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RRule of Law

4 minute read

Lebanon’s first expatriate voters show true colors

byHabib Battah
Apr 29, 2018

There is a fantasy among many in Lebanon- liberals in particular– that a silent majority of Lebanese do…

CCrime

2 minute read

Above the law: Top 20 illegal election posters

byHabib Battah
May 6, 2016

An order from the Beirut governor to enforce laws banning campaign posters in public spaces seems to have fallen…

2 minute read

Want to run for office? That’ll be 5,000 bucks.

byHabib Battah
Apr 24, 2013

Tajaddod Youth Ever see those movies were the average joe runs for office and wins? Well that’s not…

Who Am I?

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.