GGovernment Read More 5 minute read The changing culture of election campaigns in LebanonbyHabib BattahMay 4, 2018 Even if independent candidates don’t win big on election day, they are already having an impact on Lebanese…
MMedia Read More 6 minute read Hacking the narrative: the media reaction to criticism of Paris-Beirut coveragebyHabib BattahJan 5, 2016 The 2015 Paris attacks will be remembered as one of the most widely covered tragedies of the year,…
MMedia Read More 11 minute read Held by HezbollahbyHabib BattahJun 16, 2015 “I don’t mind sitting here,” I told the Hezbollah guard who kept watch over us in a run-down…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 1 minute read Political posters removed except…byHabib BattahFeb 21, 2015 There has been much fanfare about the removal of political signs and posters from Beirut, as part of…
MMedia Read More 2 minute read Deja Vu or not?byHabib BattahJan 28, 2015 Israeli TV is on all Lebanese channels as we wait for Israel’s expected response to an attack on…
CCulture & Heritage Read More 2 minute read Lebanese war artbyHabib BattahJun 30, 2014 I recently stumbled upon a familiar sight at a Middle Eastern art exhibit in Chelsea, New York. It…
MMedia Read More 1 minute read Celebrating SleimanbyHabib BattahMay 24, 2014 Lebanese president Michel Sleiman left office today, but his presidency will linger a while longer in billboards erected…
Read More 2 minute read Complicating a ‘Hezbollah stronghold’byHabib BattahFeb 19, 2014 At least six people were reported killed in today’s bomb in Bir Hassan, near South Beirut. As usual,…
Read More 2 minute read Defiance in HermelbyHabib BattahFeb 3, 2014 A day after the car bombing that killed four people in Hermel, Al Manar TV reported live from…
Read More 1 minute read The bomber’s magic ID cardbyHabib BattahJan 5, 2014 Photo: Now Lebanon The partially burnt ID papers allegedly belonging to a suicide bomber have emerged as the…