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Demolition of Art Deco building resumes, despite governor’s order

byHabib Battah
Mar 15, 2017

Two years ago the Governor of Beirut issued an order to stop demolition of this historically listed Art…

EEnvironment & Public Space

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Inside the forbidden Horsh

byHabib Battah
May 15, 2015

Last year, we were allowed inside Beirut’s only major park for just one day. This year, (tomorrow May 16)…

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Does Beirut deserve green space?

byHabib Battah
May 8, 2015

Next week there is a protest to call for the opening of Beirut’s only major park, which…

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Journalists banned from entering Beirut park

byHabib Battah
Sep 1, 2014

Citizens and journalists were held up at the park’s main entrance on Saturday. Municipal police prevented reporters from…

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.