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For the record…

byHabib Battah
Sep 11, 2013

Congratulations! Lebanon recorded the slowest upload speed in the world today: At least according to my speed test.…

IInternet

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There is “a problem” with night time internet

byHabib Battah
Sep 8, 2013

There is slow internet and then there is internet so slow you can’t even tell how slow it…

IInternet

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The “additional” gig money trap

byHabib Battah
Apr 9, 2013

One of the most interesting items in your Lebanese internet bill is the “additional consumption” or “استهلاك إضافية”…

IInternet

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Frank talk with an Ogero technician

byHabib Battah
Apr 1, 2013

Ogero HQ: Daily Star For several consecutive days last week, I wasn’t able to make Skype calls (neither…

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.