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Shahid’s Mawdo3 3a2ely has been all over social media — and for good reason. The show follows a reunited family that struggles to overcome years of distance and secrets. When her grandfather passes away, Sarah (played by Rana Raees) is sent to live with her estranged dad in Egypt. The catch: Sarah doesn’t know he’s her dad and her dad (played by Maged El Kedwany) doesn’t know he has a daughter. What ensues is a comedic family reunion (crazy aunts included courtesy of Samaa Ibrahim’s character Zeinab) as Sarah tries to adjust to life in Egypt, with a little help from her new friend Hassan played by the hilarious Taha El Dessouky. It’s a feel good show that will steal your heart with the amazing acting and dramatic storyline. All 10 episodes of the show have now been released and fans of the show are petitioning for a second season.

⚽ The show must go on in the English Premier League, where clubs remain adamant that the league will not be suspended despite covid outbreaks canceling five of the six games yesterday. Today’s fixture list remains (almost) intact, with only Everton’s home game against Leicester City being postponed.

Today: It’s Abu Dhabi vs. Riyadh as Man City travel to relegation-threatened Newcastle, where the Citizens will be looking to stretch their lead at the top of the table (kick off: 4pm). Chelsea will be eager to end their recent run of bad form and remain in contention for the league title when they travel to Wolves (kick off: 4pm). In the late game, Mo Salah’s Liverpool travel to London to face Antonio Conte’s resurgent Spurs side (kick off: 6:30pm).

Covid hasn’t put a dent in Serie A, with five matches taking place today. The tie of the day will take place at 9:45pm when second-placed AC Milan welcome fourth-placed Napoli to the San Siro. Elsewhere, Fiorentina will play Sassuolo at 1:30pm, Spezia meet Empoli at 4pm, Torino face Verona at 7pm, and Sampdoria play Venezia at 7pm.

In the Spanish La Liga: Real Madrid can stretch their lead at the top of the league to eight points with a victory against struggling Cadiz (kick off: 10pm). Before that, Athletic Bilbao play Real Betis at 5:15pm, and Getafe face Osasuna at 7:30pm.

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Mario’s brings the shrimps, burgers, and shrimp burgers. The food truck brings together the best of seafood and burgers on their menu, with all their food proving exceptional in taste and quantity. They offer buttery toasted rolls filled with calamari, shrimp, and crab. We’re partial to their di calamari roll that comes with ranch sauce and their ravello shrimp roll topped with hot cocktail sauce and apple slaw. Their burgers are also not to be missed. We loved their maple bacon burger, while they also offer a BBQ burger called cipolla and a fried fish burger (la storia) and a spicy shrimp burger (gamberetti). Mario’s appetizers include shrimp spring rolls, mario’s fries (with caramelized onions, cheese, and a “secret” sauce), as well as cones of fried shrimp and calamari. Finally, get a sweet treat with their milkshakes all topped with whipped cream.

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The opening ceremony of painter Eman Ezzat’s solo exhibition Ghazl Banat (cotton candy) is today at 6pm at Nile Art Gallery.

It’s also opening night for Ebdaa Art Gallery’s exhibition European Collectibles at 7pm, featuring art gathered from across the European continent.

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The full story behind the race to develop a covid-19 vaccine: New York Times bestselling author and Wall Street Journal investigative journalist Gregory Zuckerman delves into the untold tale of the scientists that created the covid-19 vaccines that are currently the world’s lifeline against the pandemic in his book A Shot to Save the World. The unlikely scientists behind one of the modern world’s biggest scientific feats include a French businessman, a novice Turkish immigrant, an insect-obsessed Midwesterner, and a hated British scientist. Each of these individuals had spent years conducting tests on possible vaccines in their own time, but when covid-19 emerged, it was imperative that they take their life’s work and manifest it in a matter of months. Zuckerman takes us inside the scientists’ stories, the top-secret laboratories, corporate clashes, and high-stakes government negotiations that ultimately led to the global vaccine rollout.