Bibo Basbous and his Radiodays welcome the beautiful Parisian days. (Credit: Anne Ilcinkas)
Wearing jeans and a matching blue t-shirt, Ibrahim Basbous, known as Bibo to his friends, is busy behind his espresso machine. “A Kees van der Westen,” he proudly says, which he went to collect himself from the family workshop of the company in the south of the Netherlands, during a road trip with friends, just 10 years ago.Since then, it has sat on the counter of Radiodays, a coffee shop opened by this “Lebanese by birth, Parisian at heart,” as he describes himself, on Rue d'Alibert, just steps from the Canal Saint-Martin. What else is going on in Paris? Ciné-Palestine 2025: The right to narrate and resist On this gentle June morning, he serves a cappuccino in an almost artistic gesture. “Each cup is an invitation to travel and share.” Trained by professionals, he trusts his palate to choose coffee beans from European...
Wearing jeans and a matching blue t-shirt, Ibrahim Basbous, known as Bibo to his friends, is busy behind his espresso machine. “A Kees van der Westen,” he proudly says, which he went to collect himself from the family workshop of the company in the south of the Netherlands, during a road trip with friends, just 10 years ago.Since then, it has sat on the counter of Radiodays, a coffee shop opened by this “Lebanese by birth, Parisian at heart,” as he describes himself, on Rue d'Alibert, just steps from the Canal Saint-Martin. What else is going on in Paris? Ciné-Palestine 2025: The right to narrate and resist On this gentle June morning, he serves a cappuccino in an almost artistic gesture. “Each cup is an invitation to travel and share.” Trained by professionals, he trusts his palate to choose coffee beans from...