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IInternet

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Dumbing down our internet usage

byHabib Battah
Oct 1, 2013

Lebanese telecom companies like Alfa are so excited about their new 100 megabyte package, a pathetically tiny amount…

IInternet

3 minute read

The “additional” gig money trap

byHabib Battah
Apr 9, 2013

One of the most interesting items in your Lebanese internet bill is the “additional consumption” or “استهلاك إضافية”…

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.