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RRule of Law

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Saudi Arabia number 1?

byHabib Battah
Dec 7, 2014

I’ve seen this Ferrari before. It is always parked in front of the plastic surgery clinic of Dr.…

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Mr. 666

byHabib Battah
Jul 24, 2013

Plate numbers are important in Lebanon, but who would want to own this one? I put the question…

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Judicial valet

byHabib Battah
Jul 8, 2013

Last night while cruising down Charles Malek–one of Ashrafieh’s busiest roads– I was almost forced to veer and…

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Saudi-Lebanese plate

byHabib Battah
May 13, 2013

Best of both worlds?

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.