Huawei P20 Pro Review: The 40MP Triple Camera SmartPhone!

The last time a smartphone camera came to close to 40 Megapixels was the Nokia Lumia 1020, which I still have by the way, but what the Huawei P20 Pro is offering with its 40MP 5X hybrid zoom camera is on a whole new level. The P20 Pro camera is being portrayed as the best ever on a smartphone, a photographer's dream and I can confidently say it's the best smartphone camera I've ever shot…

Can Someone Explain Google’s Conversion Calculation Mishap?

Two days ago, Google was showing a wrong conversion currency rate for the Lebanese Pound whereas 1 US dollar equalled 767.51 Lebanese Pounds while the real value is 1,506.65. The currency was showing correctly on all other websites but for some reason Google's value was wrong. A couple of hours later, the issue got fixed and the value was back to normal but I still have no idea how that happened. To begin with, Google…

ODD: Reviving Batroun’s Nightlife

Batroun has always been known for its avant-garde nightlife scene, back when Monot was what Mar Mikhael is today, Batroun’s clubs were full to the brim. The past few years though, the clubbing scene in the north has been somewhat stagnant. This is why ODD’s opening this summer season promises to inject some life back into Batroun’s clubbing scene. ODD is a rooftop club next to where Pierre & Friends is. Rooftops and Lebanese clubbers…

ISF covers Entire Football Field to Display Lebanon’s Largest-Ever Drug Bust

Fifteen tons of weed were apprehended yesterday by the Internal Security Forces, making it the country's biggest-ever drug bust. The drugs were worth over $100M dollars and were hidden inside paint buckets. They were set to leave Lebanon and go to Libya and then to Egypt, but the final destination is not clear. According to , the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has ranked Lebanon in as one of the world’s top five…
Fun

Tracking Down an Old Lebanese Board Game “Civil War”

5 years ago
One of the blog readers emailed me asking about a rare board game called “Civil War” that was created in the 1989 by Naji Tueni. It’s apparently similar to monopoly but themed around the civil ...
Critiques

LAU Wants to Establish The Medicinal Cannabis Research Center

5 years ago
Should we legalize cannabis in Lebanon? What’s the potential medical value of Lebanon-grown cannabis? The use of weed in the medical field has been legalized in several countries worldwide and there are “currently 10 academic ...
Fun

Lebanon’s “Service” Drivers Through the Lens of Ghaleb Cababe

5 years ago
I love Ghaleb’s work and the latest is a series of portraits of taxi drivers in Lebanon. The right term here is “Service” not taxi, which is still quite popular in Lebanon and consists of ...
Baladi

Brigadier General Maroun Hitti Appointed Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire

5 years ago
Retired Brigadier General Maroun Hitti became the fourth Lebanese citizen to be awarded the Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) award during ceremony held at the British Ambassador’s residence in Beirut. ...
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