Lebanese Forces Archives

RRule of Law

4 minute read

Lebanon’s first expatriate voters show true colors

byHabib Battah
Apr 29, 2018

There is a fantasy among many in Lebanon- liberals in particular– that a silent majority of Lebanese do…

MMedia

2 minute read

Airtime is free for Lebanese politicians

byHabib Battah
Feb 11, 2014

Politics is hard. But it’s a lot easier when you get free adverting and free airtime–when every time…

MMedia

1 minute read

Billboard innovation

byHabib Battah
Sep 4, 2013

The Lebanese Forces is really serious about promoting its new magazine Al Massira. Not only has the party…

RRule of Law

1 minute read

Lebanese Forces seize traffic lights

byHabib Battah
Aug 29, 2013

For those unfamiliar, the Forces were once a militia: And hanging militia logos on public property is a…

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.