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Hollywood aims at N. Korea but doesn’t forget us

byHabib Battah
Apr 5, 2013

I have to admit, I had an inkling of what I was getting into when I bought tickets…

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Thanks Hollywood

byHabib Battah
Feb 1, 2013

Because with Israeli jets overhead, sporadic explosions around town and the slaughter of hundreds every week a few…

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Argo: No Iranian parts necessary

byHabib Battah
Dec 16, 2012

I wonder if it ever dawned on the producers of Argo– as they watched their film unfold– that…

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.