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Monetary Policy Committee cuts interest rates by 100 basis points
Good morning, friends, and congratulations on making it to the weekend. It’s been a rocky…
Your guide to TV shows this Ramadan
📺🌙 Mosalsalat Ramadan have become woven into the fabric of the holy month — and…
“Wuthering Heights” is a loose adaptation that’s not afraid to take several risks
📽 What do Charli XCX, Saltburn, and Emily Brontë have in common? Well, that would…
The Jinn Daughter is a beautiful ode to motherhood
Over the course of 276 pages, Syrian-American author Rania Hanna explores life, death, and motherhood
EnterpriseAM recommends
The only podcast you’ll need this Valentine’s weekend
👂 When life’s lemons get too sour with no time to make lemonade, Modern Love…
Netflix’s His & Hers is all about rough marriages… and rougher murder cases
A small town, a series of murders, and no shortage of suspects
The power of friendship in exile — Hisham Matar’s My Friends
Longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, the novel is an exile story that will absorb…
Heliopolis’ Salooha serves up seriously succulent street food
It’s not every day a new fast-food restaurant takes you by surprise, and Salooha completely…
Office Life
Why smart managers sometimes struggle to lead
Leadership is less about skill, and more about shifting mindsets
Your guide to achieving a work-life balance that works
When it comes to work-life balance, most of us haven’t cracked the code yet —…
The human workforce faces a crucial turning point in 2026
While 2025 exposed the systemic flaws of AI integration, 2026 marks a turning point in…
Leadership with: Peace Cake’s Kareem Abou Gamrah
“In our line of business, you build people, not products”
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
Bridgerton’s latest season is a Cinderella story like you’ve never seen before
This season’s storyline is your traditional Cinderella story, albeit with a Bridgerton twist — and…
The Housemaid is a psychological thriller worth your time
🎥 American director Paul Feig is best known for rom coms with a bit of…
Industry is back — and it’s more scandalous than ever
New faces, familiar lies — the fourth season of Industry is perhaps the show’s best…
This hitman only kills “bad guys” — but will he remember which is which?
Memory of a Killer is a show that makes quite a few promises — and…
Worth Reading
A slow unraveling of past and present in Never Let Me Go
📚 Can you take memory for granted? That is the question that Nobel Laureate Kazuo…
Is Jamilia indeed the most beautiful love story in the world?
Readers are invited along as an aging Kyrgyz artist gazes upon his most precious work…
A vulnerable memoir from daughter to mother
📚 Parental relationships are rarely simple, but when your mother is a revolutionary icon… things…
Jo Harkin asks who we are without our worst memories
Tell Me an Ending raises uncomfortable questions about identity, trauma, and the stories we tell…
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…