Warren Singh-Bartlett

Warren Singh-Bartlett originally came to Lebanon on a three-day visit but ended up staying twelve years. He lives in a bright orange rooftop apartment in a crowded part of east Beirut from which he enjoys expansive views into his neighbours’ living, dining and bathrooms. Luckily, his terrace is well-screened.

Writing for print and television on a mixed-bag that includes architecture, design and travel as well as conflict, social problems and development, Singh-Bartlett travels frequently around the region and feels like kissing the ground whenever he comes back to Beirut. “For tolerance, decadence and happenstance, there’s nowhere quite like it,” he says, “Beirut is the pressure valve for the Middle East, the place they come to be. I often think Beirut is the only thing keeping the Middle East from going completely crazy, if it didn’t exist, we’d have to invent it.”

He is the Middle East correspondent for London’s Wallpaper Magazine and has contributed to other publications including Tank, American Express’ Departures magazine, London’s Financial Times, Germany’s Handelsblatt, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

He is currently working on three book projects at the same time: a photo-book on small-scale farmers in Lebanon, a personal account of his thirteen years in Beirut and a biography of one of his favorite Lebanese architects.

Bibliography
Bet You Didn’t Know That About Beirut!, Turning Point, 2010

Links
http://wsb.thecapsule.net/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bet-You-Didnt-Know-This-About-Beirut/101671279914710