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Catch Incendies while it’s still on Netflix: This gripping war-time drama from 2010 starring Lubna Azabal and directed by the great Denis Villeneuve left us an emotional wreck. Set in a fictional Middle Eastern company going through a civil war (with heavy parallels to Lebanon), the film tells the tale of Canadian emigree Nawal and her harrowing journey to flee war and sectarian violence in her home country. In parallel, the film is also a mystery charting her children’s trip back to find out who their father is and what the war did to their mother. The plot twist in the end is utterly gut-wrenching.

⚽ Al Ahly FC is hoping to make history tonight as it looks to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup final match by beating Brazil’s Palmeiras in the semi-final at 6:30pm. Al Ahly has competed in the championship several times, but has never made it past the semi-final round. The club took home the bronze medal in the 2006 and 2020 editions of the championship (although the 2020 tournament was postponed to 2021 because of the pandemic). No African club has taken home the title since the championship first began in 2000, and only two have made it to the final round: Congo’s Tout Puissant Mazembe (2010) and Morocco’s Raja FC (2013).

If Al Ahly makes it to the final, it would be up against either Chelsea or Saudi’s Al Hilal SFC, which are battling it out in their own semi-final tomorrow at 6:30pm.

Meanwhile, it’s a new week in the Premier League: Newcastle and Everton meet at 9:45pm, while West Ham v Watford also kicks off at the same time. Burnley and Manchester United also play tonight at 10pm.

Don’t forget to update your Premier League Fantasy — the cutoff is 8:15pm today.

Finally, Roma and Inter go head-to-head at 10pm in Coppa Italia’s round of eight.

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Feeling snackish but want to stick to something healthy? Foya offers a range of dried fruits and vegetables that promise to satisfy your peckish cravings for something crunchy or sweet, without the guilt of grabbing a pack of chips. The brand currently has dried apples, strawberries, broccoli, and — our personal favorite — pineapples, all of which have no added sugar or preservatives. Foya is sold at Blooms and Beans in Arkan, CSA and Lokali in Maadi, and 220 in Alexandria, or you can order online through their Instagram page.

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Zamalek Art Gallery kicks off three exhibitions today: Willpower and Nothing Else by Nathan Doss, When Magnolias Bloom by Neamat El Diwany, and Myself + Me by Hossam Dirar. All three exhibitions will be open every day except Fridays from 11am-8pm until Thursday, 3 March.

Violinist Ziad Yasser is performing at El Sawy Culturewheel in Zamalek tonight from 7:30-9:30pm. Tickets are available online here.

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The Last Slave Ship tells the story of 110 slaves brought to America half a century after the slave trade was outlawed. The book by Ben Raines starts out in 1860, just one year before the civil war broke out in the US, with the voyage of the Clotilda ship carrying 110 slaves trafficked from what is now Benin. It depicts the now-authenticated story of how these slaves who were brought to Alabama eventually established their own community at the end of the civil war, but their heritage and story were denied. The Guardian and the New York Times are each out with a review.