At Café Younes , a cute little “leftiest” café where we can drink delicious (and expensive!) cappuccinos and listen to young, chique university students and old European ex-pats passionately discuss the likelihood of war (maybe as early as mid-March), the pros and cons of “intellectualizing” the Israeli apartheid, the continued denial of civil rights to Palestinians here in Lebanon, the political trends in Europe…..
From Aqmed, who sells incredibly strong espresso for 500 Lebanese pounds (about 33 cents) and teaches us a bit of Arabic on each of our visits.
From the numerous street venders who flavor their thick Turkish coffee with cardamon and loads of sugar
In the staff rooms at the hospital where one of the nurses makes incredibly sweet tea or thick, black Turkish coffee, which we sip out of dainty china cups, while the Palestinian physicians chain smoke Marlboros bought for a dollar a pack.
And of course there is Starbucks if we wanted it.... but we wouldn't dare.
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