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Beirut’s lost Roman hippodrome unearthed, to be dismantled

  • byHabib Battah
  • Aug 18, 2013
“There are four known Roman hippodromes in the Middle East,” a veteran archeologist recently told me. “In Beirut,…
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Minister says ruins to be preserved after photos leaked

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 21, 2013
Daily Star In a surprise announcement, Culture Minister Gaby Layoun said today that ancient Roman and Byzantine ruins…
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Possible Roman gate and road found in Beirut dig

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 17, 2013
This is a panoramic shot of a dig that has been going on for several years in Riad…
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Quote of the week

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 24, 2013
“There is no need to worry,” said Culture Minister Gaby Layoun, following the theft of 46 items from…
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Open letter in defense of our heritage

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 8, 2013
Culture Minister Gaby Layoun Here’s an excerpt from my op-ed appearing in today’s Daily Star:Dear Prime Minister Najib…
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Tearing down Amin Maalouf’s house

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jan 3, 2013
Here are some photos of the current demolition happening at the former home of Amin Maalouf, one of…
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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.
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