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Gov’t to add 13 new companies to privatization program
🧣 Good morning, friends, and congratulations on making it to the weekend. It’s been a…
A warm guide to winter’s sweetest treats
☕ Come Egyptian winters, the unyielding need for warmth follows — it’s just the law…
A Palestinian tragedy
🎥 The roots of a crisis: While many works document the daily realities of the…
Vignettes from the life of Naguib Mahfouz
📚 Glimpses of a life: Published in 1972 and later translated into English in 1977,…
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Books, AI, and open-ended questions
🎧 Hosted by film critic and TV personality Rhianna Dhillon, Ask Penguin by Penguin Books…
A short but mighty Irish novella
💡 Good things often come in small packages, a proverb exemplified by Claire Keegan’s Booker…
A Mediterranean maze of flavor
Beyond the food, Maze offers an entirely new dining experience — one that’s heavy on…
Culture, curators, and crimes
👂 True crime is a well-established fascination, but art crime carries its own kind of…
Office Life
The evolution of the brunch scene in Cairo
What was once a wholesome meal is now a raucous event often accompanied by DJ…
Employee wellbeing isn’t a perk — it’s a competitive edge
The most successful companies understand that wellbeing isn’t just about making people happy — it’s…
The era of specialists is over
Leaders with cross-domain career paths and a broader “range index” outperform their industry peers
The era of perpetual workplace anxiety
Workers and their leaders are drifting further apart, creating a disconnect that threatens to reshape…
Art & Culture
Politics, top chefs, and the return of Ramses in the foreign press
British MPs have voiced concern over the detention of Alaa Abdel Fattah
Egypt in the News: Nothing much to see here
There’s not much being said about us in the international press this morning. TheNational profiles…
Last Night’s Talk Shows: Gov’t moves to up supply at state-owned produce outlets
Gov’t moves to offer more cheap fruit + veg: The state is working to increase…
Egypt in the News: EU drops sanctions against Mubarak family for good
EU confirms end to Mubarak sanctions: A decade-long legal battle between the family of late…
TV & Entertainment
The Iron Throne and its dragons head for the silver screen
A Game of Thrones movie is finally in early development
Ted Lasso is looking to kick off another season soon
The beloved comedy might be given a second life
More reasons to pick up your dog’s poop + Why streaming services love to be “plus”
Animal feces can be a serious public health concern for humans and other animals
You can thank social media for your teenagers’ pricy taste. PLUS: Succession memorabilia is going fast
Teenagers need to belong is one of the factors making them susceptible to obsessing over…
Worth Watching
Fallout is every post-apocalyptic drama ever made
Equal parts enticing and ridiculous, Fallout is a binge-worthy show if we’ve ever seen one
Holiday classics to watch tonight
📺 What’s the holiday season for if not tucking in on the couch with a…
The roots of evil run deep in Welcome to Derry
Welcome to Derry succeeds in expanding Stephen King’s mythology without watering it down
The Voice of Hind Rajab will haunt the entire world in perpetuity
📽 On 29 January, 2024, six-year-old Hind was trapped inside a car on a street…
Worth Reading
Revisiting Milan Kundera’s Slowness
📚Life needs to be savored. In his first novel written in French, Slowness, late Czech-French…
Our favorite reads of 2025
📚 Over this past year, we’ve recommended a long list of books across genres. And…
Housekeeping is a not-so-warm winter read
💡 When the air turns chillier and the skies grow cloudier, the bookworms among us…
A short-yet-mighty fantasy novel to dip your toes in
📚 A quick-fire fantasy bound to draw you in: The thing about winter is, it’s…
Your Wealth
What does 2023 — and the more distant future — have in store?
What do we know about the future? For most of us, the answer is not…
The creative industry paints different scenarios of the future
How does culture influence the future? When it comes to laying out basic expectations of…
The Enterprise crystal ball for 2023
Enterprise’s 2023 trendsetting crystal ball: Food, tech and work life trends shape our daily lives.…
Your top 5 pieces of business and economic news in December 2023
Your top 5 pieces of business and economic news in December 2023: The IMF approved…