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A Mexican teen drama that checks all the typical boxes: Netflix series Control Z, set in a high school, tells the story of a hacker who exposes the huge secret of a closeted transgender student, and continues to reveal more secrets that sends the school into disarray as students to turn against each other, bringing up themes of bullying and cyber crime. It’s up to Sofia, an introverted but observant internet geek, to uncover the hacker’s identity. The series was renewed for a third season to be released this year, after season 2 was released last year.

⚽ We’re still catching our breath after our national team’s victory against Senegal on Friday in the decisive Fifa World Cup 2022 qualifiers, before the Pharaohs hit the field against the Lions of Teranga in Dakar for the second leg of the game on Tuesday at 7pm.

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A new Parisian restaurant makes its way to both ends of the city: Le Flandrin — open in none other than the city of love — has landed in Cairo with two restaurants in New Cairo’s 5A and Sheikh Zayed’s Park St. The food joint has something for everyone, offering steaks, pastas, pizzas, and of course, a ton of French pastries. We’ve heard raving comments about their beef tenderloin and penne chicken alfredo and we’re also eyeing their shrimp curry and poulet grilled (grilled chicken with creamy mustard sauce). For desserts, try out the crème brûlée, pain perdu, or grab an éclair or tart from their aesthetic display of sweets.

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Coldplay tribute band Strawberry Swing, Paranoid Eyes, & Skeletøn Clique are playing their tunes tonight at 7pm at Zamalek Theater under Zamalek Music Week.

Karaoke the night away at Garden City’s Room Space’s Karaoke Night which runs every Sunday from 8pm to 10pm.

If you’re feeling theater tonight, head to Rawabet Art Space at 8pm to watch the Egyptian adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Waiting for Gadallah, a tragicomedy play about human existence through the conversation and encounters of two of its main characters while waiting for Godot, who never arrives.

And if you’re feeling artsy, head to AUC’s Tahrir for “Returns to Memory and Mythology” art exhibition by Liliane Karnouk at 7pm, where she tells the story of how an artist’s connection with their art changes body and mind age.

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The story of how love is fragile: It Ends With Us, a touching romance novel by Colleen Hoover, that tells the story of Lily, a workaholic who finds complexity in love with neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid, whose character proves difficult as their relationship blossoms. Kincaid makes an exception for his “no dating” rule for Lily, who in turn tries to better understand the neurosurgeon’s character and how he became the way he is. But as Lily’s questions about her relationship cloud her mind, she reminisces about her first love, who suddenly reappears and threatens the future of Lily’s relationship with Kincaid. Hoover described the novel as the “hardest book” she’s ever written, as it is based on the relationship between her mother and father. The best-selling book’s sequel is set for release this October.