đŸ“ș ON THE TUBE TONIGHT-

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Star-studded action comedy flick Red Notice is out on Netflix: Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds are a great on-screen duo, both bringing their comedic abilities to full force in the newly released film. Johnson plays an FBI agent who is forced to team up with Reynolds — an expert art thief — after he is framed by Gal Gadot’s femme fatale character and given a ‘red notice.’ What ensues is a heist for the ages, with Gadot continuing to snag priceless art pieces from museums around the world while Johnson and Reynolds attempt to stop her. Critics didn’t water down their not so flattering opinion of the film, but we think they’re being just a tad too harsh. It’s not the actors’ fault that the action film genre has become saturated and every idea has already been played out. There can only be so many car chase scenes. Or can there?

⚜ Matches to check out in the European qualifiers for World Cup Qatar 2022: Armenia faces Germany at 7pm, while Portugal plays against Serbia and Spain competes against Sweden, both at 9:45pm.

EAT THIS TONIGHT-

🩞 Seafood and messes go hand in hand: New Cairo’s O1 Mall has welcomed new seafood-forward restaurant Sailor’s Catch, which we’re sure will become a favorite for the shellfish lovers among you. The joint’s main offering is their seafood filled bags where you can choose a selection of shrimp, lobster, crab, mussels, and clams by weight. Next you choose your heat level and flavor from a variety that includes herbed mustard, garlic and mixed pepper, and cajun sauce and proceed to shake, shake, shake all the deliciousness together. It’s a great experience that necessitates the plastic gloves offered. Sailor’s Catch doesn’t stop there, offering a great paella and a ton of sauce-laden appetizers such as dynamite shrimp and fish and chips.

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Zawya Cinema’s Panorama of the European Film is kicking off this Wednesday, with a long queue of foreign films from all over the continent to be shown including narrative, documentary, and avante-garde flicks. The Panorama will run until 26 November with films running from 1-10pm everyday. You can check out the full schedule here and tickets went on sale today.

It’s your last chance to catch the play ClĂŽture De L’amour today. Translating to ‘the end of love’, the play features only two actors, Mohamed Hatem and Nanda Mohammad, as they end their relationship in an emotional and captivating performance. The play is directed by Pascal Rambert and starts at 8pm at Rawabet Art Space.

For the art lovers: Almashrabia Gallery has on Unity — a women-centric exhibit that aims to navigate the artists’ collective experiences. Meanwhile, the Nile Art Gallery is showcasing Stillness by the sculptor Reem Osama.

💡 UNDER THE LAMPLIGHT-

A book to debunk all you’ve known to be true: The Dawn of Everything: A NewHistory of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow poses new theories of social evolution by exploring lesser-known findings in archeology and anthropology. Our understanding of the rise of agriculture, the formation of cities, and the evolution of social hierarchies are actually riddled with inconsistencies, the pair argue. With Graeber’s background in anthropology and Wengrow’s skills as an archaeologist, the two authors draw on new findings to show that the theory of a linear historical progression towards “civilization” came about as a reaction to indigenous critiques of European society. By rewriting human history, we get a better sense of social and economic organization of the past and how that could factor into new forms of freedom and new ways of organizing society in the future.

Graeber is no stranger to upending our historical conceptions: His seminal work of economic anthropology — Debt: The First 5,000 years — argues that debts existence predates other forms of trade such as barter. Graeber’s strength is his ability to pull in the social dimensions of concepts, illustrating how debt underpins everything from our contemporary economic system, to colonialism, the slave trade, and even interpersonal relationships. For the cynics among you, Graeber’s acerbically funny and scarily shrewd [Redacted] Jobs will have you questioning the real contribution of your 9-5.

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