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Calling all Bayern fans: FC Bayern: Behind the Legend is Amazon Prime’s newest sports documentary which explores the history and modern reality of the iconic German team. The doc follows the team from their victory in Lisbon in the 2020 Champions League final to the end of the 2020/21 season. It’s a great mix of the past and present, telling both human and logistical stories so that you get to know the people behind the club as well as the structure and business model that keeps it going.

⚽ The Arab Cup quarter-final match-ups: Egypt will face Group C runner ups Jordan while Algeria will face Morocco on Saturday at 9pm. The other half of the draw will see Tunisia compete against Oman at 5pm tomorrow while Qatar plays at 9pm.

Gameweek 16 of the English Premier League kicks off tomorrow, with a match between Brentford and Watford at 10pm. Meanwhile on Saturday, Man City will play against Wolves at 2:30, Chelsea against Leeds at 5pm, Liverpool against Aston Villa at 5pm, Arsenal against Southampton at 5pm, and finally Norwich City against Man United at 7:30pm.

La Liga is also coming back on Friday, with Mallorca and Celta Vigo set to hit the field at 10pm. On Saturday, Espanyol and Levante will start off the day at 3pm, while Alaves and Getafe play at 5:15pm, Valencia and Elche at 7:30pm, and Athletic Club and Sevilla at 10pm.

Serie A: Genoa will face Sampdoria at 9:45pm on Friday. There are three matches slated for Saturday including: Fiorentina versus Salernitana at 4pm, Venezia versus Juventus at 7pm, and Udinese versus Milan at 9:45pm.

The Champions League group stage finals came to a close yesterday. These are the top teams from each group:

• Group A: Manchester City
• Group B: Liverpool
• Group C: Ajax
• Group D: Real Madrid
• Group E: Bayern Munich
• Group F: Manchester United
• Group G: Lille
• Group H: Juventus

Meanwhile the runner ups are PSG, Atlético Madrid, Sporting Lisbon, Inter Milan, Benfica, Villarreal or Atalanta, RB Salzburg, and Chelsea. In Sunday’s draw for the round of 16, the group victors will be drawn against the runners up.

Finally, there are tons of matches in the Europa League and the Conference League tonight. Napoli versus Leicester City promises to be an interesting match in the Europa League at 7:45pm while you can catch Roma versus CSKA Sofia in the Conference League at 7:45pm.

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As Christmas parties start to take place, here’s what to bring: Everyone loves chocolate, but what Oh Chocolatier (@ohchocolatier.eg) creates can only be described as edible art. They’re bite-sized chocolates are colorful and elegantly-designed and almost look too good to eat. They have a light blue, gold, and navy chocolate design that is simply gorgeous as well as chocolate bark with strawberries, pistachios, pretzels and more. What we’re most impressed with is their space collection, with every piece of chocolate alluding to a planet or galaxy. The flavors are also something to be excited about, including cinnamon butter cookie, hazelnut praline, salted caramel, blueberry, and coffee ganache. Bring a box of these chocolates with you to any Christmas party, and you’ll be sure to catch a few eyes.

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AUC is holding a Community Christmas Celebration where students and alumni can head to the New Cairo campus for carols, food, activities, a bazaar, and a Christmas tree lighting. The event will take place today until 7pm and tomorrow from 6-9pm.

Classic rock band 404 Band is playing at The Room Garden City today at 9pm. Tomorrow also has an event on, with BohemianProject holding a musical concert singing some of the biggest tunes from Broadway.

El Far3i and Amir Eid are hitting the stage at the Greek Campus on Friday from 5pm.

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WHAT’S NEXT- Harvard Business School discussions of current events that sit at the crossroads of business and culture: In podcast After Hours, Harvard Business School professors, Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee, take apart the headlines from their different perspectives derived from race, gender, politics, and of course, a ton of business. It’s impressive how the three academics can infuse different variables into events taking place, pointing to connections and links you may not have noticed otherwise. The Harvard Business Review podcast offers an insightful view of the bigger picture, what moves it, and how all the headlines eventually stem down to a number of politicized themes. Recent episodes see the professors discuss The Future of Twitter and GE as conglomerates break up (something we delved into ourselves), Are Generational Stereotypes Fair? (ditto), Has Apple Peaked?, and The NFT Craze and The Future of Streaming Music.

Don’t be put off by the podcast delving into somewhat US-centric headlines: The hosts find a way to make what’s happening in their purview make sense to listeners worldwide in terms of their own landscapes. We often find their episodes timely with events taking place right here in Egypt. Case in point; this episode about Raising the Capital Gains Tax.

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What if you could see how people react to your death? That’s the main premise of fiction novel Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti. When Dava Shastri, one of the world's wealthiest women, finds out she has terminal cancer, she decides to break the news of her death early to see the obituaries and find out what the world actually thinks of her. Shastri’s children are less than pleased with the idea and the entire book is rife with humorous, but complicated family dynamics that anyone can relate to. The thing is, while Shastri was a huge proponent for women’s rights and a generous philanthropist, the media decided to push that aside after her death and instead reveal devastating secrets that further complicate her last days alive on Earth, pretending to be dead. The book poses interesting questions about celebrity culture, how society values women, and the legacies we leave behind.