CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read Ruins near Bank Audi cleared?byHabib BattahJun 27, 2014 Credit: Rayya Haddad Credit: Rayya Haddad Earlier this summer I posted pictures taken by my photographer friend Rayya…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read New ruins near Bank AudibyHabib BattahApr 25, 2014 Source: Rayya Haddad A series of structures have been recently discovered in central Beirut. They include several arched…
Read More 1 minute read Hidden passages of GemmayzebyHabib BattahApr 22, 2014 I recently stumbled upon a passageway between 19th century homes in Gemmayze. It is only accessible by foot:…
Read More 1 minute read Purple house, GeitawibyHabib BattahApr 16, 2014 Randomly stumbled upon this house other day in Geitawi: Interestingly, there was even a lego tile in the…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 5 minute read Media, activists shut out of municipality talks once againbyHabib BattahMar 31, 2014 AUB engineering students have arranged a rare question and answer session with the mayor of Beirut over the…
Read More 1 minute read Police stand down at Boutros road protestbyHabib BattahMar 2, 2014 Here’s a chronology of one of two protests in Mar Mikhael this weekend to demand a park instead…
Read More 2 minute read Help save this placebyHabib BattahFeb 23, 2014 The green space above is one of the only surviving orchards in Beirut, but the municipality wants to…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 1 minute read Vintage blockbyHabib BattahDec 4, 2013 For those of us who grew up after the civil war, it’s hard to imagine what Beirut once…
CCulture & Heritage Asfouri: a building at warbyHabib BattahNov 14, 2013 Asfouri tells the story of an old Beirut apartment building through the lens of civil war and reconstruction.…
Read More 2 minute read Council member: Masaad stairs “not to be touched”byHabib BattahNov 11, 2013 Barely 24 hours after a widely covered protest by neighborhood residents, a Beirut city council member has announced…