Beirut by Haig Papazian of Mashrou’ Leila

Papercup is the only book store in Beirut where you’ll find a massive collection of magazines, journals, books, and publications on art, architecture, film, design, photography.  It’s pretty small and tucked in one of the side streets of Mar Mikhael. I’m often there to get coffee and spend an hour or so just looking through their stuff.

Dalieh of Raouche is one of the few natural communal spaces surviving on the city’s coastline, right next to the iconic Pigeon Rocks. Beirut as a city turns its back to the sea, so it’s easy to forget it’s even there. Every time I go back there for a swim or a boat ride, I’m like an excited little kid all over again. The site is under threat of being developed into a private resort. You can read more about the campaign to protect it by clicking here