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Sunday, 27 February 2022

The chaotic love story behind the WeWork crash + A historical treasure hunt gives us an Indiana Jones-style memoir in the 21st Century

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The chaotic love story behind the WeWork crash: Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto bring to life the rise and fall of shared workspace startup WeWork in their portrayal of Adam and Rebekah Neumann in drama miniseries WeCrashed. The drama, which debuts on 18 March on AppleTV, is based on the podcast of the same name (which we loved). WeCrashed follows the story of how WeWork crashed following its IPO through the lens of Israeli-American entrepreneur Adam and his wife, Rebekah, “whose chaotic love” fueled “the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall” of one of the world’s once-most valuable startups. You can catch the trailer here (watch, runtime: 2:24)

It’s final day at Wembley Stadium, with Chelsea and Liverpool meeting in the Carabao Cup final at 6:30pm to decide on the first domestic trophy triumph this year.

The Premier League’s Week 27 fixtures also continue today, with West Ham United v Wolverhampton Wanderers kicking off at 4pm.

In La Liga, Villarreal is currently awaiting the first-half whistle in its game against Espanyol which began at 3pm, while Sevilla will play against Real Betis at 5:15pm. Real Sociedad goes head to head against Osasuna at 7:30pm, and Barcelona v Athletic Club begins at 10pm.

Moving to Italy’s Serie A, Roma will play against Spezia at 7:05pm, while Lazio will clash against Napoli at 9:50pm. Torino’s clash with Cagliari ended minutes ago with Cagliari on top with a 2-1 score. Hellas Verona will play against Venezia a few minutes after we send out this issue, at 4:05pm.

In Germany, Bochum v RB Leipzig is scheduled for 4:30 pm and Borussia Dortmund meets Augsburg at 6:30pm.

Moving to France, Ligue 1 has a stacked menu for football fans with seven games today, including Monaco v Reims, where the final whistle will be blown any minute now. Also kicking off at 4pm: Angers SCO v Lens, Brest v Lorient, Clermont v Bordeaux, and Metz v Nantes. Olympique Marseille will play against Troyes at 6:05pm, while Olympique Lyonnais will clash with Lille at 9:45pm.

In the CAF Confederation Cup, Pyramids will play against SC Sfaxien at 6pm, and Al Masry will clash against Otôho d’oho at 6pm. Other games to watch: TP Mazembe v Coton Sport, which is currently wrapping its first half, as well as ASEC v USGN and Al-Ittihad vs JS Saoura, both at 6pm. Royal Leopards and Orlando Pirates also hit the field at 9pm.

It was a bad day for Egyptian football leaders Al Ahly and Zamalek yesterday, with both teams losing their CAF Champions League’s Group stage games. Al Ahly lost 1-0 against Mamelodi Sundowns while Zamalek was defeated 3-1 against Wydad AC.

As for the Egyptian Premier League, Smouha will play against Ghazl El Mahalla at 5:30pm.

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Satisfy your cravings for wings with the spiciest wings in town at Wingmen at Cairo Festival City. The restaurant, which was originally at Waterway in east Cairo, offers giant buckets of crispy, juicy wings (both regular and boneless) and, of course, drumsticks. And where there are wings, there is sauce. We personally recommend the Sriracha, lemon pepper, honey garlic and the honey mustard teriyaki. The menu also includes sandwiches — we really enjoyed the Wingmen Sandwich, along with a side of fried mac & cheese.

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The group exhibition Imagining A Landscape is ongoing at Arkan Plaza as part of an initiative by Bibliothek. The exhibit showcases the work of several emerging contemporary artists as they explore what it means to live in a city like Cairo.

Natik Awayez and Maurice Louca will be performing tomorrow at Rawabet Art Space. Awayez is an Iraqi lyricist, composer, and oud player whose contemporary folk album Manbarani is inspired by the polyrhythms of Iraq, Yemen, and the Gulf. Meanwhile, Louca is an Egyptian musician and composer who alternates between compositions and improvisation.

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A historical treasure hunt gives us an Indiana Jones-style memoir in the 21st Century: Pauline Baer de Perignon’s The Vanished Collection recounts the author’s mind-bending exploration into the past of her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss, a Parisian art collector who toiled to secure his treasured collection in a time when art was scavenged by the Nazis. In a truly exhilarating historical treasure hunt, Perignon sifts through Gestapo records and delves deep into the struggles of her Jewish ancestors during WW2. With the aid of researchers, and a Nobel Prize Laureate Patrick Modiano, Perignon pieces together her family’s collection, eventually leading her to the Louvre in Paris, where she discovered a trove of antique frames donated by her great-grandfather. In her exhilarating quest to discover her family’s past and track down her family’s heirlooms, Perignon emphasizes the idea of “ancestral love,” which she describes as having the “strange and marvelous power of uniting people who have little else in common.”

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