Est. by readers, for readers
Happy Pages was started by Daniella Akiki — a lifelong reader and mother of three — together with her husband Maroun. The shop began as a quiet idea between two people who loved books and wanted to share that love with everyone who walked in.
Today we curate slowly, wrap carefully, and write little notes when we can. The shelf is small on purpose: every title is one we would press into a friend’s hands.
“A book is a small lamp you can carry into any night — we wanted a shop full of lamps.”
Daniella grew up under a yellow lamp, turning pages long after the house had gone to sleep. By twelve she had a quiet rule — finish one book before opening another. By twenty she had broken it gladly, and was reading three at once.
She met Maroun over a borrowed novel that came back with a folded corner and a written-in margin. They built a home, then three small readers — each one with their own shelf, their own flashlight, their own first chapter.
One quiet afternoon she said out loud what she had been thinking for years: a bookstore. Maroun looked up from the table, smiled, and said — ‘let’s begin tomorrow.’ Happy Pages opened with cream paper, a ribbon, and a single rule: only books we would press into a friend’s hands.
The booksellers
Daniella Akiki
Founder & head curator
Reads three books at a time. Keeps a sticky note in every novel. Believes the right book finds you at the right hour.
Maroun Akiki
Co-founder
Builds the shelves — literal and digital. Quietly steady, the kind of partner who says ‘let’s begin tomorrow’ and means it.
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little readers at home
Daily
hand-picked arrivals
Every parcel
wrapped & photographed
