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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…

RRule of Law

5 minute read

Faces of Aoun: adventures in postwar Lebanon

byHabib Battah
Jul 10, 2015

On the surface, it felt like so many rallies I have covered in Lebanon. Young people, hungry for…

MMedia

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Nasrallah re-run

byHabib Battah
Dec 4, 2013

Just hours after today’s killing of a Hezbollah commander, OTV is now replaying its lengthy interview with Hezbollah…

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.