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No green card for you
Good morning, friends, and welcome to the weekend. It’s been a busy week — from…
Short reads for a winter weekend
📖 Some winter weekends call for staying in — warm, quiet, with a hot drink…
My Father’s Scent is a deeply human masterpiece + Gawaza Wla Ganaza proved the latter
🎥 Family dynamics and childhood trauma in My Father’s Scent (Kulunia): After participating in numerous…
A Slice of heaven
🍪 There’s a certain kind of weekend morning that calls for pastry over a proper…
EnterpriseAM recommends
Spy stories straight from the source
👂 What actually happens in the world of espionage is, by design, meant to stay…
An apocalyptic drama-turned-parental nightmare
The Great Flood explores motherhood, humanity, and what it means to leave the world behind
A Map for the Missing is a historical fiction with a beating heart
A Map for the Missing isn’t a love story, nor is it a mystery —…
Asian done simply at Chubby Lee
Simplicity isn’t a cop-out — it’s a challenge that they choose to face head on
Office Life
Leadership with: B.TECH’s Mahmoud Khattab
“You will make mistakes, leaders are human at the end of the day.”
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
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
Put your scrubs back on for S2 of The Pitt
The returning ensemble proves why the cast took home hardware at the Emmys
A Palestinian tragedy
🎥 The roots of a crisis: While many works document the daily realities of the…
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…
Worth Reading
Vignettes from the life of Naguib Mahfouz
📚 Glimpses of a life: Published in 1972 and later translated into English in 1977,…
A short but mighty Irish novella
💡 Good things often come in small packages, a proverb exemplified by Claire Keegan’s Booker…
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…
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…