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Dora goes solar

byHabib Battah
Nov 23, 2014

After years of darkness it seems the northern suburbs of Beirut will finally be lit up at night.…

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Vintage Hamra shopping center

byHabib Battah
Nov 9, 2013

This was probably all lit up Las Vegas style in the 1960s. But now the bulbs are burned…

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New Syrian TV season pushes envelope, only slightly

byHabib Battah
Oct 7, 2013

Here is a copy of my monthly column published in last month’s issue of Bold Magazine. By Habib…

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Calm before the storm?

byHabib Battah
Sep 8, 2013

In the hours leading up to a Congressional vote that may send missiles over our heads, many in…

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.