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Wednesday, 1 September 2021

Egypt’s 2022 World Cup qualification campaign kicks off tonight

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International football is back: Egypt is in action at 9pm tonight, taking on Angola at the Cairo International Stadium in the opening game of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. The Pharaohs will travel to Gabon for the second game of the round on Sunday.

Reminder: Egypt will Salah-less tonight after Premier League clubs forbid players from playing international fixtures taking place in red list countries over the next two weeks. Egypt’s star striker could be available for the game in Gabon, which is currently on the UK’s amber list.

HBO’s original series White Lotus has arrived and departed: Set in an eponymous Hawaiian resort, the satirical dramedy follows and exploits its wealthy guests and staff, where they both mingle but on a heavily anchored social ladder. Their inequities and iniquities unravel with every episode, as HBO paints a bleak picture of humanity with the backdrop of a tropical paradise. “The power structures that shape our world so fundamentally as to be almost invisible are increasingly revealed,” the Guardian writes. Critics and fans are dubbing it as one of the most intriguing and thought-provoking shows that has been recently made.

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Homegrown Molotof will be taking the stage at Cairo Jazz Club 610 today at 9pm with his trap and mahraganat beats, while Abo Sahar will play his authentic homegrown tunes.

El Sawy Culturewheel is also hosting Amr Adel today at 7pm.

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In this collection of fourteen short stories, Life Among the Terranauts by Caitlin Horrocks is an enjoyable read with a new storyline and a different theme in each. Our favorite: The author explores in the first one the future of sustainability of a shrinking Midwestern town called Bounty. When residents of Bounty see how their town’s buildings look on television, they are appalled by their condition. Their response? Hibernation. While we don’t necessarily recommend all the stories of this collection, we guarantee that there is something for everyone’s taste.

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