a harrowing day in downtown Beirut. Young people protesting the cancelation of elections and the extension…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 1 minute read Decorative bunkerbyHabib BattahJun 20, 2013 Because if you are going to make downtown Beirut a police state, why not do it with some…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read When downtown Beirut was busybyHabib BattahMar 27, 2013 I found this picture today on the Facebook group قديماً one of many sites now posting pictures of old Beirut.…
RRule of Law Read More 3 minute read In pictures: rally against ‘Orthodox’ lawbyHabib BattahFeb 20, 2013 Hours after Lebanon’s most blatantly sectarian electoral law passed a parliamentary committee, a crowd of activists had organized…
Read More 2 minute read Clean up and move on?byHabib BattahMay 21, 2008 Shockingly, the Lebanese leaders seem to have agreed and the most symbolic evidence of this is the end…