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How did Minister Bassil acquire $22M of real estate?

byHabib Battah
Nov 3, 2015

Lebanese broadcaster LBC has just released a fascinating report detailing the curious and multi-million dollar real estate holdings…

CCulture & Heritage

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The gutting of Beirut’s Roman racetrack

byHabib Battah
Jun 27, 2015

We often worry about extremist groups like ISIS destroying history in the Middle East. But in Beirut, private…

EEnvironment & Public Space

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Job’s Wednesday: A Ras Beirut tradition

byHabib Battah
Apr 30, 2015

This week, Beirut residents celebrated Job’s Wednesday (Orba’at Ayoub) at Ramlet El Baida, a tradition that stretches back…

CCulture & Heritage

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Demolitions ongoing in Furn el Hayek

byHabib Battah
Oct 22, 2014

This may be your last chance to see some of the oldest buildings in Furn El Hayek, including…

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.