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To go to war or to not go to war: Based on the 2017 Robert Harris novel of the same name, Munich: The Edge of War takes place in 1938, as Hitler (Martin Wuttke) prepares to invade Czechoslovakia and the government of Neville Chamberlain (Jeremy Irons) desperately seeks a peaceful solution. The story is mainly told by two former classmates who now work as press secretaries to opposing sides (UK and Germany) as they are forced back together during the 1938 Munich conference. The film highlights Chamberlain’s savvy negotiation skills and “heroic self-sacrifice,” writes The Guardian, as the UK PM attempted to buy time for British rearmament and expose Hitler as a bully at the cost of his own reputation. The what-if war flick is chock-full of a great cast and on point performances in a film that’s loosely based on a true story.

⚽ Egypt has been hit with a USD 50k fine by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the national team failed to show up to a press conference ahead of their quarter-final clash with Morocco last weekend, according to a statement. Media and CAF Rights Holders waited almost two hours for Egypt to arrive for the scheduled press conference. The fine was previously USD 100k, but half of the amount was suspended on the condition that Egypt honors the rest of its media obligations. The Egyptian Football Federation has 60 days to pay the fine.

Senegal and Burkina Faso will meet tonight in one of Afcon’s two semi-final matches at 9pm. The two teams hope to complete the adventure and reach the finals — both teams having previously experienced the bitterness of reaching and losing. Senegal’s Teranga Lions finished second in the last edition of the tournament after losing to Algeria, and also lost the 2002 final to Cameroon, while the “Horses” of Burkina Faso reached the continental final only once in 2013, losing that day to Nigeria. Egypt meets Cameroon for the other semi-final match tomorrow at 9pm.

In the Spanish Cup: Rayo Vallecano hosts Real Mallorca in the eighth round of the King's Cup tonight at 9pm, while the match between Valencia and Cadiz will start at 10pm.

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???? Omicron weighs on Beijing Olympics: Rising case counts among athletes and personnel arriving for the Beijing Winter Olympics, set to start on Friday, has pushed authorities to impose a “closed loop” to keep participants, media and staff away from the public, Reuters reported.

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Mashrabia Gallery is hosting an exhibition titled All About Relationships by Marwa Saad. Through her artwork, Saad tries to create a miniature of a world that lies inside of her, the exhibit bio says. The exhibition will run until 28 February.

Glimpses by painter Hala Sabet is currently open at Arcade Gallery, where it will run until 22 February. The exhibition brings together what she describes as “glimpses of reality that I put together to create an imaginative landscape or a reflection of a character.”

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The tumultuous story behind Paris’ Shakespeare and Company bookstore: The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher is a biographical novel that follows Sylvia Beach — the young American who opened the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris in 1919. The bookstore soon became a hotspot for legendary writers such as Ezra Pound and Ernest Hemingway. Things get complicated, however, when Beach is given a copy of James Joyce’s banned novel Ulysses — which turned 100 today. The young bookseller decides to take a risk and publish Joyce’s book under the auspices of Shakespeare and Company and soon the book becomes one of the most infamous and influential books of the time. The sudden success comes with a number of new business problems for the bookstore and now publishing house, as well as testing Beach’s relationships with those closest to her.