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RRule of Law

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A yacht to pay the rent

byHabib Battah
Jun 7, 2015

A “super yacht” called Samar has just docked in Beirut’s Zaitunay Bay marina. At around 77 meters, it…

EEnvironment & Public Space

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The fight for Dalieh, one of Beirut’s last public shores

byHabib Battah
May 10, 2014

The poster above features an aerial shot of Dalieh, the little known big brother of the famed Raouche…

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.