Jean Louis Qordahi Archives

CCulture & Heritage

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Bodies of Armenian Genocide survivors to be exhumed for beach resort

byHabib Battah
Jun 30, 2015

Barely two months after the 100 year anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, relatives of those who survived the…

CCulture & Heritage

3 minute read

Historic shore in Byblos to be privatized?

byHabib Battah
Mar 18, 2015

The picturesque coastal town of Byblos is known largely for two things: ancient ruins and overpriced beach resorts.…

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.