I'm from Beirut, a city where I've learned to write about wars while living through them. Growing up somewhere one conflict barely becomes history before another begins has shaped both my curiosity and the stories I choose to tell.

I'm Batoul Yazbeck, a Lebanese investigative journalist, political editor, writer, and researcher. I started working at seventeen, armed with curiosity, stubbornness, and a habit of asking too many questions. What began with stories about women's lives, inequality, and human rights gradually grew into a fascination with politics, power, and the forces shaping the world around us.

Since 2019, I've been reporting on conflict, politics, human rights, gender, justice, and the environment, following stories from Beirut's streets to southern Lebanon's border villages and beyond. I'm especially interested in what happens after the headlines fade, the lives interrupted, the landscapes transformed, and the questions left unanswered. My work combines field reporting, investigative research, data, science, and a belief that even the most complicated stories are, ultimately, about people.

Today, I'm a Senior Political Editor at Al-Modon, a podcast host, and a contributor to international publications. But journalism is only one expression of my curiosity. I love writing, traveling, exploring unfamiliar cities, understanding cultures, studying history, and discovering the connections between politics, science, society, and everyday life. I'm just as drawn to a good conversation as I am to a difficult investigation, and I have never been particularly good at limiting myself to one interest.

I want to keep reporting, researching, writing, traveling, and finding new ways to tell stories. Along the way, I hope to contribute to a more independent, courageous kind of journalism.

Beirut is where my story began. I doubt it's where my curiosity will end.