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Zein takes Hamra

byHabib Battah
Apr 18, 2013

Herbal cream televangelist Zein El Atat has moved off the television informercials and onto the streets of Hamra.…

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Fear not Lebanese republic…

byHabib Battah
Mar 22, 2013

The prime minister may have resigned, but you still have Dr. JUJUBA! He’s got you covered no matter…

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.