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Grab a tissue, sit back and watch the queen of interviews work her magic in Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event. Oprah Winfrey sits down with actress Viola Davis to have a candid, emotional conversation about her highly anticipated memoir, Finding Me, where she bares her soul, and discusses her traumatic childhood, her career, and finding happiness by acknowledging the difficulties that come along with it. Watching the Academy Awardwinner share the hardships she faced — including intense bullying and poverty — and how grateful she is for her life today makes for a humbling and inspiring experience. In just 45 minutes, Oprah manages to bring out raw emotion and unfiltered stories that prove that achieving financial independence and success is possible, even when it seems most unlikely.

⚽The UEFA Nations League continues: We recommend the two matches from the “group of death”: Germany v England, and Italy v Hungary — they both kick off at 8:45pm.

World Cup qualifiers: The UAE will face Australia in the Asian playoffs at 8pm. The team that comes out on top will play against Peru on 13 June — a game that will ultimately identify the team qualifying for Qatar 2022. The qualified team will stake its claim in Group D, alongside France, Denmark, and Tunisia.

As for the 2023 AFCON qualifiers: Several games are taking place today, the most important of which is Rwanda v Senegal at 9pm.

IN OTHER FOOTBALL NEWS: National treasure and Liverpool forward Mo Salah will miss Egypt’s game against Ethiopia in the 2023 African Nations Cup qualifiers on Thursday after scans showed a slight strain, according to an Egyptian Football Association statement.

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Grab a nostalgic snack at Joe’s in East Cairo: As self-proclaimed foodies, we love exploring cuisines from different parts of the world, but ultimately, there’s nothing like authentic Egyptian food that bursts with flavor and nostalgia of yesteryear, when options were more limited yet equally satisfying. Enter Joe’s, which brings Egyptian street food to Mivida compound in New Cairo. Their Fino Kebda sandwich is not to be missed, and their signature spiral sojouk is a must-try. As for dessert, they’ve got you covered with what we believe is one of Egypt’s greatest local inventions: Sakalans.

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Take a Journey into Creativity tomorrow evening at Ubuntu Art Gallery, which is hosting an open discussion with Suzan Wissa Wassef and Ikram Nosshi about Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Center, where the legacy of the late Egyptian architect, artisan, artist, and teacher lives on. The discussion will take place at 6-8pm on Wednesday, against the backdrop of Wassef’s exhibition The School of Instinctive Creativity, which runs until 21 June.

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The Innovator’s Dilemma is a must-read classic on disruptive innovation. Renowned author and Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen offers a profound analysis of why many leading companies fail to innovate and could ultimately disappear in the wake of disruptive technologies. Using examples of successes and failures, Christensen provides a set of rules that no manager, leader, or entrepreneur should be without. Jeff Bezos called it an “enormously influential business book whose principles Amazon acted on and that facilitated the creation of the Kindle and AWS." Our big takeaway: one of the main reasons companies fail is due to their preference for efficiency over imagination. In this well articulated and well organized book, Christensen shows why leaders should not focus exclusively on improving existing operations, and why they need to prioritize developing fresh new offerings.