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Catwalk vs. sandbags

byHabib Battah
Feb 5, 2014

The bustle of Hamra was interrupted last night by techno music as models were paraded through the street.…

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Parasite fashion?

byHabib Battah
Dec 20, 2013

Ain El Remmaneh

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Lebanese fashion goes E.T.

byHabib Battah
Jul 8, 2008

Over the years, Lebanon has produced a fair number of fashion designers including Elie Saab, who is now…

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Loving and hating America

byHabib Battah
Apr 22, 2008

The Arab world is more divided than ever today and this can be illustrated through a very unscientific…

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The irony

byHabib Battah
Apr 4, 2008

Here’s another picture from the Mughniyah rally. But hold the conspiracy theories. This man’s FBI actually stands for…

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.