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If you’re almost done rewatching Seinfeld, here’s another light throwback show that will crack you up: The IT Crowd is a British TV series that follows a nerdy IT team at a large corporation. IT employees Roy and Moss are hiding away from the world in their basement office — until Jen comes around as their manager, even though she has absolutely no experience in anything tech-related save from sending emails. While unqualified for the job, Jen takes on another role: boosting the two men’s social status from awkward tech nerds to join the ‘it crowd,’ (get it ????). Since the first season was filmed in 2006, the disparity in technology is immense (we couldn’t help but balk at the huge monitors on their desks), bringing an added lick of nostalgia for simpler times in tech. You can catch all five seasons of the series on Netflix.

⚽ It's a cold day sans matches in Europe, but the Egyptian League is here to fill in the gap and give us some warmth. Today, Ghazl El-Mahalla will meet with the National Bank at 5:30pm at the same time as El Gouna and Enppi hit the field. At 8pm, Alexandria’s Al Ittihad faces Ceramica Cleopatra, while Misr El-Makassa will play against Eastern Company. Pharco’s match against Al Masry kicked off at 3pm, with the game still at 0-0 as of dispatch.

English Premier League clubs will meet today to discuss what to do about the outbreak of covid-19 in the league that has so far postponed 10 games over the past week, according to BBC Sport. There seems to be some disagreement on whether to continue or not: Premier League Chief Richard Masters has stressed the importance of completing the season and the heads of Arsenal and Liverpool seem to be leaning the same way. But Brentford boss Thomas Frank led has called for all matches to be called off until 26 December to enable a reset, while others believe that the break should be even longer.

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Iron Maiden tribute band Invaders are performing at Room New Cairo tonight at 9pm.

Dirty Santa takes the stage at Cairo Jazz Club alongside The DJunkie on Wednesday at 8pm.

Cairokee is performing at Zed Park’s Winter Fest on Thursday from 7-11pm. You can get your tickets now on TicketsMarche.

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Every modern day business problem, summed up in one book: The New World of Work by Peter Cheese explores how businesses can succeed in the face of the new challenges presented by work today. Cheese, who is the head of the UK’s national body for HR professionals, helps employers navigate increased demand for mental health awareness, flexible working, and agile learning, while also ensuring that they are engaging both an ageing workforce and new Gen Z recruits by designing jobs that play to each generation’s skillset. The book also looks at how to avoid stalling productivity and how incorporating technology can help mitigate that risk. Cheese also covers requirements on firms to embrace diversity and model responsible, trustworthy and transparent behavior towards all stakeholders. The book uses global examples to explain each point, offering solutions on how to come out on the other side as a stronger business that employees are proud to work for.