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Daesh drama Betloo’ El Rouh (finally) joined the Ramadan mosalsal lineup over the weekend, with what we thought was a great performance from Menna Shalaby, who plays the titular character, Rouh. What begins as an ordinary trip to Turkey in an attempt to rekindle the marriage of two university sweethearts and couple Rouh and Akram (Mohamed Hatem) ends up with the latter deceiving her to head to Daesh stronghold Raqqa in Syria. The first two episodes show briefly how Akram was influenced to adopt extremist thoughts and join Daesh after quitting his job as the head of a top advertising agency in Egypt, which was deemed “haram.” He begins to transfer funds to the group in Raqqa ahead of his plan to deceive Rouh and their son to travel to the city through Turkey. Catch Betloo’ El Rouh on Shahid VIP.

⚽ IN FOOTBALL NEWS- Bahrain-based asset manager Investcorp is making the move on Italy’s AC Milan at an enterprise value of EUR 1 bn, Bloomberg reports, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. They are in talks with current owner Elliott Management Corp to buy the club, joining a buying trend of elite clubs by sovereign wealth funds and billionaires, some from the Middle East. Manchester City is owned by Abu Dhabi’s ruling family member Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, while Qatar Investment Authority owns Paris Saint-Germain. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund purchased Newcastle United for GBP 305 mn last year.

We have a somewhat busy day for football today in Europe and Africa. In the FA Cup, Chelsea will play against Crystal Palace at 5:30pm in the semifinal as the Blues hope to send some assurances to supporters after their exit from the UEFA Champions League and the uncertainty of the club’s future.

Also in England: Two games are up shortly after we dispatch this issue: Newcastle United v Leicester City and West Ham United v Burnley.

In La Liga, Granada v Levante is currently underway, with later games including Atletico Madrid v Espanyol at 4:15pm, Athletic Bilbao v Celta Vigo at 6:30pm, and finally Sevilla v Real Madrid at 9pm.

Meanwhile in Africa, the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup’s quarter-final begins today, with Tanzania’s Simba SC v South Africa’s Orlando Pirates at 6pm, and three games at 10pm: Egypt’s Al Masry v Morocco’s RSB Berkane, Libya’s Al Ittihad v old rival Al Ahli Tripoli, Egypt’s Pyramids v DR Congo’s TP Mazembe.

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The best way to face the warmer days: A sweet cone of ice cream — with a Ramadan twist. Dolato Gelateria is back with some new Ramadan creations: Simple konafa cones with your choice of nutella, lotus and mango, and new ice cream cakes available only during the holy month, including basbousa hazelnut, honeycomb sesame, and konafa pistachio.

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Head to Garden City’s Room Art Space tonight for some oriental jazz tunes and other music genres modified by jazz band Eftekasat at 9pm.

It’s not too late to try your hand at being a stand-up comedian. Try your luck at Room’s branch in New Cairo as they host tonight a comedy open mic event Comedy Monsters at 9:30 pm. Just prepare 5-7 minutes of comedy content and test how funny you actually are.

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How do you make numbers count? Best-selling business author Chip Heath knows how through his book Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers. Heath provides six ideas, including concreteness, familiarity among others, to help people understand data with more clarity and meaning. The amount of information isn’t lucrative to people anymore, he argues, citing the huge amount of data generated annually. What people need to make numbers count is a clear understanding of the numbers we have and how to use them efficiently.