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Policeman: Photography is “illegal” in Hamra

byHabib Battah
Jan 30, 2014

A few minutes ago I was taking this picture when a policeman shouted at me. Cop: “Hey, stop,…

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A minister on trial

byHabib Battah
Nov 2, 2013

It’s not every day that you get to see a Lebanese minister pleading his case in court. But…

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Security is back… we hope

byHabib Battah
Sep 2, 2013

Something very strange has been happening in Lebanon: terrorism suspects are actually getting caught and arrested. The first…

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Pick a flag, any flag

byHabib Battah
Aug 10, 2013

Tyre, yesterday. Supposedly there is a 1945 law which states no flag other than the Lebanese one should…

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.