Faten Amal Harby comes out as this Ramadan’s social-issue drama series + Get yourself from ice cream from Dara’s this Holy Month
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We’re over a week into Ramadan, meaning we have a pretty good grasp of which mosalsalat to keep watching. At the top of that list — and keeping our eyes glued to the screen, tissues in hand — is Faten Amal Harby, a new social-issue drama series starring favorite Nelly Karim as Faten, a civil servant at a real estate registry. The series (which, in some ways, is similar to Faten Hamama’s Oreed Hallan / I Want a Solution) covers issues of partner violence, divorce, and the injustice and hardships Egyptian women face when opting for separation, including guardianship rights. On top of her battle to end her marriage and maintain custody of her young daughters, Faten files a lawsuit against the Personal Status Act in a bid to change a law that — as it stands — may deprive her of her rights and children. The social-issue series renews the real-life debate on controversial amendments to the act, which were shelved by the House of Representatives last year after backlash. Faten Amal Harby is available on Shahid and WatchiT.
⚽ It’s a packed day for football with most games across the main European leagues beginning in the afternoon today. In the English Premier League, six teams are already on the pitch as we dispatch: Brentford v West Ham United, Leicester City v Crystal Palace, and Norwich City v Burnley.
But the most important game of all today is the clash between the Premier League’s top two: Manchester City v Liverpool at 5:30pm. With only seven games left in the season after this weekend, the Reds and Citizens’ clash could be a decider for the league’s title, as Pep Guardiola’s team is currently leading by a narrow one-point difference.
Moving to La Liga, Osasuna v Deportivo Alavés is currently ongoing as we dispatch, while other games in the pipeline include Espanyol v Celta de Vigo at 4:15pm, Elche v Real Sociedad at 6:30pm, and Levante v Barcelona at 9pm.
Shifting to Serie A, Lazio beat Genoa 4-1 earlier today, with three games kicking off as we dispatch: Napoli v Fiorentina, Sassuolo v Atalanta, and Venezia v Udinese. More exciting games include Roma v Salernitana at 6pm and Torino v AC Milan at 8:45pm.
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Simplicity is the antithesis of Ramadan desserts, but that’s exactly what the doctor ordered with Dara’s Ice Cream’s latest creation: The Eshta Disc, a disc of fresh clotted cream, to spread on your favorite Ramadan dessert staples this month, be it basbousa or konafa. Also on Dara’s menu this month: Their signature honeycomb mango ice cream cake, pistachio and mastic ice cream cake, and rice pudding with your favorite ice cream flavor or caramelized nuts.
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Room New Cairo will be hosting Irtigalia at 9pm, a 2018-founded improvisational comedy group by Ramsi Lehner, which sees sketches suggested live by audience to allow them to have a firsthand experience in comedic live performance.
On the exhibitions front, “Madaad…Madaad” art exhibition begins today at 8pm at Gallery Khan Almaghraby. The exhibition will showcase work by artist Ahmed Selim, Azza Abouelsoud, Evelyn Ashamallah, Ibrahim Al beridy, and Omar Abdelzaher.
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How strenuous is the battle of overcoming a troubled childhood towards self-innovation? Educated by Tara Westover is a powerful memoir and New York Times bestseller that chronicles a young woman’s escape from her Mormon fundematlist family in Idaho. Lacking any kind of education or any basic aspects of life due to the isolation of her family, her life has been only limited to preparing for the end of the world by stockpiling food and suffering injustice among her older brothers. But Tara knows there’s more to the world, beginning to educate herself enough to enroll at Brigham Young University as a history student.