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The long road from Gaza to Beirut

byHabib Battah
Oct 14, 2014

It was great to finally meet Karem Shehada (left) and Mohammed El-Madhoun (right) tonight. Mohammed is the editor…

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Worst NY Times lead paragraph ever

byHabib Battah
Aug 22, 2014

The New York Times logo In journalism schools across America, students are often instructed to read and purchase…

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Israeli sources outweigh Hamas 12 to 1 on school shelling

byHabib Battah
Jul 25, 2014

Source: The Washington Post By now much of the world has heard about at least 16 Palestinians killed…

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Lebanese TV rivals unite for Gaza

byHabib Battah
Jul 22, 2014

Lebanese TV channels are often at war with one another and the battles go far beyond ratings. They…

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The deception of “both sides”

byHabib Battah
Nov 15, 2012

Here’s a screen grab from CNN tonight. It uses the familiar term “both sides” to describe the ongoing…

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Two Worlds: US and Arab TV on Gaza

byHabib Battah
Jan 7, 2009

Watching Gaza on Arab and American TV is like watching two different worlds. For Arab channels, Gaza is…

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.