Read More 1 minute read Bombs or boobs?byHabib BattahJun 23, 2013 Yes Lebanese viewer, the choice is yours. As gun battles raged through the streets of Saida, some channels…
Read More 1 minute read Protesters take to the streets tonightbyHabib BattahJun 20, 2013 It’s been a harrowing day in downtown Beirut. Young people protesting the cancelation of elections and the extension…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 1 minute read Decorative bunkerbyHabib BattahJun 20, 2013 Because if you are going to make downtown Beirut a police state, why not do it with some…
MMedia Read More 2 minute read What we should be talking aboutbyHabib BattahJun 19, 2013 Mohammed Zaatari/AP You’ve probably seen this on Facbook dozens of times today. And thank God for AP photojournalist…
PPublic Services Read More 1 minute read The most dangerous place in LebanonbyHabib BattahJun 18, 2013 No it is not Saida, Tripoli or the Bekaa Valley. This is Dekwaneh, a working class suburb of…
Read More 1 minute read “We are not taking Syrian money.”byHabib BattahJun 17, 2013 So said a currency exchange dealer on Hamra street. I heard him say it to four Syrians that…
Read More 1 minute read Best beach in LebanonbyHabib BattahJun 16, 2013 There’s been a lot of bad press about Lebanese beaches lately–well mainly one article that made some incredibly…
Read More 1 minute read Tearing down 200-year-old treesbyHabib BattahJun 15, 2013 If the municipality of Beirut has its way, these two-century old trees will be torn down to make…
Read More 1 minute read “Everything is fine in Homs”byHabib BattahJun 14, 2013 At least that’s what pro-regime Lebanese NBN TV reporter found when she interviewed ‘random’ people on the street.
Read More 1 minute read Graphics in crisisbyHabib BattahJun 14, 2013 As if things weren’t confusing enough in Lebanon these days, LBC is breaking it out down for us…