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The Halo TV series brings the video game to life, using the same weapons and character design and giving gamer fans the chance to experience the scenes from a first-person perspective. The show depicts humanity’s struggle against an alien collective of religious zealots dedicated to wiping them out, with cyborg supersoldier Master Chief being their best hope of survival. Master Chief — a beloved character in the game — drew controversy when he took his helmet off, with diehard fans saying that it was disrespectful to the character, while others brushed it off. It seems the show in general has cultivated a following of either superfans or haters with the writing style pushing audiences to opposite sides of the fence. What is really good about the show, however, are its action sequences which are a great combination of intensity and suspense. You can check out the trailer here (watch, runtime: 02:10).

⚽ Egypt’s national team coach and manager Carlos Queiroz has left his post, after the Pharaohs’ dreams of qualifying for the World Cup was shattered last night on the back of their loss to Senegal in a devastating penalty shootout. The match ended with the same sequence of events as our loss against the Lions of Teranga in the African Cup of Nations final two months ago. The loss is the second in a penalty knockout against Senegal in nearly two months after Egypt lost the Africa Cup of Nations against the Lions of Teranga in the final in Cameroon. “Dream is over. We try [sic] our best but today was not enough,” the Portuguese coach said in a goodbye message to fans on Twitter.

It won’t undo last night’s events, but the Egyptian Football Federation (EFA) has submitted an official complaint to FIFA and the Confederation of African Football for what it described as an “assault on the team and racism” by Senegalese fans in Dakar, a statement by the EFA read. The federation alleged that Senegalese spectators held up “racist signs” during the game, targeting Liverpool forward and national star Mo Salah in particular. Fans also reportedly “intimidated players during warm up,” after separately attacking Egypt’s team bus and causing injuries among the fans, the EFA said.

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Artist Bassem Yousri will take art lovers on an exhibition walkthrough today for his work that is on display at Gypsum Gallery. The exhibit, How to Build a City with Two Nails and a Wire, is a joint showing of Yousri’s and Ahmed Badry’s paintings and sculptures which draw inspiration from the aesthetic of public spaces in Cairo.

El Waili, Donia Wael, and Zaid Khaled are taking the stage today at Cairo Jazz Club 610 at 9pm.

Mashrabia Gallery is opening a new exhibition today titled Quartets Salah Jahin, which is created by Youssef Abdelke. The Syrian artist is inspired by the poems of Egyptian poet Salah Jahin and let the words guide him in creating his art.

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A physics book that could make you cry — in a good way: Renowned theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli’s book, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, delves into seven important theories of physics which he explains alongside the story of how they were discovered and the impact they have on the world. Just 78 pages long, Rovelli doesn’t try to venture too deep into the specifics of things, instead creating a book that will give you enough to understand and enough to be touched. The author uses his penchant for words to illustrate physics in a way that can only be described as beautiful. “Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world,” Rovelli writes. “And it’s breathtaking.” The book has made our fellow colleagues in Enterprise cry, and not because they don’t understand physics, but because of the celebration of discovery that it entails. The Guardian is out with a great review.