Zamalek’s first match in the Premier League + Cool outings for residents of both sides of the city + the Haunting of Hill House book is just a spooky as the mini-series
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Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan mixes true crime and psychology: The serial [redacted] assaulter was arrested in Ohio in 1977 and upon investigation was diagnosed with having multiple personality disorder. At a time when the condition was still misunderstood by the wider population, the case sparked a major legal debate about whether a defendant can use multiple personalities to plead insanity. The judge ended up ruling in his favor and sentencing him to more than 10 years in mental hospitals rather than prison, making Milligan the first person to be acquitted of a serious crime because of the illness.
⚽ Gameweek 1 of the Egyptian Premier League continues today: Reigning champions Zamalek get their campaign underway tonight at 8pm when they face Enppi. El Gouna play Ceramica Cleopatra at 5.30pm, while Arab Contractors and Eastern Company are currently mid-way through the first clash of the day.
Over in the UK- The League Cup round of 16 kicks off tonight: Chelsea will play against Southampton, Arsenal take on Leeds, and QPR meet Sunderland, all of which start at 8:45pm.
In La Liga: Alaves face Elche at 7pm, Espanyol play Athletic Bilbao at 9pm, and Villarreal meet Cadiz at 9:30pm.
As for Serie A: Milan — which are tied at the top of the table with Napoli having only dropped two points so far this season — will face Turin at 8:45pm. Meanwhile at 6:30pm, Spezia will play against Genoa, and Venice play Salernitana, which are at the bottom of the table.
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Another Italian place everyone is raving about: Spaghi Spaghetteria in Al Guezira Plaza in Sheikh Zayed serves all the quintessential Italian dishes we know and love as well as a few twists. They certainly don’t skimp on the cheese, with their pizza and pasta dishes ensuring a satisfying cheese pull with every bite. Start off with their seafood soup, bruschetta, fried calamari, or fresh burrata. We’re more pasta people and we loved their lasagna, carbonara, and gnocchi pesta, but their pizza pot pie almost made us switch sides. For dessert, they’ve added a honeycomb molten cake to their menu that is definitely worth a try.
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Head to Cairo Jazz Club 610’s comedy night with Shadi Alfons & Khalid Mansour today at 9pm. The duo are famous for their hilarious segments on the Egyptian version of Saturday Night Live.
It’s Arctic Monkeys tribute night at The Room New Cairo, with the performing band, The Mangabeys, making sure to note that they’ll be playing ‘Do I Wanna Know?’. The set starts at 9pm.
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With Halloween just around the corner, what better time to revisit “the definitive haunted house story”: The Haunting of Hill House? You may know it as the ten-part 2018 Netflix series that gave us all the chills (or that horrible adaptation from the 1990s). But for horror aficionados, The Haunting of Hill House stands as one of the great ghost stories of all time, praised by Stephen King for bringing us “the finest character to come out of the new American gothic tradition.” He’s talking about Eleanor Vance, one of the assistants brought to investigate a supposedly haunted house in Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel. Eleanor finds herself strangely captivated by Hill House and its dark, changeable nature. As the house itself plays on her senses, all her loneliness and feelings of dread emerge as things that go bump in the night — or perhaps just terrifying manifestations of her own subconscious. An eerie reminder to us all that “houses aren’t haunted — people are. ”