{"id":582200,"date":"2023-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?post_type=weekend&#038;p=582200"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:05:36","slug":"the-one-where-we-declare-war-on-telemarketers-how-to-pay-your-traffic-fines-online","status":"publish","type":"weekend","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/weekend\/the-one-where-we-declare-war-on-telemarketers-how-to-pay-your-traffic-fines-online\/","title":{"rendered":"The one where we declare war on telemarketers + how to pay your traffic fines online"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"582202\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"582202\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">1<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">THE WEEK IN REVIEW<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/03\/03\/it-was-a-diplo-heavy-week-stay-tuned-for-a-busy-week-on-the-macro-front\/\">\r\n                            It was a diplo-heavy week + stay tuned for a busy week on the macro front                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/03\/03\/it-was-a-diplo-heavy-week-stay-tuned-for-a-busy-week-on-the-macro-front\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); 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Grab your shades, your sunblock, and your swimsuits, and head out for a nice pool day while you can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Enterprise Weekend comes out each Friday at 9:00am CLT.<\/span><span style=\"\"> We\u2019ll be back on Sunday at 6am <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">with EnterpriseAM. Until then: Enjoy the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">LAST WEEK IN 3 MINS-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">It was a mixed bag of nuts in the news this week<\/span><span style=\"\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> <\/span><span style=\"\">with plenty of diplo and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">investment updates to keep us busy \u2014 and some not-so-good news for our public purse and projected inflation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">We made some progress in our quest for investment, but no breakthroughs: <\/span><span style=\"\">Prime <\/span><span>Minister Moustafa Madbouly <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/03\/01\/madbouly-reassures-qatari-investors-on-economy-in-bid-to-draw-investment-98272\/\" style=\"\">led a delegation<\/a><\/span><span> of cabinet ministers and other officials on a two-day visit to Qatar this week to discuss the Gulf country\u2019s plans to invest in Egypt. The message to the Qataris: Egypt is well on its way out of an economic and FX crisis \u2014 and we\u2019re willing to listen to your ideas if it opens the door to fresh investment. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">Some action points out of the visit:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>An<\/span><span> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Egyptian-Qatari<\/span><span> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">investment fund<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> with \u201clarge paid in-capital\u201d is in the works;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Three Qatari conglomerates<\/span><span> \u2014 <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ihgqatar.com\/\" style=\"\">Investment Holding Group<\/a><\/span><span>, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-qamra.com\/\" style=\"\">Al Qamra Holding Group<\/a><\/span><span>, and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aamal.com.qa\/en\" style=\"\">Aamal Company<\/a><\/span><span> \u2014 could eventually <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">invest in our healthcare sector <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">under three separate MoUs;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">customs agreement<\/span><span> could be signed soon, following a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/am-edition\/\" style=\"\">dual taxation agreement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> the two sides signed to scrap double taxation and crack down on tax evasion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMEMBER-<\/span><span style=\"\"> Doha last year pledged to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/03\/30\/qatar-to-invest-usd-5-bn-in-egypt-cemex-harmony-gold-to-invest-more-here-67923\/\" style=\"\">invest USD 5 bn<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> to help Egypt shore up its external <\/span><span>position following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, but is yet to pull the trigger on any major investments, including the acquisition of a stake in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/02\/08\/el-said-calls-on-qataris-to-invest-adq-said-to-be-mounting-rival-bid-to-qias-vodafone-egypt-acquisition-95853\/\" style=\"\">Vodafone Egypt<\/a><\/span><span> and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/01\/31\/investment-banks-eye-terminal-operator-ipos-and-qatars-swf-is-looking-for-a-strategic-stake-94977\/\" style=\"\">two container terminal operators<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. Disputes reportedly revolve around the sizes of the stakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ANOTHER BIG DIPLO MOMENT-<\/span><span style=\"\"> Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/02\/28\/shoukry-looks-to-mend-ties-with-visits-to-quake-hit-syria-turkey-98163\/\" style=\"\">became the first Egyptian<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/02\/28\/shoukry-looks-to-mend-ties-with-visits-to-quake-hit-syria-turkey-98163\/\" style=\"\">diplomat<\/a><\/span><span> to make official visits to Syria and Turkey in a decade<\/span><span> <\/span><span>after he flew to the two earthquake-hit countries for talks with <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Presidency_Sy\/status\/1630156559274614785\" style=\"\">Syrian President Bashar Al Assad<\/a><\/span><span> and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MfaEgypt\/status\/1630150638863613954?cxt=HHwWhIC8_c_Xup8tAAAA\" style=\"\">Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">ON THE ECON SIDE OF THINGS- <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The EGP devaluation and rising rates lead gov\u2019t to project a miss of our deficit + <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">debt-to-GDP forecasts for FY 2022-2023:<\/span><span> <\/span><span>The Finance Ministry <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/03\/02\/govt-to-miss-deficit-debt-targets-on-higher-rates-import-bill-98366\/\" style=\"\">now expects<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> the budget deficit to rise to 6.8% of GDP this year, rather than 6.1%, and debt-to-GDP ratio to increase to 93%, up from an earlier 84% target. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The government <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/03\/02\/fuel-prices-are-rising-7-11-today-98365\/\" style=\"\">hiked fuel prices<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">, <\/span><span style=\"\">with petrol rising 7-11% (95-octane fuel will now cost you <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">EGP 11.50 per liter) and the cost of mazut increasing by 20% for most buyers. The hike is expected to drive inflation up over the next few months. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ALSO- The ongoing FX shortage + import restrictions continued to lead headlines:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Auto <\/span><span>sales <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/03\/02\/auto-sales-fall-75-y-o-y-in-january-98367\/\" style=\"\">fell once again<\/a><\/span><span> in January amid the ongoing FX crunch and import restrictions, while some banks <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/03\/02\/this-morning-shoukry-in-india-for-g-20-foreign-ministers-meeting-98363\/\" style=\"\">were reported<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> to have halted L\/Cs and documentary collection. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">AS FOR INVESTMENT- We had a flurry of fresh news:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Egypt, the UAE, Jordan and Bahrain signed agreements to establish <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">nine joint industrial projects<\/span><span> at an investment cost of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">USD 2 bn<\/span><span>, as part of the regional <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/05\/30\/adq-eyes-investment-in-egypt-jordan-manufacturing-pm-pitches-uae-investors-on-infrastructure-projects-72262\/\" style=\"\">industrial partnership<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> set up last year;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Egypt Kuwait Holding<\/span><span> also pledged to invest some <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">USD 170 mn<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in the Egyptian market in 2023. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund (EAEF)<\/span><span> plans to reinvest around <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">USD 20-50 mn<\/span><span> from the proceeds of its sale of a stake in local snackmaker <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/12\/01\/adqs-agthia-now-owns-60-of-auf-group-89826\/\" style=\"\">Auf Group<\/a><\/span><span> in local businesses and funds this year, and hopes to deploy <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">up to USD 100 mn<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in total within the next two to three years.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">It was a quiet week on the M&A front,<\/span><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">with just two stories of note:<\/span><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"\">The board of EGX-listed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Edita Food Industries<\/span><span> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/02\/28\/edita-plans-to-acquire-100-of-a-mystery-company-98150\/\" style=\"\">agreed to submit<\/a><\/span><span> a bid <\/span><span>to acquire <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">100%<\/span><span> of an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">unnamed, unlisted company<\/span><span> in the local food industry. Meanwhile, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">e-Finance<\/span><span> is <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/03\/02\/e-finance-wants-a-new-strategic-investor-plus-news-from-mnhd-ksas-bahri-and-acud-98380\/\" style=\"\">reportedly in advanced talks<\/a><\/span><span> with a local <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">strategic investor<\/span><span> looking to buy into an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">EGP 2.5 bn capital increase<\/span><span> for one of its subsidiaries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 subscribe-box-panel\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<h4 class=\"fw-lighter mb-10\">\n          Get <b style=\"font-weight: 700\">Enterprise<\/b> daily<br \/>\n        <\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-10\">The roundup of news and trends that move your markets and shape corporate agendas delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"egypt\/en\/user\/NewsLetters\" type=\"button \" class=\"btn-green px-3 d-flex align-items-center\">Subscribe here<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">WHAT\u2019S HAPPENING NEXT WEEK-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2020\/10\/market_commerce_egypt_attaba_1600.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">We\u2019re getting plenty of updated economic indicators next week, including: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The PMI, out on Sunday: <\/span><span>We\u2019ll be waiting to see how Egypt\u2019s non-oil private sector performed in February, after activity in the sector <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/02\/06\/egp-devaluation-pushes-private-sector-into-sharper-decline-in-january-95585\/\" style=\"\">contracted<\/a><\/span><span> for the 26th consecutive month in January on the back of persistent inflation and the FX shortage. We hope that the impact of import restrictions getting scrapped may have started filtering through to businesses, which could potentially see the index contract at a slower pace<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Inflation figures, out EOW: <\/span><span>Inflation \u2014 which hit a fresh five-year-high in January \u2014 is likely to have risen further, as f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">actors like the devaluation and heightened demand ahead of Ramadan drive prices up. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Foreign reserves: <\/span><span>Reserves have been on a gentle upward slope the past five months and are now up by more than USD 1 bn since the end of August. Reserves fell 20% <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/04\/10\/reserves-dip-to-usd-37-bn-as-cbe-deployed-excess-liquidity-to-calm-the-markets-statement-68795\/\" style=\"\">last spring<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> on the back of the war in Ukraine and tightening financial conditions globally.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ALSO- Our friends at EFG Hermes Holding are hosting their annual One on One investor <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">conference in Dubai<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> next week. It\u2019s the largest frontier and emerging markets investor conference globally. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Stay tuned for our coverage of the event<\/span><span style=\"\">, which gathers global investors as well as CEOs, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">C-suite execs and IR folks from hundreds of global companies to get insights on their appetite and their economic forecasts for the year ahead.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/am-edition\/#calendar\" style=\"\">Check out our full business calendar on the web<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> for a comprehensive listing of upcoming news events, national holidays and news triggers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">? YOUR MOST CLICKED LINKS-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>We\u2019re very happy to report that a lot of you were interested in our <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">exports + FDI event<\/span><span>. (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exportsfdi.enterprise.press\/registration.html\" style=\"\">Registration page<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>We were also delighted to see continued interest in our Enterprise Guide on the kinds of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">cars you can actually buy right now<\/span><span>. (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/02\/16\/so-you-want-to-buy-a-new-car-do-you-have-any-options-at-all-right-now-heres-the-state-of-play-as-of-february-2023-97237\/\" style=\"\">Enterprise<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Some of you seem interested in applying to the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newton-prep.com\/lse-sawiris-scholarship\/\" style=\"\">LSE-Sawiris Scholarship Program<\/a><\/span><span>, judging by the number of people who wanted to know more about the info session that was held for the program last week. (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newton-prep.com\/lse-sawiris-scholarship\/\" style=\"\">Registration page<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>A lot of you wanted to know where <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Societe Generale <\/span><span>sees the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">EGP <\/span><span>heading. (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-02-24\/egypt-likely-to-devalue-currency-again-societe-generale-says\" style=\"\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/span><span>)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Some of you seem to have your eyes on Chinese automaker <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Dongfeng\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dongfeng-global.com\/index.php\/Car\/model\/id\/53.html\" style=\"\">E70 500 Pro<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> electric vehicles<\/span><span>, which just launched in the Egyptian market. (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/2\/20230222-DFM-E70-Pro-Arabic-Detailed-Specifications.pdf\" style=\"\">pdf<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">? AROUND THE WORLD IN SEVEN DAYS- <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2022\/2\/Ukraine_conflict-1600px.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Most eyes were on Russia and Ukraine this past week as we hit the one-year mark for the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">war<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>with <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-02-26\/ukraine-eyes-support-from-saudi-arabia-after-minister-s-visit?srnd=premium-middle-east\" style=\"\">coverage<\/a><\/span><span>on the Saudi foreign minister\u2019s surprise visit to Kyiv, Washington\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russias-war-ukraine-drags-into-second-year-with-no-end-sight-2023-02-23\/\" style=\"\">latest warning<\/a><\/span><span> <\/span><span>to Beijing against providing arms to Russia and the ways the war has <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/26\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-war.html\" style=\"\">impacted<\/a><\/span><span> <\/span><span>the European continent getting top billing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Also getting attention:<\/span><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"\">Nigeria\u2019s ruling party candidate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Bola Tinubu<\/span><span style=\"\"> is now the country\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/03\/02\/this-morning-shoukry-in-india-for-g-20-foreign-ministers-meeting-98363\/\" style=\"\">president-elect<\/a><\/span><span> following disputed elections. Over in the UK, a post-Brexit Northern Ireland <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/02\/28\/this-morning-its-day-2-of-madboulys-visit-to-qatar-98147\/\" style=\"\">trade agreement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> struck by the government and the EU got significant attention. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">And Microsoft\u2019s still shoving its AI-powered Bing down our throats,<\/span><span style=\"\"> despite all the threats <\/span><span>its alter ego (Sydney? Venom?) has posed to users. The tech giant <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/03\/01\/this-morning-cabinets-qatar-trip-ends-without-a-blockbuster-investment-announcement-98270\/\" style=\"\">said it plans<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> to roll the upgraded search engine out to its Windows operating system. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">\u2600\ufe0f <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND- It\u2019s pool day weather: <\/span><span style=\"\">Temperatures <\/span><span style=\"\">are going to hit <\/span><span>34\u00b0C today and <\/span><span>31\u00b0C<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> tomorrow. 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less than three minutes: <\/span><span style=\"\">Years <\/span><span>ago, the only way to find out how much you owed in traffic tickets was by going to your local <\/span><span>traffic unit or post office, handing over your national ID and car license, and then forking over whatever money was required. It was <\/span><span style=\"\">not <\/span><span>typically a fast process, to say the least\u2026<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Then the government went on a <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcit.gov.eg\/en\/Digital_Egypt\" style=\"\">digitization drive<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">.<\/span><span style=\"\"> Today, if you don\u2019t have the time during the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">week to handle traffic fine payments (let alone the patience to deal with Mme. Afaf at the traffic unit), you can easily pay your dues from the comfort of your couch. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Let\u2019s face it \u2014 bureaucratic errands are best done online: <\/span><span style=\"\">While the post office is a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">relatively easy place to get your government-related documents done (compared with other government offices), you\u2019d still need to go out of your way to locate your nearest post office and get there mid-week before they close. Working hours vary by branch, but most post offices open at 8am and close between 3-6pm on weekdays, according to Egypt Post representatives. Only a few post offices \u2014 including the one at City Stars \u2014 operate for longer hours and during the weekends, they said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">THE SOLUTION: Visit the <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ppo.gov.eg\/webcenter\/portal\/PPOPortal\/pages_publicservices\/trafficservices\" style=\"\">Public Prosecution for Traffic Services website<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> find out <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">exactly how much you owe, and pay on the spot.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> (The website is Arabic only, so grab an Arabic-enabled parent or a friend if that\u2019s going to be an obstacle for you.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">All you need to do is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">go to the Inquiries (or Este\u2019lamat) tab<\/span><span style=\"\"> on the website, and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">choose <\/span><span>whether you\u2019d like to check<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> fines for your car license<\/span><span> or your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">personal driving license<\/span><span>. If you\u2019re paying personal fines, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">fill out your license info<\/span><span> (including your license number, your governorate, and licensing unit). If you\u2019re paying vehicle fines, just fill in your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">plate number<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">You can also see photos of your car caught in the act:<\/span><span style=\"\"> You can get details on each traffic <\/span><span>ticket (including where you were slapped with the fine and what exactly you did wrong) by clicking or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">tapping on your ticket and filling in your national ID and phone number. The details will be accompanied by a photo of your car caught in the act. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">You can pay what you owe online<\/span><span style=\"\"> or request to make your payments through a delivery <\/span><span>person, who will swing by your flat to sort out the transaction. Another convenient way to settle your fines is through fintech platforms including <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fawry.com\/fawry-for-consumer\/digital-payments\/\" style=\"\">Fawry<\/a><\/span><span> (either through one of its points of sales across the country or through its app), <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.vodafone.com.eg\/en\/vodafone-cash-government-payments\" style=\"\">Vodafone Cash<\/a><\/span><span>, and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pay.jumia.com.eg\/services\/CarLicensing\" style=\"\">Jumia Pay<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">And remember: There\u2019s no renewing your car license if you haven\u2019t paid your fines.<\/span><span style=\"\"> After <\/span><span>you pay off your fines, you get a clearance certificate, which you\u2019re required to have on hand when you renew your car license <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.almasryalyoum.com\/news\/details\/2795927\" style=\"\">every 1-3 years<\/a><\/span><span>, depending on the period of validity you\u2019ve paid for. After your license expires, you have a 30-day grace period to renew it. If you fail to pay your fees and renew the license on time, you will be fined one-third of the tax you paid for your car, according to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gate.ahram.org.eg\/News\/3167792.aspx\" style=\"\">Ahram Gate<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Have an issue with the tickets you got?<\/span><span style=\"\"> You can also dispute your tickets and file complaints <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">through the website. We advise you to click on the photo to double check that it is, in fact, your car that was caught in the act. One of us here at Enterprise HQ recently found that one of the fines on his account wasn\u2019t for his vehicle, but for another with a similar plate number. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Don\u2019t know what to expect when it comes to fines?<\/span><span style=\"\"> Here's a handy breakdown of some of <\/span><span>the most common traffic violations and the fines associated with them, according to a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/1\/Traffic-fiines-1.pdf\" style=\"\">set of documents (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span> from the Interior Ministry picked up by <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m.akhbarelyom.com\/news\/newdetails\/3557691\/1\/%D9%88%D9%81%D9%82%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A9-\" style=\"\">Akhbar El Youm<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Not wearing a seatbelt:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> EGP 100-300;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Driving with a cracked windshield:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> EGP 20-100;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Illegal parking: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">EGP 200-500;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Talking on the phone while driving:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> EGP 100-300;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Running a red light:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> EGP 500-1k;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Deliberately disrupting traffic:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> EGP 300-1.5k;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Speeding:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> EGP 300-EGP 1.5k;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Driving with an expired driver\u2019s license:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> EGP 1-2k;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Driving without a driver\u2019s license:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> EGP 1-2k;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Driving without a car license:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> EGP 1-3k;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Driving in the wrong direction:<\/span><span> EGP 1-3k.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Some areas now also have \u201cpremium\u201d electronic traffic units<\/span><span style=\"\"> where you can find out and <\/span><span>pay off your fees \u2014 and renew your license in relative comfort (Egyptian citizens only). The perks are: they operate at extended hours and they\u2019re much, much less crowded than your neighborhood unit. 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AT THE MOVIES-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Cocaine Bear has the makings of a cult classic:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The R-rated Cocaine Bear \u2014 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">or should we say, \u201cCrazy Bear,\u201d as some Egyptian theaters have branded it? \u2014 delivers exactly what it promises: a bear on cocaine. The film is based on a true story (we kid you not) about a bear that finds its way into 34 kg of cocaine after a cop-turned-drug-smuggler dropped the bag of drugs from a plane. The real bear overdoses and dies right away, but the titular bear in the film goes on a rampage \u2014 and the results are a series of absurdly gross scenes of blood, gore and brain splatter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Topping the list of iconic scenes:<\/span><span style=\"\"> An ambulance chase involving a <\/span><span>Fast-and-the-Furious-worthy leap from the bear. While the film isn\u2019t devoid of good characters, it\u2019s far from the highlight of the film \u2014 in fact, many critics <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment\/cocaine-bear-1.6756674\" style=\"\">suggested<\/a><\/span><span> it<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> should have leaned more into its culty, slapstick comedy from which it draws its influence rather than spend too much time building up sentiment for its characters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">WHERE TO WATCH IT- <\/span><span style=\"\">The film is showing in theaters across Cairo, including Plaza Cinemas, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Vox, Point90, Cairo Festival City and Galaxy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">FINANCE NERDS, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Catch the first Saudi film to be shown in Egyptian theaters:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Al Hamour is a comedy-drama <\/span><span>directed by Abdulelah Alqurashi, the director behind <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mad-distribution.film\/movies\/movie1115186.php\" style=\"\">Roll\u2019em<\/a><\/span><span>, the first Saudi film to make it to theaters after a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-43738718\" style=\"\">decades-long ban<\/a><\/span><span> on films being shown in the kingdom<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What\u2019s it about? <\/span><span style=\"\">Al Hamour is based on the<\/span><span style=\"\"> true story of one of the biggest frauds that <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alarabiya.net\/culture-and-art\/2023\/01\/21\/%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3\" style=\"\">took<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alarabiya.net\/culture-and-art\/2023\/01\/21\/%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3\" style=\"\">place<\/a><\/span><span> in the kingdom in the 2000s, involving a group of men who managed to rake in more than SAR 400 mn from company shareholders with false promises of returns. Starring Fahd Al Qahtani and Fatima Al Banawi, the film sees a security guard team up with a group of partners to lure people into making investments in a Ponzi scheme that sees them making bns \u2014 before authorities start catching on to them. The two-hour-long film is \u201cbold,\u201d and boasted excellent dialogue and acting, but suffered from a lack of flow and excessive narration, Saudi youtuber Rakan Al Shaya said in his review of the film (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y2is_zGvE7c&t=35s\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 7:42<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">WHERE TO WATCH IT- <\/span><span style=\"\">The film is showing in Vox City Center Almaza and Mall of Egypt <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">cinemas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">? FROM THE BOOKSTORE-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Muslim conquest stories \u2014 from the eyes of the conquered. <\/span><span style=\"\">The Night Will Have Its Say<\/span><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span>is a rich retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa in the early seventh century. Originally written in Arabic by Libyan author (<\/span><span style=\"\">and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/prize-years\/international\/2015\" style=\"\">Man Booker International Prize finalist<\/a><\/span><span>) Ibrahim Al Koni and later translated into English by Nancy Roberts, the novel is narrated from the perspective of characters in conquered cities, and explores themes of exile, language, war and religion. Critics <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.complete-review.com\/reviews\/libya\/konii3.htm\" style=\"\">have praised<\/a><\/span><span> the book\u2019s poetic prose and its solid depiction of women\u2019s rights and roles in both society and Muslim cultures in the Middle Ages. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Get the English version from AUC bookstores or on <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Night-Will-Have-Its-Say\/dp\/164903198X\" style=\"\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">NEVER HEARD OF AL KONI?<\/span><span style=\"\"> The Libyan writer is widely considered to be one of the greatest <\/span><span>living Arabic novelists. Often nicknamed \u201cscholar of the desert,\u201d he has written over 90 books about the Arab world and the role of the desert in the lives of those who live in it, and in 2010 received the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/articles\/2010%2F12%2F16%2F129845\" style=\"\">Arab Novel Award<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> for his works. A master of philosophy and spirituality, many of his books explore themes like identity, freedom and the nature of existence. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Want to get to know him a little more?<\/span><span style=\"\"> Watch his interview with the Louisiana Chronicle <\/span><span>(<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K8sMbKQ-HEE\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 17:01<\/a><\/span><span>) or listen to his podcast episode on literary podcast Jawalan (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/jawalan\/3-3\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 22:24<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2023\/2\/Miss-Li-Lees-1600px.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">? HOT AND FRESH OUT OF THE KITCHEN-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> This rooftop bar will transport you: <\/span><span style=\"\">Perched atop <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihg.com\/crowneplaza\/hotels\/us\/en\/cairo\/caisz\/hoteldetail?fromRedirect=true&qSrt=sBR&qSlH=caisz&setPMCookies=true&qSHBrC=CP&qDest=Plot+29%2C+Arkan+Plaza%2C+Zayed+Entrance+2%2C+Cairo%2C+EG&srb_u=1\" style=\"\">Crowne Plaza hotel<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> in Arkan <\/span><span>Plaza, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/misslileesrestaurant\/?hl=en\" style=\"\">Miss Li Lee\u2019s<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> is an Asian restaurant and rooftop bar that will make you feel like you\u2019ve left Cairo and its noise behind. The restaurant\u2019s decor is a fusion of Asian and contemporary design, and the cuisine boasts a wide variety of pan-Asian dishes \u2014 from Japanese to Thai and Indian. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Go tonight if you\u2019re looking for a calm ambiance \u2014 or on Saturday afternoon if you want <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">kick it up a notch.<\/span><span> The restaurant is relatively calm throughout the day, with only a bit of calm music to match the dark and relaxing ambiance, but Saturday brunch can get loud, with <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/okasha.ali.official\/?hl=en\" style=\"\">Okasha Ali<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> delivering a live performance at 2pm. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What to eat: <\/span><span style=\"\">Start your meal off with some fried crispy spring rolls and dumplings. For the <\/span><span>main course, we strongly recommend their Peking duck. We also really enjoyed their p<\/span><span>ad<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Thai noodles as well as the deep fried banana for dessert. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">? Per person:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> A little above EGP 1k, including an appetizer, main course and a dessert <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">? Alcohol? <\/span><span>Yes<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">? Outdoor seating?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Yes<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">? 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Based on real events, the series\u2019 depiction of 1980s Kuwait and the struggles that women faced in some industries is powerful and true to its time. Like most Netflix period productions, the details make the show \u2014 from the aesthetics (the styling alone deserves awards, in our opinion) to the characters and dialogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">One thing we loved:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The show does really well to give the two main female characters \u2014 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Farida, a recent divorcee who needs to provide for her daughter, and her cousin Munira, a career-driven women who at the start of the show, was the only woman to work at the exchange \u2014 separate, complex and multidimensional stories. Instead of rooting for just one, likable character, you find yourself rooting for both \u2014 despite them being so different from each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">One thing we didn\u2019t: <\/span><span style=\"\">The show takes a while to find its footing, and moves a bit too slow for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">our taste. We were also hoping for a slightly less predictable plot, but were nonetheless happy to watch the two women navigate the problems thrown at them by the men in their lives \u2014 husbands, fathers, colleagues and bosses \u2014 with grace, wit and (sometimes) a sense of humor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Seasons: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">One<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Episodes: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Six, each a bit less than an hour long<\/span><\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" 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style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">If Joe Rogan was smarter, had better guests, more meaningful topics (and a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">lot less <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">on-air imbibing): <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Podcast interview shows seem of late to be the preferred side-hustles of comedians, celebrities, reality stars, and influencers. And it shows in the quality of the content being pumped out there, with interviews devolving into conspiracy theories of the flat-earth variety, astrology, peddling questionable goods \u2014 to say nothing of advice on what to do in every room in the house, from the kitchen to the bedroom. It is perhaps surprising that the Lex Fridman Podcast \u2014 hosted by the eponymous computer science PhD holder whose natural speaking voice has all the monotony of the Stephen Hawking voice box \u2014 has broken the mold to become arguably the second most popular interview podcast show after the Joe Rogan Experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Like the latter, Lex Fridman has no qualms with the type of guests and topics he covers<\/span><span style=\"\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">From cybercriminals to the cybersecurity officials who caught them \u2014 and from leaders and pioneers to deranged pseudo-celebrities. What differentiates Fridman is the nuance of his approach, which gives every guest the seriousness that arguably some do not deserve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">A masterclass in podcast interviewing:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Ironically, the same monotonous voice that drives <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">first-time listeners away appears to make his guess comfortable opening up. The show is also helped by the fact that Fridman is genuinely interested in a broad variety of topics, including tech, politics, history, business, philosophy, psychology, and (being the Russian-American that he is) chess. Episodes on any of these topics are a hit. As people who engage with and interview people with a story to tell, we\u2019ve definitely taken cues from his show. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">Some episodes we most definitely recommend include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Brett Johnson:<\/span><span> One of the founders of the first hacker groups (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/272-brett-johnson-us-most-wanted-cybercriminal\/id1434243584?i=1000555373059\" style=\"\">listen, runtime: 3:453:05<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Jack Barsky: <\/span><span>KGB spy and author of \"Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America\u201d (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/301-jack-barsky-kgb-spy\/id1434243584?i=1000569364296&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974207627&usg=AOvVaw20f69Yn21NJdo8mT72ir_x\" style=\"\">listen, runtime: 3:43:16<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Vitalik Buterin: <\/span><span>The inventor of the ethereum cryptocurrency \u2014 First interview <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/80-vitalik-buterin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-and-the\/id1434243584?i=1000468596262&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974208205&usg=AOvVaw0qpsJetD9M27a3-IFxMQ7s\" style=\"\">(listen, runtime: 1:35:31<\/a><\/span><span>) and second interview (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/188-vitalik-buterin-ethereum-2-0\/id1434243584?i=1000524287453&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974208589&usg=AOvVaw13sUpVQyENoK9OA8TpSFeA\" style=\"\">listen, runtime: 3:08:54<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Coffeezilla: <\/span><span>Internet investigative journalist and YouTuber (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/345-coffeezilla-sbf-ftx-fraud-scams-fake-gurus-money\/id1434243584?i=1000589520245&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974209109&usg=AOvVaw3URFA8vKqnZQkUMlwSfMRg\" style=\"\">listen, runtime: 3:51:31<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Gotham Chess: <\/span><span>Chess grandmaster, educator and commentator (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/327-gothamchess-hans-niemann-magnus-carlsen-cheating\/id1434243584?i=1000581939940&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974209545&usg=AOvVaw2IGNOu9CWING5cIeLiBj5t\" style=\"\">listen, runtime: 3:38:31<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Stephen Kotkin:<\/span><span> Princeton history professor and preeminent Joseph Stalin biographer (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/stephen-kotkin-stalin-putin-and-the-nature-of-power\/id1434243584?i=1000461479769&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974210047&usg=AOvVaw17iUr7NbJqelallniKLk1L\" style=\"\">listen, runtime: 1:37:49<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Dennis Whyte:<\/span><span> Nuclear scientist at MIT and the director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/353-dennis-whyte-nuclear-fusion-and-the-future-of-energy\/id1434243584?i=1000595885259&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974210524&usg=AOvVaw3gSC-DuvOXaM3iNQslvU_S\" style=\"\">listen, runtime: 3:13:37<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Kanye \u2018Ye\u2019 West:<\/span><span> Former genius, current right-wing nut job, failed presidential candidate, and Kim Kardashian\u2019s ex (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/332-kanye-ye-west-interview\/id1434243584?i=1000583737442&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974210963&usg=AOvVaw1VZpjnMmQEs_nbHnHbkQuS\" style=\"\">listen, runtime: 2:33:53<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The Lex Fridman Podcast is available on all platforms: <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/lex-fridman-podcast\/id1434243584&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974211495&usg=AOvVaw0v0qpOxJFSVNlIZHoetrSL\" style=\"\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974211767&usg=AOvVaw1JXggiS-UQPx0TjLg7Fjie\" style=\"\">Spotify<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/play.anghami.com\/podcast\/1015442437&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974212115&usg=AOvVaw28Q3I4b66LciGoh2Ft2APR\" style=\"\">Anghami<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/search\/Lex%20Fridman%20Podcast&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1677936974212392&usg=AOvVaw1DMNZF1W5JRXSaEyctbynC\" style=\"\">Google Podcasts<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a 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style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">An argument with the Resident 15-Year-Old is an all-consuming event.<\/span><span style=\"\"> The <\/span><span>only way you st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">and a chance of winning is by maintaining absolute, laser-like focus as the young sophist tries to tie you in knots. Don\u2019t believe me? This is a kid who at age six mounted a campaign to convince the middle school principal to let her transfer immediately to the MS. Rather than dismissing my ambitious expansionist, the wonderful Mr. Bailey started a debate with her \u2014 a debate that sharpened her innately argumentative nature at a young age. We\u2019ve been paying the price ever since. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">In the years since, my central nervous system has trained itself to tune out every <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">distraction when I\u2019m mid-argument. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Every distraction except: <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The one and only Mme. Mervat<\/span><span style=\"\">, a telemarketer for an ins. company and the sprit animal of <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k_PXz1PLHKA\" style=\"\">Phoebe Buffay during her stint as a telemarketer selling toner<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, trying to make a sale to Earl, the suicidal supply manager (played by Seinfeld\u2019s Jason Alexander). Mme. Mervat is as persistent, as strong willed, and every bit as much a go-getter as our quirky fictional friend. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Mme. Mervat lives by the mantra of Phoebe\u2019s supervisor:<\/span><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cThey\u2019re always going to tell you that they don\u2019t need toner, but that\u2019s okay. Because whatever they say, you can find the answer to it here in the script.\u201d If you\u2019ve lived here long enough, you know that Egyptians are born script writers. Comic, horror \u2014 name a genre and we\u2019re great at it. And we have an answer for everything, too. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What you say:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> No, thanks. I\u2019m not interested. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What Mme. Mervat and her buddies hear:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Bring it on, [redacted].<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Phoebe eventually tries to save Earl, but Mme. Mervat? Her end game seems different. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">I\u2019m convinced her senseless, endless, relentless calls are meant to drive me over the edge. It\u2019s a sales logic that boils down to: I\u2019ll take good care of your family after you kick the bucket, so just buy the [redacted] ins. policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Ins. Bank loans. Real estate in the new capital. A special in-store sale just for you. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Whether it\u2019s incessant calls or robo-messages via SMS (and now, increasingly, WhatsApp), there\u2019s nobody with an Egyptian phone number who isn\u2019t harassed around the clock \u2014 all while our four mobile network operators laugh all the way to the bank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Mme. Mervat has become my ET \u2014 but this guest doesn\u2019t want to phone home to go <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">back to her home planet. <\/span><span>No, friends: She\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> made me the planet she orbits. If I ignore her call, she\u2019ll call again. Hang up on her and you unleash her inner beast. Yell at her (\u201cNo, I\u2019m not interested, dammit\u201d) and she\u2019ll just redouble her pursuit. Block her, she\u2019ll call from a different number. And even if you triumphantly get rid of her, a clone will reach out to hit you the next day. I\u2019m starting to think my only way out is sweet surrender. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">I\u2019m also starting to hate my phone.<\/span><span style=\"\"> My husband can use it to track me. Angry friends and <\/span><span>bored fami<\/span><span>ly members can leave me 10 missed calls just for the fun of it. And now I need the harassment of telemarketers? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">I\u2019m not asking for world peace here.<\/span><span> All I want is to sit, in the peace of my own living room, minding my own business, enjoying an almond croissant from <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratiosbakery.com\/\" style=\"\">Ratios<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, without the fear of my phone and head simultaneously exploding with \u201cLet us sell you something\u201d messages and calls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">None of us are safe. <\/span><span style=\"\">My friend just sold her unit in a compound \u2014 and has been stalked every <\/span><span>day since by folks trying to sell her real estate. \u201cIt\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GncQtURdcE4\" style=\"\">Groundhog Day<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> every single damn day. Now I\u2019m scared whenever my phone rings. It feels like they\u2019re out to get me \u2014 and I\u2019m not leading them on. I usually start the conversation with a blunt, \u2018No, thank you, I\u2019m broke.\u2019 They think I\u2019m hilarious.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">We\u2019ve all been taught that a no means no <\/span><span style=\"\">\u2014 and it should apply to telemarketing as much as <\/span><span>[redacted] <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">harassment. Ironically, I can scare the [redacted] out of a pervert in the street and send him running, his tail tucked between his legs. But a telemarketer? That\u2019s an unstoppable force of nature. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Go now and check your messages \u2014 how many are sitting there unread in the past day <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">or two? Six? A full dozen? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">I\u2019m so grateful to know that \u201cThe Cafex Event\u201d (whatever the hell that is) is just around the corner. And that Kashier \u2014 bless him, her, or it \u2014 can\u2019t wait to introduce me to its latest payment solution. What the hell is a payment solution? Kashier, who gave you my number? Do you even have a target audience? Because I\u2019m certainly not it.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">At least my loyal friends at Rush Brush know I\u2019m a woman and are (presumably?) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">banking on my having a full head of hair.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> It hurts me to say that they send me more messages than my husband, daughter and immediate relatives combined. But I still don\u2019t know to this day if they\u2019re selling me a drybrush, hairbrush or a toilet brush.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Look, I love to buy \u2014 I just don\u2019t enjoy being sold. <\/span><span style=\"\">The majority of telemarketers buy phone <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">numbers from third-party data providers \u2014 and the rest is history. Every time you disclose your personal information to a source, you open the door for them to sell and resell your info. Whether it\u2019s moral or not \u2014 lawful or not \u2014 isn\u2019t something they pause to ask for a second. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Telemarketing \u2014 calls and unwanted messages alike \u2014 is here to stay, and maybe it\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">time our elected officials do something about it. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">It\u2019s not like they would want for legislative inspiration if they were to look into it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">In the United States and Canada, telemarketers are subject to penalties under legislation <\/span><span>and regulatory regimes such as the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/tcpa-rules.pdf\" style=\"\">Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA, pdf)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. In the US, the TCPA sets out details on calls they deem unlawful and restricts telemarketers from making annoying sales calls to consumers. Even better, it requires telemarketers not to contact people without their consent. The law applies to home phones, cell phones, text messages \u2014 even fax machines (for the dozen people still using them). Under it, telemarketers can make calls only between 8am and 9pm \u2014 and if you tell them never to call you again, they have to listen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Better than Santa\u2019s Christmas list is the Do Not Call Registry list <\/span><span style=\"\">\u2014 every telemarketer\u2019s <\/span><span>nightmare. In <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donotcall.gov\/\" style=\"\">the US<\/a><\/span><span> and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lnnte-dncl.gc.ca\/en\" style=\"\">Canada<\/a><\/span><span>, you can sign up and let the buggers know never to call you again. Only organizations such as political parties, newspapers, non-profits, charities and pollsters get exemptions \u2014 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">and violators get fines. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">(We suggest our MPs consider putting some limits on charities, too. They call and call. You cave <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">and donate. They call again and want even more. You\u2019ll soon need a little charity yourself if you\u2019re to keep up with all the requests for donations.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">With three quarters of all Americans now on the registry, the program was apparently <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">wildly popular <\/span><span>\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> a national scream for help that echoed around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Because it\u2019s not just in the West: Our beautiful neighbors in Abu Dhabi <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/living-in-uae\/telephone-internet\/how-to-block-telemarketing-calls-in-the-uae--all-you-need-to-know-about-the-do-not-call-registry-1.1667573547539\" style=\"\">created their own<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/living-in-uae\/telephone-internet\/how-to-block-telemarketing-calls-in-the-uae--all-you-need-to-know-about-the-do-not-call-registry-1.1667573547539\" style=\"\">do-not-call registry<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in September 2022. As happy as we are for them, we\u2019re waiting for the ripple effect to hit our shores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">An Egyptian do-not-call registry would be a win-win situation, in my humble opinion. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Screening out consumers who don\u2019t want to be contacted would help telemarketers operate more efficiently instead of wasting their time on others. And God knows their staff \u2014 the poor wretches \u2014 would probably meet with a bit less verbal abuse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">In the meantime, <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QRh1CMC3OVw\" style=\"\">I\u2019m going to take a page out of Jerry Seinfeld\u2019s book<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> <\/span><span style=\"\">and ask Mme. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Mervat, the next time she calls, for her personal mobile number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Telemarketer:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Hi, would you be interested in switching over to TMI long distance service?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Jerry:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Oh, gee. I can\u2019t talk right now. Why don\u2019t you give me your home number, and I\u2019ll call you <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">later?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Telemarketer:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Uh, well I\u2019m sorry, we\u2019re not allowed to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Jerry:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Oh, I guess you don\u2019t want people calling you at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Telemarketer:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> No<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Jerry:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Well, now you know how I feel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">[hangs up]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Sorry, guys. Nothing personal.<\/span><span style=\"\"> Or as Billy Crystal as Dr Ben Sobel once said, \u201cDon\u2019t kid <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">yourself, Jelly. It doesn\u2019t get more personal than this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">ANALYZE THIS is a regular Enterprise Weekend column by the Mother of the Resident 15 <\/span><span style=\"\">Year-old.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/op-ed\/\">op-ed<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"582216\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        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ENTERPRISE ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">MARCH <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>23 February-11 March (Monday-Saturday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Diarna.moss?mibextid=LQQJ4d\" style=\"\">Diarna Exhibition<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Cairo Festival City Mall, New Cairo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>28 February-4 March (Tuesday-Saturday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zawyacinema\/posts\/pfbid02RNqFZzzbjT2sVXDodX9vEx8wD4pMgbYLhaoKaziv3guPsc5LPQAVzAT8RnWDGQ5vl?__cft__[0]=AZWBoHHpPj_-ZTNLXqxz1sGeu-4bFNk5KsUjvwd-AtzLr3kZzcEcGqh0Rqn1nXg8pRjRmKtddavEhu_CpncC6bGH-HeVQpvnfOe2Lfzgjq0aBUuUgs4ZKf7nTcIYk9-8IuvMMPR6lAMOwMCKCSZCEOCXEuc5wD2Biy2NgzMp7KZAQtJPjT3i7K1sqbitwk3wAxqB6AljLoVJQzzIxEse9uRt&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" style=\"\">Film O\u2019Clock International Film Festival<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Zawya Cinema, Downtown Cairo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>3 March (Friday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsmarche.com\/sharmoofers-caravan-concert_se_1573.html\" style=\"\">Sharmoofers Caravan Concert<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> at 8pm, Zed Park, Sheikh Zayed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>3 March (Friday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsmarche.com\/tickets\/buy-tickets-mahmoud-saad-and-amir-eid-interview-amir-eid-acoustic-night-03-march-2023-el-falaki-theater-cairo-10544.html\" style=\"\">Mahmoud Saad and Amir Eid Interview + Amir Eid Acoustic Night<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, El Falaki Theater, El Falaki St., Downtown Cairo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>4 March (Saturday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/563105732438267\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" style=\"\">Maz Jobrani Standup Comedy<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> at 4pm, The Marquee at Cairo Festival City, New Cairo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>8-18 March (Wednesday-Saturday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirquedusoleil.com\/ovo\" style=\"\">Cirque du Soleil\u2019s OVO<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Cairo international Stadium Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>15 March (Wednesday): Season 3 of Ted Lasso will be out on <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/show\/ted-lasso\/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy\" style=\"\">Apple TV<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">23 March (Wednesday): First day of Ramadan (TBC). Maghreb will be at 6:08pm CLT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">APRIL <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">16 April (Sunday): Coptic Easter<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">17 April (Monday): Sham El Nessim. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">21-26 April (Friday-Wednesday): LaLiga Egypt Football Camp, Xanadu Hotel, Makadi Bay, Hurghada. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">22 April (Saturday): Eid El Fitr (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">25 April (Tuesday): Sinai Liberation Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">27 April (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Sinai Liberation Day (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">MAY <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">1 May (Monday): Labor Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>1 May (Monday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsmarche.com\/prebooking\/buy-tickets-backstreet-boys-dna-world-tour-2023-prebooking-01-may-2023-zed-east-by-ora-new-cairo-10540.html?cdBusinessPartner=FB&fbclid=IwAR36Mo37QnFX4UwgJqR0vxxuZsaz-GpQCs471QM2U7XkW2kO6FFEL1Y58b4\" style=\"\">Backstreet Boys<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> at 7pm, ZED East, New Cairo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">4 May (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Labor Day (TBC). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">JUNE <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>10 June (Saturday): Thanaweya Amma examinations <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moe.gov.eg\/what-s-on\/news\/dates-for-the-exams\/\" style=\"\">begin<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">28 June-2 July (Wednesday-Sunday): Eid El Adha (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">30 June (Friday): June 30 Revolution Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">JULY <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">18 July (Tuesday): Islamic New Year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">20 July (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Islamic New Year (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">23 July (Sunday): Revolution Day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">27 July (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Revolution Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">SEPTEMBER <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">26 September (Tuesday): Prophet Muhammad\u2019s birthday (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">28 September (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Prophet Muhammad\u2019s birthday (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p 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