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Shiite-nappers

byHabib Battah
Mar 2, 2013

Here’s a snapshot from an article published this week in Salon.You see the headline above, but they might…

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The set-effect

byHabib Battah
Jan 21, 2013

Highway billboard in North Lebanon Here’s an excerpt of my Media Uncovered column in Bold Magazine this month:By…

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Culture of pandering

byHabib Battah
Nov 27, 2012

By Habib BattahPublished in Bold Magazine// November 2012 The most common criticism fired at the Lebanese press is…

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Lebanon’s grotesque rivers

byHabib Battah
Apr 26, 2012

An appalling program was aired last night on MTV (Murr TV) Lebanon, showcasing the abominable state of Lebanon’s…

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Remembering Anthony

byHabib Battah
Feb 17, 2012

Remembering Anthony Shadid

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Packaging fear, broadcasting rage

byHabib Battah
Nov 26, 2011

“Have you heard the news,” a passenger asked the driver last night after he boarded a shared taxi…

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.