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New York Times sells Israel’s next war

byHabib Battah
May 13, 2015

How hard is it for the Israeli military to launch an unprovoked war with its neighbor by casting…

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Old East Village photos revisited with Google

byHabib Battah
Jan 4, 2015

Yes, this blog is mainly about Beirut, but I’ve added a new travel section to share some of…

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Whitewashing continues at New York Times

byHabib Battah
Jul 7, 2014

Violence toward Palestinians continues to be downplayed or completely omitted by “The Paper of Record,” i.e. The New…

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“No-name” dead Palestinians

byHabib Battah
Jul 4, 2014

By now the whole world knows the names of three Israelis killed in the West Bank last week.…

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Remembering Anthony

byHabib Battah
Feb 17, 2012

Remembering Anthony Shadid

Who Am I?

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.