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Marvel’s first sitcom WandaVision takes refreshing risks. The show introduces us to superhero-ish couple Wanda Maximoff and Vision (played by Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, who bring a lot of life, wit, and feeling to the show). Set in a seemingly idyllic suburb with white picket fences, the show follows the telekinetic reality-warping Wanda, and her enhanced android husband as they try to live normal lives while keeping their superpowers hidden from their nosy neighbor Agnes (Katherine Hahn), who may or may not be more than she appears. Each episode is a tribute to/parody of classic sitcoms, and the producers nail every detail. The pilot is set in the 1950s era of I Love Lucy, while the second episode is set in the 1960s and is reminiscent of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie. Then it’s the 1970s and beyond. The show is almost entirely devoid of Marvel’s characteristic action, and it defies genre categorization, making this Marvel’s biggest risk to date. The show is available to stream on Disney+ or you can watch the trailer (watch, runtime 1:20)

⚽ Lots of football this weekend, folks. Starting with the Egyptian Premier League: Future will face Ceramica Cleopatra at 9pm tonight, and two other games will kick off earlier at 6:30pm: El Masry v Ismaily and El Gouna FC v Ghazl El Mahalla FC.

Friday: Pharco faces El Zamalek at 6:30 pm, in a crucial game that could secure the league title for the white-clad team, if El Zamalek comes out on top and both Pyramids and Al Ahly lose their upcoming matches tomorrow and on Sunday. Meanwhile, Misr Lel Makassa will face Arab Contractors at 6:30 as well, followed by Pyramids playing against Smouha at 9pm.

Spanish La Liga’s second week kicks off with Espanyol v Rayo Vallecano at 8pm, then Sevilla v Valladolid at 10pm.

Saturday: One sole match in the Egyptian League: Alexandria’s Al Ittihad will face Al Ahly Bank at 6:30pm.

Game Week 3 of the English Premier League kicks off at 1:30pm with Tottenham facing Wolves, followed by four games at 4pm: Everton v Nottingham Forest, Fulham v Brentford, Leicester City v Southampton, and Crystal Palace v Aston Villa. Later, at 6:30 pm, you’ll find us glued to our screens watching Bournemouth play against Arsenal.

La Liga continues with three games, including Seta Vigo v Real Madrid at 10pm.

Four Italian Serie A matches kick off on Saturday, the most notable of which is Inter v Spezia at 9:45 pm.

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Baladi redefines chic oriental cuisine in New Cairo: Sometimes nothing can satisfy our cravings except hearty Egyptian dishes, and Baladi pairs some of our favorite feel-good meals with an elegant setting overlooking breathtaking views of the pool and the greenery at Dusit Thani LakeView Cairo. We’ll start on a light note and recommend their grilled-to-perfection chicken, and their flavorful lentil salad. Their hawawshi was quite yummy, and we were delighted to find out they also have vegan kofta. And we saved the best for last: Their feteer meshaltet is so good, it deserves a standing ovation.

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Get transported to a Nubian village at El Dammah Theatre tonight with NubaNour, who are keeping their cultural heritage alive by honoring the music that formed a crucial component of the Nubians’ customs and traditions. The live performance will begin at 9pm.

Catch a viewing of Chungking Express tomorrow night at 7 pm, as part of Zawya’s Wong Kar Wai Retrospective that will see four restored films directed by Wong Kar Wai screened throughout August. Each film will be screened twice.

Singer Ali El Haggar will take the stage tonight at the Cairo Opera House’s Citadel Music Festival at the Cairo Citadel, and Wust El Balad will be headlining the festival on Friday.

Grab your business card and head to Consoleya’s Co-Founders meetup this Saturday at 5 pm: The event is a great networking opportunity for entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in learning more about startups. Speakers at the event will include Maged Harby, general manager at EdVentures, Adham Molokhia, founder and CEO at Elmetr, and Amr Mustafa, cofounder and CEO at Haader App.

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 From Cairo podcast’s latest episode delves into the issue of stolen Egyptian artifacts — coinciding with the resurfacing of an unpublished letter backing up the long-held suspicion that British archaeologist Howard Carter stole artifacts from King Tutankhamun’s tomb, which he discovered. This serves as the most relevant example of how so much of Egypt’s ancient treasures were smuggled out of the country.

The history of looting Egyptian antiquities runs deep. The episode’s guest host, Egyptologist Monica Hanna, details the history of looting egyptian artifacts that began 200 years ago, largely encouraged by museums worldwide trying to one up each other’s collections and creating huge demand for looted artifacts. Hanna, one of the most active advocates for the preservation of ancient Egyptian artifacts in recent decades, recounts the different attempts made at recovering the smuggled artifacts throughout the years that were not all successful. You can listen to the episode on YouTube here (runtime: 1:27:41).

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