<p>An Armenian singer named Arpi Petrosyan has been taking the internet by storm recently, not only because of her surprisingly dynamic voice, but also her uncanny resemblance to actress Julia Roberts when she was younger.</p>
<p>People can&rsquo;t believe their eyes, as many pointed out the obvious likeness of the two women, going as far as calling Petrosyan Roberts&rsquo; daughter.</p>
<p>The singer has been sharing some of her latest work on YouTube and other social media platforms with songs showing off her vocal talents including &ldquo;The Girl From Ipanema&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Way You Look Tonight&rdquo; making fans fall in love with her even more.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kumXca0CQPg" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Views on her videos are flooding in along with messages of love and support, with many of the comments complimenting Petrosyan on her amazing voice and her beauty, while some fans advised her to keep singing and one day she&rsquo;ll get famous, we think that kind of already happened.</p>
<p>Her videos are already going viral with over 300,000 views on YouTube alone, and millions on Facebook, and we can&rsquo;t blame them, Petrosyan has a deep-toned voice that can get gentle and sultry when she needs to, making her one talented young lady, and we can&rsquo;t wait to hear more from her in the future, can someone please sign her?!</p>
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A young Armenian woman has an uncanny resemblance to actress Julia Roberts  and wow can she sing!

Young Julia Roberts Doppelganger Amazes Everyone With Her Incredible Voice

<p>Spears fans, your queen has returned, as the Pop Princess has released new music for the first time in four years.</p>
<p>While Lady Gaga was releasing her newest album &ldquo;Chromatica&rdquo; over the weekend, the original pop queen Britney Spears decided to crash the party and release a song of her own, which many fans have been awaiting for some time.</p>
<p>Titled &ldquo;Mood Ring (by Demand)&rdquo; Spears released the song and took to social media to promote it asking her fans to turn it up loud, adding a repurposed picture of her in a bikini in the desert with a chain.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Repurposed this since we didn't use it: You folks wanted a new album cover _.. ta da there you go _________________________!!!! What was requested next is out now _______ _.. I hope you turn <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoodRing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MoodRing</a> up sooooooo loud ___ !!!! <a href="https://t.co/xmwWR79k52">https://t.co/xmwWR79k52</a> <a href="https://t.co/XIY4SrgIbo">pic.twitter.com/XIY4SrgIbo</a></p>
&mdash; Britney Spears (@britneyspears) <a href="https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/1266221294346891264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>The song was originally released back in 2016 as a Japan-exclusive from her album &ldquo;Glory&rdquo;, so the rest of the world didn&rsquo;t get to listen to the new track but after a lot of requests from fans who were able to get the album to the top spot on iTunes&rsquo; pop chart, Spears caved and released the song everywhere, and since it was a fans request Spears added the &ldquo;(by Demand)&rdquo; part.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the song below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0U8N_7ZNJ4w" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The singer hasn&rsquo;t released anything new since &ldquo;Glory&rdquo; back in 2016 primarily because of her residency in Las Vegas which she finished in 2017, does this mean we&rsquo;re getting new music our way? We don&rsquo;t know but we hope so.&nbsp;</p>

Britney Spears releases "Mood Ring" her first new music in four years.

Britney Spears Releases First New Music In 4 Years

<p>Week after week we bring you the&nbsp;latest and greatest music on your favorite radio station 104.2 NileFM, and while you send in your requests as well as your selections for your favorite songs, you shape Egypt's biggest chart,&nbsp;NileFM's "Hit 30 Egypt"!</p>
<p>If you want to stay ahead of the game and always be up to date on what's going to happen on the show, not to mention the charts, check out this week's hits below!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>30. The Weeknd - Heartless</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/1DpH-icPpl0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>29. Lil Wayne ft Adam Levine - Trust Nobody</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RQLWArpBShM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>28. Justin Bieber ft Kehlani - Get Me&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9uBQ53rM3WU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>27. Selena Gomez - Rare</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ia1iuXbEaYQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>26. Eminem &amp; Juicewrld - Godzilla</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/r_0JjYUe5jo" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>25. Future ft. Drake - Life Is Good</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/l0U7SxXHkPY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>24. Ariana Grande &amp; Justin Bieber - Stuck with U&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pE49WK-oNjU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>23. Billie Eilish - everything i wanted&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EgBJmlPo8Xw" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>22.&nbsp;Dua Lipa - Hallucinate&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lOfFxhAhZuA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>21.&nbsp;Surfaces - Sunday Best</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_83KqwEEGw4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>20.&nbsp;Roddy Ricch - The Box</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/UNZqm3dxd2w" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>19. Arizona Zervas - Roxanne</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/16YnOUnbE6s" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>18. TONES AND I - DANCE MONKEY&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/q0hyYWKXF0Q" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>17. Trevor Daniel &ndash; Past life&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Vk1q0WF6pEA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>16. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Nj2U6rhnucI" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>15. Jonas Brothers - What A Man Gotta Do</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XejVB_fba04" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>14.&nbsp;John Legend - Bigger Love</strong></span>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/W9adnF9d0Dc" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>13. Justin Bieber ft. Quavo - Intentions&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9p2wMpVVtXg" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>12. SZA, Justin Timberlake - The Other Side&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/C5RrNaCfUXE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>11. Billie Eilish - No Time To Die</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GB_S2qFh5lU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>10.&nbsp;Doja Cat - Say So</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pok8H_KF1FA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>9. TONES AND I - NEVER SEEN THE RAIN&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/UdRJY-jlEhQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>8. twenty one pilots - Level of Concern&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/loOWKm8GW6A" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>7. SAINt JHN - Roses<br /></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XHA-QM-q-3E" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>6.&nbsp;Dua Lipa - Love Again</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LAdxhHz6Tu4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>5.The Weeknd - In Your Eyes&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/dqRZDebPIGs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>4.&nbsp;Regard, RAYE - Secrets&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6soSrZBI78c" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>3. Benee&nbsp;ft. Gus Dapperton - Supalonely</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Rb6Scz-5YOs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>2. Selena Gomez - Boyfriend&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tSIk1QvIM2E" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>1. Drake - Toosie Slide&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xWggTb45brM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>

Check out the list of the hottest music on NileFM's Hit 30

This Week's Hottest Tracks On NileFM's "Hit 30 Egypt"

<p>Singers Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber&rsquo;s latest duet &ldquo;Stuck With You&rdquo; debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, their first-ever musical work together.</p>
<p>The song was originally released back on May 8, but just debuted on the Billboard chart now. With a great message behind it, the sales for the song went up really fast, which is very understandable considering that most of the proceeds would go to covid-19 fighting charities that would help medical workers.</p>
<p>"We just wanted to make something fun that also helps and makes people feel, I think, less alone, or be hopefully somewhat uplifting, I think it's also a really, literally, isolating time for people mentally. So, we wanted to put music out, because music is the thing that makes people feel good. It's the thing that speaks most to people's spirits and we just wanted to lift them," Grande told Apple Music.</p>
<p>The song featured the two artists singing from home, sharing how they love who they&rsquo;re stuck with during quarantine, the video also included people and fans from all over the world, as well as some celebrity cameos like Chance The Rapper and Jaden Smith.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the music video below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pE49WK-oNjU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>[article id=5617]Since the song&rsquo;s release, it brought in over 41 million views in just a few days, with many showing their love and support to both artists and everyone in the medical profession who are fighting covid-19 on the front lines.</p>
<p>Both artists took to their social media to thank everyone who made the song get to the top of the chart, with Grande writing a long post on her Instagram account thanking her and Bieber&rsquo;s fans, the people for their support to the song, and more importantly the cause, she also pointed out that some people have stated that she was just doing it for the money and sales and were skeptical of her motivations..</p>
<p>"Thank u to everybody who supported this song, this cause and made this happen. we love uuuuu so much,.There&rsquo;s so much to celebrate today. However, i would like to say a few things. anyone who knows me or has followed me for a while knows that numbers aren&rsquo;t the driving force in anything i do. i&rsquo;m grateful to sing. grateful to have people who want to listen. grateful to even be here at all. i didn&rsquo;t have a number one for the first five years of my career and it didn&rsquo;t upset me at all because from the bottom of my heart, music is everything to me. my fans are everything to me. i promise i couldn&rsquo;t ask for another f--king thing,&rdquo; wrote Grande.[article id=5652]&ldquo;So with this celebration today, i would like to address a few things which i don&rsquo;t usually do (i don&rsquo;t give my energy to drama or strange accusations normally but this has gone a little too far)...my fans bought the song. JUSTIN&rsquo;S fans bought the song. OUR fans bought this song (never more than four copies each, AS THE RULES STATE). they are ride or die motherf--kers and i thank god every day that i have them in my life. not just when they fight for us to win (even when i ask them not to as i did this week) but because they&rsquo;re some of the greatest people i know. sales count for more than streams. u cannot discredit this as hard as u try,&rdquo; she continued.</p>
<p>&ldquo;To anybody that is displeased with their placement on the chart this week or who is spending their time racking their brain thinking of as many ways as they can to discredit hardworking women (and only the women for some reason.....), i ask u to take a moment to humble yourself. be grateful you&rsquo;re even here. that people want to listen to u at all. it&rsquo;s a blessed position to be in. i&rsquo;ve had a lot of &ldquo;almost number ones&rdquo; in my career and i never said a goddamn thing because I FEEL GRATEFUL TO EVEN BE HERE. TO WANT TO BE HEARD AT ALL .... and you should feel that way too. congratulations to all my talented a-- peers in the top ten this week. even number 3. and thank u to @billboard for this honor. and thank u to everybody who helped us raise a lot of money for a very important cause this week. love u all a lot." she concluded.</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CAV170sFE_P/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thank u to everybody who supported this song, this cause and made this happen. we love uuuuu so much. _ there's so much to celebrate today. _ however, i would like to say a few things. anyone who knows me or has followed me for a while knows that numbers aren't the driving force in anything i do. i'm grateful to sing. grateful to have people who want to listen. grateful to even be here at all. i didn't have a number one for the first five years of my career and it didn't upset me at all because from the bottom of my heart, music is everything to me. my fans are everything to me. i promise i couldn't ask for another fucking thing. so with this celebration today, i would like to address a few things which i don't usually do (i don't give my energy to drama or strange accusations normally but this has gone a little too far)...my fans bought the song. JUSTIN'S fans bought the song. OUR fans bought this song (never more than four copies each, AS THE RULES STATE). they are ride or die motherfuckers and i thank god every day that i have them in my life. not just when they fight for us to win (even when i ask them not to as i did this week) but because they're some of the greatest people i know. sales count for more than streams. u can not discredit this as hard as u try. to anybody that is displeased with their placement on the chart this week or who is spending their time racking their brain thinking of as many ways as they can to discredit hardworking women (and only the women for some reason.....), i ask u to take a moment to humble yourself. be grateful you're even here. that people want to listen to u at all. it's a blessed position to be in. i've had a lot of "almost number ones" in my career and i never said a goddamn thing because I FEEL GRATEFUL TO EVEN BE HERE. TO WANT TO BE HEARD AT ALL .... and you should feel that way too. congratulations to all my talented ass peers in the top ten this week. even number 3. _ and thank u to @billboard for this honor. and thank u to everybody who helped us raise a lot of money for a very important cause this week. love u all a lot.</a></p>
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<p>Bieber commented stating that he was honored to work with Grande and that if anyone had any issues with the song, they needed to refer to them both and not just her because they worked on the song together.</p>
<p>"This is my song with Ariana Grande and I'm honored to work with her to help raise money for a good cause. If you gonna say her name make sure you say mine because it's our song," wrote Bieber.</p>

Justin Bieber & Ariana Grande's duet Stuck With You makes it to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart

Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber’s Latest Duet “Stuck With You” Takes The Top Spot On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart

<p>With everybody practicing social distancing due to the spread of the coronavirus, musicians are looking for new ways to shoot their music videos, and the Jonas Brothers aren&rsquo;t any different, so they found a creative way to make it happen for their latest song &ldquo;X&rdquo; featuring Colombian singer Karol G.</p>
<p>The three brothers and featured singer all appear wearing shades of red or a color complimenting it in front of a white background as they each sing and dance inside the screen of a phone. Each person occupies one phone screen and when all the phones are put next to each other, it looks like the group is together, which is a great way to practice social distancing but also be together for the song</p>
<p>Karol G&rsquo;s phone comes in in the second half of the video as the phones start to shuffle using stop-motion animation to make them move. The video itself is slick and creative using the resources they have to dish out a very likable work, more can be said about the song itself, it&rsquo;s fast, energetic, flirtatious and can easily get stuck in your head.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check it out below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9hGdmEwBwbg" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The song has been received positively gaining over half a million views in just 13 hours, and we absolutely love it, as we can&rsquo;t help but dance to its awesome beats, and memorable hook. The song was originally featured as the end credits of their &ldquo;Happiness Continues&rdquo; Amazon concert documentary which looked back at the band&rsquo;s reunion, and return.</p>
<p>Many have been waiting on the brothers to release a full-on album, as they&rsquo;ve been releasing hit singles so far, including &ldquo;What A Man Gotta Do?&rdquo; which featured the brothers and their wives.</p>
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The Jonas Brothers release a flirtatious music video while still keeping it within social distancing standards with their song "X"

Jonas Brothers Release Bombastic Socially Distant Music Video For Their Latest Song “X”

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<p>Egyptian actor Mohamed Ramadan is at the center of yet another controversy, and this time it&rsquo;s over his sister&rsquo;s recent wedding which angered many of his fans because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p>Held at a private villa in 6th of October, Ramadan&rsquo;s sister (who got engaged earlier this year in February) and her new husband hosted their respective families along with some of their close friends at a close-knit wedding ceremony yesterday that blatantly flouted many of the nation&rsquo;s COVID-19 preventive measures.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qJytzMaUqUE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Photos from the ceremony showed a decent amount of guests at the groom&rsquo;s residence on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, celebrating the union of the pair, but what angered many fans was there was not a single face mask in sight, and the guests were blatantly ignoring social distancing measures as well.</p>
<p>Viewers on social media were quick to wonder why this wedding was even allowed to be held when the government had outlawed all wedding ceremonies amid the ongoing lockdown measures instated to curb the spread of COVID-19 a few months ago.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1591000093-0f44e320-100895552_10158098704951233_7632651794073518080_n.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="384" />Reports began pouring in to a Sheikh Zayed police station that the wedding was taking place, particularly because the ceremony included a DJ and a loud speaker system that made the gathering anything but private. Officials from the station arrived at the villa and took the groom into the police station for questioning. Not the best way to start a marriage for sure, but in light of the ongoing pandemic, such tone-deaf acts need to be addressed, even if they are done by the close family members of our beloved celebrities.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1591000028-bfc8e561-79332157_10158098705066233_4058859818318823424_n.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="387" />The groom defended himself at the station by making the claim that the guest list was limited to the families of bride and groom and a handful of close friends.</p>
<p>Mohamed Ramadan&rsquo;s brother Mahmoud was then interviewed by Youm7 regarding the incident, and he asserted that the family did not break any laws since this was a private gathering at the groom&rsquo;s home, which is not something that was outlawed by the government amid their mandated coronavirus preventive measures.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jqH7Nmtu8Fo" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>It didn&rsquo;t take long for other media outlets to double down on their criticisms of Ramadan&rsquo;s actions, with Lamis El Hadidi leading the charge on her show &ldquo;Al Qahira Al Aan.&rdquo; El Hadidi denounced Ramadan for not taking his status as a national role model seriously, calling into question how he can claim that he is &ldquo;Number 1&rdquo; (a lyric from one of his hit songs) when he was blatantly setting a bad example to Egyptians everywhere, especially in light of the rising COVID-19 case count and death toll that the nation has been witnessing over the course of the past couple of weeks.</p>
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<p>After the media debacle and the social media storm, Ramadan took to his Instagram page where he posted a photo of himself with the bride and groom, while they all wore a face mask. The photo did nothing to quieten the storm, however, because earlier photos and videos from the ceremony had already shown all those in attendance without a face mask on, so the damage had been done.</p>

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<p>The protests in Los Angeles and the rest of the US are escalating quickly, and with the rising number of people joining in the demonstrations, some celebrities have decided to walk among them to show their support to the cause, and the fight against racism.</p>
<p>We got some of the celebrities who have decided to join in, some of them just demonstrated peacefully, others were attacked either by rubber bullets like singer Halsey, or by batons like actor John Cusack, but they all stood together for one thing: social and racial justice.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Halsey</strong></span></p>
<p>Like the rest of the protesters on the streets, singer Halsey found herself under literal fire as she shared on social media that she was hit twice by rubber bullets and was gassed for hours.</p>
<p>"We were peaceful hands up not moving not breaching the line. they opened fire of rubber bullets and tear gas multiple times on us. citizens who were not provoking them, most of us were simply begging them to have empathy. to reconsider. to consider humanity and our nation&rsquo;s history and future,&rdquo; wrote the singer.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They opened fire multiple times. I was hit twice. Once by pellets and once by shrapnel. We were gassed repeatedly for hours," she captioned black and white photos of police officers at the demonstrations.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1591002804-Halsey2-1590939441-compressed.jpg" alt="" />John Cusack</strong></span></p>
<p>Cusack had a different experience as he was filming the protests in Chicago where he was allegedly attacked by police officers using their batons and hit his bike, he shared a video which doesn&rsquo;t show much, but the voices of a lot of angry police officers can be clearly heard ordering him to get out of there.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Cops didn't like me filming the burning car so they came at me with batons. Hitting my bike. <br />Ahhm here's the audio <a href="https://t.co/tfaOoVCw5v">pic.twitter.com/tfaOoVCw5v</a>"</p>
&mdash; John Cusack (@johncusack) <a href="https://twitter.com/johncusack/status/1266953514242228229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Machine Gun Kelly</strong></span></p>
<p>Rapper Machine Gun Kelly told his fans on Twitter that he was on his way to the protests beforehand, and was photographed demonstrating with the protesters in the street holding up different signs, one of which had &ldquo;Prosecute Killer Cops&rdquo;, and the other had &ldquo;Silence Is Betrayal&rdquo;.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Richard Madden</strong></span></p>
<p>&ldquo;Game of Thrones&rdquo; alum Richard Madden and actor Froy Gutierrez were quarantining together, and decided to head down to the protest as well, they took a couple of selfies and even shared some videos of the protests in their area.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Paris Jackson</strong></span></p>
<p>The late Michael Jackson&rsquo;s daughter Paris Jackson was also seen at the protests, the activist and model stood in solidarity with the rest of the people, she help up signs of love and peace, hoping that the protests would be peaceful rather than hectic as it has recently evolved into.</p>
<p>"Today started out so beautifully, seeing people come together with peace and harmony in their hearts. it broke my heart to see it all go up in flames. violence is not the answer. how do we expect to bring our world up to a happier and higher and healthier way of living if we&rsquo;re stooping as low as those that committed the crimes we&rsquo;re protesting? peaceful protest only!!&rdquo; wrote Jackson.</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1LEIeJsjd/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">today started out so beautifully, seeing people come together with peace and harmony in their hearts. it broke my heart to see it all go up in flames. violence is not the answer. how do we expect to bring our world up to a happier and higher and healthier way of living if we're stooping as low as those that committed the crimes we're protesting ? peaceful protest only!!</a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Ariana Grande</strong></span></p>
<p>Singer Ariana Grande went out into the protests along with her boyfriend Dalton Gomez, and friend Doug Middlebrook, they took a selfie together amidst the peaceful protest, and took to Twitter, to stand for what&rsquo;s right.</p>
<p>&ldquo;hours and miles of peaceful protesting yesterday that got little to no coverage. all throughout beverly hills and [sic] west hollywood we chanted, people beeped and cheered&nbsp;along. we&nbsp;were passionate, we were loud, we were loving. cover this too please. #BLACKLIVESMATTER,&rdquo;&nbsp;wrote Grande on Twitter.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">hours and miles of peaceful protesting yesterday that got little to no coverage.<br />all throughout beverly hills and west hollywood we chanted, people beeped and cheered along. <br />we were passionate, we were loud, we were loving. <br />cover this too please. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLACKLIVESMATTER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BLACKLIVESMATTER</a> <a href="https://t.co/vD90CEtF94">https://t.co/vD90CEtF94</a> <a href="https://t.co/GZ6uKDfPM7">pic.twitter.com/GZ6uKDfPM7</a></p>
&mdash; Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1267161027042402304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2020</a></blockquote>

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<p>Like the rest of us, most celebrities are confined to their homes in order to stop or at least slow down the spread of covid-19. And with little else to do but surf the web and video call their friends, many ensemble casts from the world's most celebrated film franchises have been posting group video calls to the delight of fans everywhere. But nothing could have prepared us for what actor Josh Gad decided to do. He decided to host the Zoom group video call to rule them all!</p>
<p>As part of his &ldquo;Reunited Apart&rdquo; series on YouTube, the actor was able to bring in most of the cast of the legendary trilogy &ldquo;Lord of the Rings&rdquo; including actors Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Bean, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban, Sir Ian McKellen, and director Peter Jackson himself in one huge Zoom call.</p>
<p>Titled &ldquo;One Zoom To Rule Them All&rdquo; the cast discussed everything about the films, how the process started, from trying to convince the studio to do this master undertaking, to what it felt like coming on set for the first time, even revealing that Mortensen&rsquo;s first scene was the action sequence of his character Aragorn against the Wraiths.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sk47qO8rW4Y?start=191" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Serkis talked about how he was offered to go and play Sm&eacute;agol on the film and a colleague of his tried to convince him not to do it since it would mostly be CGI and he would not actually appear on screen.</p>
<p>The cast also re-enacted some of the scenes for good fun, check out the full video below:</p>
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<p>Netflix like many other streaming services have a lot of content already, and that is only going to increase with time, but we have decided to look at some of the new originals heading our way in the near future that we&rsquo;re really excited about. The release dates for the shows haven&rsquo;t been released yet, but we can&rsquo;t wait to get our hands on them.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Ratched</strong></span></p>
<p>If you ever saw the Jack Nicholson classic &ldquo;One Flew Over the Cuckoo&rsquo;s Nest&rdquo; then you might have an inkling about what this show is going to be about, as it looks at the titular character Nurse Ratched and the events that lead up to her becoming this scary and villainous figure.</p>
<p>The show is set to have Sarah Paulson star in the leading role, along with Sharon Stone, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones, Charlie Carver, Finn Wittrock, Judy Davis, and Corey Stoll.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OXrcDonY-B8" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Cursed</strong></span></p>
<p>We&rsquo;ve all heard of the story of King Arthur and his sword Excalibur which he got from the Lady of the Lake, this show is going to explore the myth of lake-ridden lady, aka Nimue, and how she got there, as well as her younger years. The new show is also set to explore the legend of the famed king and his trusted wizard sidekick Merlin.</p>
<p>The lead role is going to Katherine Langford, alongside Devon Terell, Gustaf Skarsgard, and Daniel Sherman.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2C8fB8p6crY?start=117" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Resident Evil</strong></span></p>
<p>There were games, then over the top movies, and now Netflix is bringing a show that will focus on the franchise&rsquo;s roots, horror, and (of course) zombies. Apparently this show is still in its early stages so no news on the cast, or release date, but what we do know that it&rsquo;s going back to the beginning, and we hope it&rsquo;s more like &ldquo;The Walking Dead&rdquo;.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TuAM-b7m3iw" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The Queen&rsquo;s Gambit</strong></span></p>
<p>Going back to the Cold War era, this show is based on the book of the same name and will follow a young chess prodigy played by Anya Taylor-Joy, who finds success in her life but with that success, she also finds escalating obstacles.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1590926216-the-witch-anya-taylor-joy.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="310" />The Serpent</strong></span></p>
<p>This one is a collaboration between Netflix and BBC, and will look at Charles Sobhraj who was a French thief, fraudster and serial killer who preyed on Western tourists in the 1970s, his terrorizing life, and his capture in 2003.</p>
<p>The eight-episode miniseries will star Tahar Rahim, Jenna Coleman, Billy Howle, and Ellie Bamber.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1590926200-333.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="620" />Ju-On (The Grudge)</strong></span></p>
<p>A horror series based on &ldquo;The Grudge&rdquo;? Yes, Please! An already successful franchise, and one of the most terrifying ones put to film in Japan and the USA, it&rsquo;s getting the series treatment and we&rsquo;re both horrified, and excited.</p>
<p>No news on who will star yet, but the synopsis reads: &ldquo;The J-horror classic franchise &ldquo;Ju-On&rdquo; was actually based on real events that occurred over four decades&ndash; and the truth is even more terrifying.&rdquo;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/O2NKzO-fxwQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Jupiter&rsquo;s Legacy</strong></span></p>
<p>In the vein of &ldquo;The Boys&rdquo;, this show was created by Mark Millar who already had many of his works adapted to the big screen including &ldquo;The Kingsman&rdquo; to say the least, so this one has us intrigued.</p>
<p>The show will look at a world that has been taken over by superheroes at the highest form of government, which leads lesser superheroes to face the decision of whether to fight with the resistance or just stand aside.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1590926179-Jupiters-legacy-750x422-1-1200x900.jpg" alt="" />1899</strong></span></p>
<p>A historical horror series, this one comes from the creators of &ldquo;Dark&rdquo; which has taken the world by storm. But this one looks at a group of immigrants on a ship in 1899 who are coming to the US for a fresh start only for another ship with a dark mystery to intercept them. Ooooh, spooky.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1590926166-lossless-page1-1200px-OCEANIC_-_Sjohistoriska_museet_-_Fo57172.tif.png" alt="" />The Chronicles of Narnia</strong></span></p>
<p>Amazon is doing &ldquo;Lord of the Rings&rdquo;, HBO has &ldquo;His Dark Materials&rdquo; and &ldquo;Game of Thrones&rdquo;. But Netflix is bringing &ldquo;The Chronicles of Narnia&rdquo; to life, and it will start all the way back from the beginning, but luckily it has seven books to pull from, so it has a lot of material to work with.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lWKj41HZBzM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>10 After Midnight</strong></span></p>
<p>Gullermo del Toro is one of the masters of horror, and he&rsquo;s taking his skills to Netflix with a new anthology series that will serve as one of his scariest works to date, as he&rsquo;s bringing in some of the best horror writers in the world to work on the project that will scare the living daylights out of us, and we can&rsquo;t wait.</p>
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<p>The evolution of modern medicine over the years has brought with it some unprecedented changes to the world we live in, and while many of these innovations were much-needed steps forward in the way we treat many diseases, modern medicine has also seen the phenomenon of cosmetic surgery become an integral part of celebrity lives.</p>
<p>From minor touch-ups to make lips fuller or get rid of wrinkles to complete overhauls of a celebrity&rsquo;s look, fans have seen it all.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s no secret that there is a fine line between getting your face touched up and going overboard with surgeries that make celebrities almost unrecognizable to their fans.</p>
<p>And the results are often more shocking than they are effective, so here&rsquo;s a list of celebrities who might have gone a little overboard with their cosmetic surgeries, and ended up looking irrevocably different:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Lil Kim:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BWZBvI3TNDs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>After pioneering the role of women in the 90s rap scene with her album &ldquo;Hard Core&rdquo; and her close affiliation with rap icon Biggie Smalls, Lil Kim was one of the most well known celebs in the world during her heyday. But fast forward a few years and the Lil Kim who is around now looks nothing like the one we came to know and love in the 90s. The rapper underwent drastic cosmetic surgery procedures that ended up making her look like an entirely different person. After all, it&rsquo;s one thing to have a thinner nose or fuller lips after plastic surgery, and another thing entirely to look like you belong to a different race. Her transformation was truly horrifying to her loyal fans and her career has suffered greatly because of it too.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Tara Reid:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/dBtAlOLBIg8" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>She got her big break in 1999&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Big Lebowski&rdquo; and went on to star in some of the most high profile films of the early 2000s including &ldquo;Van Wilder&rdquo; and &ldquo;American Pie&rdquo; among many other titles. Her signature blonde bombshell good looks made her one of the most sought after actresses in Hollywood at the time. But all that would change when she went under the knife in 2004 for a boob job and liposuction. Her surgeries did not go well and she developed a hernia which made her incapable of wearing bikinis (which was one of her major selling points). She lost a lot of work because her new look was not appealing to viewers anymore and even when she attempted to reverse the surgeries two years after getting them, her look was changed forever and she has since not starred in any notable roles whatsoever.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Mickey Rourke:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pI07wlkKFAE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>After becoming one of Hollywood&rsquo;s quintessential leading males of the 1980s, Rourke decided to switch gears and launch a boxing career in the early 90s. This move would change his life and career forever. The actor sustained many injuries during his time in the ring, injuries that needed a long list of cosmetic surgeries to fix, especially since he wasn&rsquo;t done with acting yet. Fans everywhere were heartbroken to see his once devastatingly handsome face changed beyond recognition, a fact that was made much worse by the large amount of plastic surgeries he would undergo to repair the damage. For fans of the actor who were born in the 90s, they have most likely never seen him in his handsome days before the surgeries. The actor&rsquo;s career suffered because of it and he would only land roles of the villain or the travel-worn vigilante. And the rest is history.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Jennifer Grey:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ANSRyrI_z4c" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>We all came to know and love her from her role as Baby in the hit 1980s flick &ldquo;Dirty Dancing,&rdquo; but the actress went from being one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood to a virtual nobody because of a nose job that made her unrecognizable to even her close friends. The actress was shocked at how much her career suffered because of her nose job&nbsp; and how her fans just lost interest in her after that. Some career moves like this seem innocuous at the time but go on to become such turning points in a celebrity&rsquo;s career that they can&rsquo;t bounce back from it. After all, if it ain&rsquo;t broke, don&rsquo;t fix it!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Meg Ryan:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xRWG_z95AzY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>A name that needs no introductions, especially after stealing audiences&rsquo; hearts with her legendary rom-com roles, Meg Ryan&rsquo;s face (and career) would change beyond recognition in the early 2000s when she underwent several cosmetic procedures to change her look. Her previously angelic face changed drastically after a long list of procedures. That coupled with the changing landscape of the Hollywood film scene in the 2000s resulted in Ryan getting sidelined and having to take a step back from acting. Her fans were not kind with their comments and she became the subject of much tabloid attention at the time, which was reportedly traumatic for the actress whose psyche suffered greatly resulting in her taking a step back from the limelight at the time.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Jennifer Aniston:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NBONLqBX8cs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>While this was pretty early on in her career, the actress revealed in an interview with People in 2007 that she got a nose job because of a deviated septum. Many of you will recognize this as part of her storyline from &ldquo;Friends&rdquo; and indeed we have heard the deviated septum excuse in the past. But it seems that she did in fact get her nose done way back in the day. But we don&rsquo;t think it matters that much, she will forever be one of Hollywood&rsquo;s prettiest bombshells!</p>

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<p>Over a million users have downloaded the Egyptian Ministry of Health&rsquo;s mobile app &ldquo;Sehet Masr&rdquo;.</p>
<p>The app was launched in April allowing users to report suspected cases of coronavirus to medical authorities, whether it is themselves or other people. The app also launched with a large wealth of information on the infection, from what to do if you think you have it, to where people should go to get tested for the novel infection.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fegypt.mohp%2Fposts%2F176646747219279&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=640&amp;appId" width="552" height="640" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>The ministry&rsquo;s official spokesman Khaled Megahed revealed that the app had hit the 1-million downloads threshold earlier last week.</p>
<p>Users who report either themselves or someone they suspect might have the illness must enter the case&rsquo;s name as well as their national ID number and then medical personnel will follow up after that. Users can use the app to report which symptoms they are suffering from as well as any other relevant info that medical personnel might find useful in treating the cases.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kyqFCcQasbI" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The app can also be used to connect users with ministry personnel through the dedicated Whatsapp number or their hotline (105).</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sehet Masr&rdquo; also allows its users to get alerts if they are about to enter a neighborhood where there are confirmed cases of the novel virus, through their smartphone&rsquo;s location services.</p>
<p>Users&rsquo; data is protected through the app, according to Megahed&rsquo;s statement.</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fegypt.mohp%2Fposts%2F176584163892204&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=431&amp;appId" width="552" height="431" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>As of today, the official case count in Egypt is 24,985 after the ministry announced 1,536 new infections yesterday. The national death toll rose to 959 after a further 46 deaths were reported yesterday. So far we have 6,037 recoveries from the illness overall.</p>

The Ministry Of Health's "Sehet Masr" app has surpassed 1 million downloads since its launched.

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<p>Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, grocery stores have seen lines snake outside its entrances, while malls, shopping centers, outlet stores saw their crowds thin out. The panic, fear, and social distancing measures compelled shoppers to find a new source for family and personal necessities. As people around the world look to limit their time among crowds, they have increasingly turned to online shopping and Egypt is no different.</p>
<p>Before the pandemic, online shopping in Egypt was growing at a rapid pace due to a young, tech-minded, population, but retailers still relied on physical storefronts for the majority of their sales to middle aged shoppers. However, the trend is decisively shifting in favor of stores that offer online shopping experiences.</p>
<p>COVID-19 has resulted in a multi-faceted change in Egypt's retail environment, which, according to experts, will likely permanently shift Egyptian society increasingly towards digitization, and by extension, online shopping.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1591013765-download_1.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="418" />When shoppers around the country heard of the impending lockdown measures proposed by the government, there was a rush on the nation's grocery stores in a mass-buying frenzy. Grocery stores saw such a massive increase in the number of shoppers in the lead up to Ramadan that they had to institute police to limit the amount of shoppers in stores at a given time. The long lines, extended waits, increased stress made consumers wonder if there was an alternative.</p>
<p>Since 2017, Egypt has seen an explosion in online sales and shopping. Egypt's e-commerce sector was growing at 30% annually, considerably higher than the international average due to Egypt's culture of ordering, deliveries, and its young population who are up to date with new technological solutions. Last year's Black Friday sale was a watershed moment for the industry that worried that Egyptians did not have the taste for online shopping as much as the experience of buying at a physical store. However, online platforms like Souq, Jumia, and Noon reported a 940% increase in online sales amid the ongoing pandemic.&nbsp;</p>
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<figcaption><em>Growth in e-commerce before lockdown measures.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Even before the pandemic, companies were predicting 2020 to be the dawn of Egypt's e-commerce, however no one could expect how rapidly this transformation was to take place.</p>
<p>Amazon, Souq, and Jumia have reported a massive increase in the number of online shoppers, as well as companies clamoring to get their products featured on online marketplaces. According to Souq, while beauty products, clothing, and accessories dominated sales, since the beginning of the pandemic they have noticed a shift in consuming behavior. Now, groceries, hygiene, disinfectants, cleaning products, school supplies, and office equipment are the most bought items; implying that households are increasingly turning to e-commerce for the weekly necessities normally bought by mothers.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We have also seen purchases increase in lifestyle categories including kitchenware, appliances, toys, and sports. This is a reflection of the change happening around working, studying, and staying at home,&rdquo; said a representative from Souq speaking to Ahram Online.</p>
<p>Shoppers rushing online to make their purchases are not just after groceries; there has also been a surge in sales of medical supplies, mainly face masks and gloves. This change is largely due to the shortages of medical supplies, or the worries that many of the cheap medical supply options available could be counterfeit or defective.</p>
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<figcaption><em>A number of counterfeit face masks have appeared in the Egyptian market.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Kijamii, a Cairo-based agency specializing in social-media marketing released a report proving just that. Tracking consumers location, movement, and reports from store operators indicate that the lockdown has profoundly changed the movement patterns of Egyptians. Since mid-February, downloads for top e-commerce apps in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have increased by 80%, the report said. However, purchases have shifted from discretionary goods such as clothing, make-up, perfumes and home d&eacute;cor to essential items such as household supplies, food and beverages, and home appliances.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The pandemic has not just affected consumers and shoppers, but also the owners of stores, businesses, and malls which will increase the movement towards digitalization, remote working, and online sales presence. According to the CEO of Egypt's Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) Hala El-Gohary said that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced most businesses to shift their culture and urge people to stay at home. El-Gohary points the the number of incentives from both the business sector and the government to encourage consumers to shop from home, like discounts and free shipping when using an e-payment option like Fawry.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1591003884-d32d1d7f7d44dd3106ba27fd80447cee.jpg" width="620" height="436" />It's not just worrying about the safety of employees and consumers that companies are factoring in when they are making the choice to shift operations from physical storefronts to online operations. The cost of owning physical stores, malls, and outlets for shopping is increasing, despite the number of sales decreasing. A report by real estate agency JLL Egypt states that the average rent on a physical space in a mall has risen 12% since the beginning of the pandemic, which has put a major pressure on renters. JLL Egypt has stated that many owners&nbsp;have had to provide rent exemptions to businesses struggling to pay upkeep on a shop that have seen the number customers drop drastically.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1591004287-21544.jpg" width="620" height="373" />The JLL report has also stated that new businesses are more likely to look for alternatives to traditional office space, as new office space development grinds to a halt, due to the slow down in demand and increased construction costs. This will encourage new retail, grocery, and commercial businesses to choose an online presence over a physical store front.</p>
<p>The JLL report states that if the online shopping scene sees government support, the industry will witness "an exciting transformation." And it seems that is exactly what is happening.</p>
<p>While Egypt's government has made the development of online infrastructure a major development priority since 2017 when President El-Sisi announced the Digital Transformation Plan, the plan was to slowly digitize the Egyptian economy up to 2030, however COVID-19 has forced the government to speed up implementation of already existing plans.</p>
<p>The Egyptian government rapidly moved to release educational, and online learning resources ahead of schedule in order to provide students with resources that the lack of schools created. The Egyptian government also moved ahead with a structural reform of the National Postal Service with new warehouses, distribution points, and faster delivery times, all of which were proposed by a number of e-commerce companies as ways the government could support the development of the industry.</p>
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<figcaption><em>Digitization has been a cornerstone of Egypt's co-existence strategy&nbsp;</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Finally, in the recently released government plan to "co-exist" with COVID-19, one of the main things the government was seeking to enact to reduce the spread of the virus was to spread awareness of online shopping to the population, particularly within the middle-age and elderly demographics. Before the pandemic, only 15% of the population above the age of 25 used e-commerce, a statistic that has likely already changed.&nbsp;</p>
<p>As Egyptians discover the ease, efficiency, and comfort of using online platforms for purchases, companies move to increasingly offer their services online, and the government moves to support the industry in many ways, it is likely that the increasing digitization of Egyptian economic life will be the new normal going forward.</p>

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<p>Cairo currently houses the largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Egypt.</p>
<p>At a recent press conference, Minister of Health Hala Zayed announced that Cairo currently leads the nation&rsquo;s governorates in terms of the COVID-19 case count with 7,111 confirmed cases. Giza came in second place with 2,629 cases, then Qalyubia with 1,787, Menoufia with 1,532, Fayoum with 1,277, Alexandria with 1,078 and Beheira with 988.</p>
<p>Zayed also revealed that the ministry has mobilized 1,000 medical caravans to travel around the country and disperse 8 million doses of medications to treat COVID-19 to cases nationwide that are undergoing home quarantine.</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fegypt.mohp%2Fposts%2F175928640624423&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=786&amp;appId" width="552" height="786" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>In addition to the 17 labs that already do PCR testing for COVID-19, Zayed announced that another 57 will be opened before the week is out to expand the nation&rsquo;s testing capacity. Zayed also revealed that we now have 376 hospitals that are fully equipped to deal with cases of the novel infection, which is a huge jump from the 18 hospitals that had previously been treating and testing COVID-19 cases in Egypt. With this increase in hospital capacity, nearly 35,000 hospital beds are now available for treating patients with coronavirus.</p>
<p>Zayed also asserted that Egypt is using hydroxychloroquine to treat mild cases of the virus, because our tests proved that: &ldquo;It has shown effective and positive results in mild coronavirus cases,&rdquo; she said.</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fegypt.mohp%2Fposts%2F176500433900577&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=438&amp;appId" width="552" height="438" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>This has raised some eyebrows, especially in light of a recent World Health Organization (WHO) statement that some countries have been reporting adverse side effects because of the drug.</p>
<p>Zayed also took the time during the press conference to ask recovered COVID-19 patients to donate their blood plasma which will be used to treat those in a critical condition because of severe bouts of the infection.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fegypt.mohp%2Fposts%2F176584163892204&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=431&amp;appId" width="552" height="431" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>As of today, the official case count in Egypt is 24,985 after the ministry announced 1,536 new infections yesterday. The national death toll rose to 959 after a further 46 deaths were reported yesterday. So far we have 6,037 recoveries from the illness overall.</p>

Egypt's capital city currently houses the largest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

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<p>As the coronavirus case count continues to rise in Egypt, the Health Ministry has been changing up the way they are responding to the spread of the novel illness by sending medical kits to COVID-positive patients who are undergoing home isolation.</p>
<p>In an official statement released on Friday, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed asserted that the kits will include medications approved by the ministry&rsquo;s scientific committee as treatments to help abate the symptoms of the novel infection.</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fegypt.mohp%2Fposts%2F176186187265335&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=697&amp;appId" width="552" height="697" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>The medical kits will be distributed in the governorates of Daqahliyah, Sharqiya, Giza, Qalyubia, Ismailia, Minya and South Sinai first, with plans to cover the entire nation in the near future. The kits are going to be delivered to anyone who has come in contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients as a preemptive measure to try and treat the symptoms before they get bad enough that they are life-threatening.</p>
<p>Mild cases of COVID-19 who are undergoing quarantine in their homes will also be given the medical kits to make sure they are taking the necessary meds and preventive equipment so that their recovery in their homes is as smooth as possible.</p>
<p>The Ministry has also been following up on coronavirus patients who are isolating at home through their mobile app &ldquo;Sehet Masr,&rdquo; which was launched to keep track of the spread of the infection as well as to ensure that patients have all the necessary info regarding the virus and where they can go to get treatments or tests.</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fegypt.mohp%2Fposts%2F176182933932327&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=697&amp;appId" width="552" height="697" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>To ensure that hospitals have enough room for COVID-positive patients who need medical attention, preventive medicine officials are allowing patients with mild cases of the virus to quarantine at home and are sending them meds based on what symptoms they are experiencing, so each delivery of medicine is tailor made for each patient, based on their unique condition.[article id=5728]&ldquo;Sehet Masr&rdquo; has been operating as an alternative to the ministry&rsquo;s coronavirus hotline (105) and new cases can be reported and followed up with through the app. The app also includes guidelines on how patients can isolate at home and allows them to update their daily conditions each day so that they can get the help they need should their situation get worse.</p>
<p>As of today, the COVID-19 case count in Egypt is at 23,449, after the Ministry of Health disclosed a record 1,367 new cases yesterday. The death toll has risen to 913, after another 34 people died from the virus yesterday. There have also been 5,693 recoveries from the virus so far.</p>

Ministry Of Health starts delivering medical care packages to people who have come in contact with COVID-19 patients as well as mild cases quarantining at home.

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<p>Bus hailing company SWVL has announced that it has received the necessary regulatory approval from National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to restart operations in Kenya.</p>
<p>The company&rsquo;s operations had been banned after Nairobi County Government and NTSA said that the company had not obtained the necessary licenses to operate.</p>
<p>This is a major win for the Egyptian startup as it expands to other countries in Africa and Asia.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KqL5R_eHUbk" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Dip Patel, the General Manager for SWVL in Kenya, said the green light on compliance from the NTSA will be a major boost to the company. &ldquo;We are pleased that we have resolved all issues with the NTSA and that&rsquo;s extremely important for us. Once we exit the lockdown, we will be able to steadily bring back our operations and we can now show our corporate customers that we have met all the regulatory requirements&rdquo;, said Mr. Patel.</p>
<p>Previously Swvl ran into problems as it was unable to get proper bus license, Swvl had previously operated in the country as a tour bus operator rather than public transportation.</p>
<p>The NTSA then banned Swvl from operations, many saw this as a government decision that was motivated by pressure from Kenya&rsquo;s Matatu bus system and union, which were anxious over Swvl&rsquo;s competition.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1590918545-unnamed_2.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="412" />Swvl is 30% to 40% cheaper than regular bus rides in Kenya, where the company began operating in 2018.</p>
<p>The startup, now based in Dubai, aims to debut the service in Indonesia, the Philippines and Bangladesh within the year. It already operates in Pakistan's major cities, including Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, and it's looking to invest another $25 million to expand in the country. The goal is to have 500,000 users by 2021.</p>
<p>Swvl has been aggressive in fundraising as well, drawing about $42 million from investors in Sweden, Dubai, and China last year to fund its expansion in Africa. CEO Mostafa Kandil plans to launch the app in two or three new cities on the continent, including Lagos in Nigeria.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/66GDS2N33Hc" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Kandil, who is in his late 20s, participated in a Google program for budding entrepreneurs during college. He studied petroleum engineering and worked briefly at an oil company, but he soon left the industry, feeling that it was too rigid for him.</p>
<p>Kandil moved the company's headquarters from Cairo to Dubai in November. This was partly to take advantage of Dubai's status as an aviation hub, giving the company greater access to global business travelers. Dubai also offers a more developed startup ecosystem, with many investors who specialize in fledgling businesses.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Today we stay. Stay home. Stay safe. Save lives.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ItsOnlyLogical?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ItsOnlyLogical</a> <a href="https://t.co/iTqNvKJRku">pic.twitter.com/iTqNvKJRku</a></p>
&mdash; Swvl Kenya (@SwvlKenya) <a href="https://twitter.com/SwvlKenya/status/1250415775698976770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>While Swvl has put the breaks on travel during COVID-19, joining the world in limiting group travel to slow the spread of the virus, the company is planning to come back in a big way with a major push towards international expansion.&nbsp;</p>

Swvl Gets The Green Light To Operate In Kenya As The Egyptian Startup Expands Internationally

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<p class="MsoNormal">In an effort to celebrate the 16th anniversary of the last episode of &ldquo;Friends&rdquo; airing on television, the long awaited reunion that was put on hold due to COVID-19, and everyone stuck at home with the only activities one can do is try out new things in the kitchen, a new commemorative &ldquo;Friends&rdquo; cookbook is being released.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The cookbook will offer recipes offer 70 recipes, written by chef Amanda Yee.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1590056315-friends-the-official-cookbook.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="771" />&ldquo;Friends: The Official Cookbook,&rdquo; is set for release on 22 September and will feature a variety of different recipes inspired by iconic moments on the show.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A full recipes list has not been confirmed, but Rachel&rsquo;s trifle will be making an appearance, along with a number of thanksgiving recipes to win over the Chandlers of the world.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i5YckMkwmm4" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Alongside recipes inspired by foodie moments on the show, the cookbook will also provide recipes for some of the show&rsquo;s most iconic dishes, including Ross&rsquo; Moist Maker sandwich, Chandler&rsquo;s &ldquo;Milk You Can Chew&rdquo; and Phoebe&rsquo;s Grandmother&rsquo;s Cookies (which were actually just from the box&rsquo;s recipe), so you can bring the comforting presence of &ldquo;Friends&rdquo; into your home, even during social distancing.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Featuring a range of recipes from appetizers and main courses to drinks and desserts, you&rsquo;ll be able to put together an official "Friends" spread if you fancy it.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are a few of the recipes we hope are in there.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ou76DXq57MI" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Floor Cheesecake from "The One With All the Cheesecakes" in season seven where Chandler and Rachel find a cheesecake so good they are willing to eat it off the floor, Monica&rsquo;s Christmas Candy from "The One With All the Candy", because any candy you get a death threat for not making more of needs to be in the new cooking book! Or maybe the leg wax that Chandler, Joey, Monica, and Phoebe eat as they are stuck in the Monica&rsquo;s room.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A perfect way to pass the days until the &ldquo;Friends&rdquo; reunion can get back into production, or finding your inner Monica for a big &ldquo;Friends&rdquo; watch party with your own friends.</p>

a new friends cookbook offers all of your favorite recipes from iconic food moments

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<p>A unique cemetery dating back to the final years of an independent Egypt has been discovered at the site of ancient Oxyrhynchus, or modern day Bahnasa in Minya Governorate.</p>
<p>The discovery was made by an Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission affiliated to the University of Barcelona.</p>
<p>Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the cemetery is unique, and is in a style that has not been discovered in Egypt before.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589878950-97447484_3067401103305519_3100164641871888384_n-492x430.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="542" />The cemetery consists of one room built of polished limestone. Its walls have a curvature from the top at the beginning of the roof, which makes it flat and not vaulted, as is customary in the rest of the previously discovered tombs in the area. Waziri further pointed out that no funerary furniture had been found in it.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589878970-75449.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="373" />Oxyrhynchus is considered one of the most important archaeological sites ever discovered in Egypt, and has yielded an enormous collection of papyri dating from the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt.</p>
<p>It has been estimated that over 70% of all the literary papyri so far discovered in Egypt come from Oxyrhynchus. These include copies of well-known standard works and previously unknown works by the greatest authors of antiquity.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589879001-96833-8ee7a837-64b4-4b9f-95f1-6c57c29211f5.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="465" />The University of Barcelona recently released documentation found in Oxyrhynchus on the plague of Justinian based on papyrus accounts of doctors in Egypt. There are still thousands of texts still being translated and catalogued from finds in Oxyrhynchus.</p>
<p>The new discovery, however, shows that there remain many secrets that have not been revealed yet in Bahnasa.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589879167-111993-aa0c9cf7-ac8b-4ff7-968a-8b6600608b5e.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="339" />Esther Ponce, head of the joint Egyptian-Spanish mission, said that the excavations showed eight Roman-era tombs with domed and unmarked roofs. Inside the tombs, the archaeologists found many Roman tombstones, bronze coins, small crosses, and clay seals.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589879139-615483-b24ba1da-1860-45b4-a4ef-7cc07db29550.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="461" />Many of&nbsp;Oxyrhynchus' structures are still undiscovered. The modern city of Bahnasa was built on top of Oxyrhynchus, as the Nile stopped flooding around the city and began to be buried underneath the sand. Before the Arab invasion, Oxyrhynchus was the third largest city in Egypt.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589879286-IMG_4221.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="446" />
<figcaption><em>A massive statue of&nbsp;Psamtik I was discovered in Matariya in 2017, the picture shows the discover of two toes of the massive granite statue</em>.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The cemetery dates back to Ancient Egypt&rsquo;s late period, between 664 BC and 332 BC, in what is also called the El-Sawi era. This period is defined by the end of foreign rule by the Nubian 25th Dynasty, and Egyptian resistance to Assyrian invasion and control of the country.</p>
<p>Psamtik I both united all of Egypt and freed it from Assyrian control, establishing the 26th dynasty. He also destroyed the last vestiges of the previous dynasty&rsquo;s control over Upper Egypt, restoring the country&rsquo;s prosperity during his 54-year reign.</p>

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<p>Ever since we&rsquo;ve been stuck at home we&rsquo;ve been craving foods from our favorite restaurants and fast food joints. So we thought if you can&rsquo;t go to them, why not make some of your favorite fast food yourself at home? So we decided to get you some of the most delicious fast food recipes you can make at home, as well as some desserts to satisfy your sweet tooth as well.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>McDonald&rsquo;s&nbsp; Big Mac</strong></span></p>
<p>Making a Big Mac isn&rsquo;t really about the burger patties but rather the sauce itself, everybody knows it&rsquo;s just two burgers patties with lettuce, diced onions, pickles, American cheese, and bread between them, the trick to the actual burger is the famous sauce itself, so that&rsquo;s what we'll focus on and we&rsquo;ll tell you how to assemble after.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>In a bowl mix in:&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p>Half a cup of mayonnaise.</p>
<p>Two tablespoons of French dressing.</p>
<p>Four teaspoons of sweet pickle relish.</p>
<p>A tablespoon of finely minced white onion.</p>
<p>A teaspoon of white vinegar.</p>
<p>A teaspoon of granulated sugar.</p>
<p>⅛ teaspoon of salt.</p>
<p>After mixing well put in a closed container and leave overnight of several hours mixing in between so that the flavors mix and blend.</p>
<p>Assemble the burger as follows:</p>
<p>Bottom bun - Special sauce - Onion - Lettuce - American cheese - Burger - Middle bun - Special sauce - Onion - Lettuce - Pickles - Burger - Top bun.&nbsp;</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589799704-big-mac-1581525726.jpg" alt="" />
<figcaption>Recipe courtesy of <a href="https://topsecretrecipes.com/mcdonalds-big-mac-copycat-recipe.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Todd Wilbur&rsquo;s Top Secret Recipes</a></figcaption>
</figure>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Wendy&rsquo;s Frosty</strong></span></p>
<p>We, unfortunately, don&rsquo;t have Wendy&rsquo;s here in Egypt, and so far we haven&rsquo;t had its famous &ldquo;Frosty&rdquo; but don&rsquo;t fret we found the recipe on how to do it at home, and it&rsquo;s very simple.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Ingredients:</strong></span></p>
<p>4 cups vanilla ice cream, you can also use Frozen Yogurt found in the ice cream aisle.</p>
<p>A quarter cup of Nesquik Chocolate flavor powder (or other chocolate syrup).</p>
<p>Three-quarters cup of milk, skimmed or full cream will work.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Directions:</strong></span></p>
<ol>
<li>Put all the ingredients in a blender and mix.</li>
<li>Pour in a cup and enjoy.&nbsp;</li>
</ol>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589799736-4cfd5fa25c9b523ec0f05a4b89fc8096.jpg_640xrel.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="620" />
<figcaption><em>Recipe courtesy of <a href="https://www.chef-in-training.com/copy-cat-wendys-frosty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chef in Training</a></em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Panda Express Orange Chicken</strong></span></p>
<p>Every once in a while people like to mix things up a little, and instead of eating a burger or pizza, there are usually people looking for something like Indian or Chinese, so we went with a popular Chinese recipe that everyone loves: Panda Express&rsquo; famed &ldquo;Orange Chicken&rdquo;, it&rsquo;s crispy, it&rsquo;s delicious, with a great mix of sweet and sour elements! Compared with normal fast food, it&rsquo;s a great change of pace to check out.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Ingredients:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For the chicken:</strong></span></p>
<p>2 lbs (905 g) of boneless, skinless chicken thighs</p>
<p>1 tablespoon salt</p>
<p>1 teaspoon white pepper</p>
<p>1 cup cornstarch</p>
<p>3 cups flour</p>
<p>1 egg</p>
<p>1 and a half cups water</p>
<p>2 tablespoons oil</p>
<p>6 cups oil, for frying</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For the Orange Sauce:</strong></span></p>
<p>1 tablespoon oil</p>
<p>&frac14; teaspoon chili flake</p>
<p>1 tablespoon garlic, minced</p>
<p>&frac12; teaspoon ginger, minced</p>
<p>&frac14; cup sugar</p>
<p>&frac14; cup brown sugar</p>
<p>&frac14; cup orange juice</p>
<p>&frac14; cup white distilled vinegar</p>
<p>2 tablespoons soy sauce</p>
<p>2 tablespoons water</p>
<p>2 tablespoons cornstarch</p>
<p>1 teaspoon sesame oil</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Directions:</strong></span></p>
<ol>
<li>On a cutting board, cut chicken into 1x1-inch (2x2-cm) cubes and set aside.</li>
<li>In a medium mixing bowl, combine salt, white pepper, cornstarch, and flour. Whisk to combine.</li>
<li>Add the egg, water, and oil until it reaches the consistency of pancake batter.</li>
<li>Add the chicken to the batter and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.</li>
<li>Heat oil in a wok or heavy bottom pan to 350˚F (180˚C).</li>
<li>Gently add the chicken and cook for 5-6 minutes until lightly golden brown.</li>
<li>Remove the chicken from the pan and transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.</li>
<li>Set a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat and add the oil.</li>
<li>Once the oil begins to shimmer, add the red pepper flakes, ginger, and garlic, and cook for 30 seconds, stirring constantly.</li>
<li>Add the sugar and brown sugar, and stir to combine.</li>
<li>Add in the orange juice and allow the sugars to begin to dissolve in the liquid, stirring occasionally.</li>
<li>Add in the vinegar and soy sauce, and stir to combine.</li>
<li>Add the cornstarch and water together and whisk to combine. Add to the pan and stir.</li>
<li>Continue to cook the sauce until a maple syrup consistency is achieved.</li>
<li>Add in the fried chicken and stir until completely coated in the sauce.</li>
<li>Top with sesame oil.</li>
</ol>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589799779-unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="400" />
<figcaption><em>Recipe courtesy of <a href="https://tasty.co/recipe/original-orange-chicken-by-panda-express" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tasty</a></em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls</strong></span></p>
<p>Changing it back to a dessert, we can all agree that Cinnabon&rsquo;s cinnamon rolls are a decadent flavorful dessert that we all love, and while it used to get messy when trying to eat it at the actual place, now you can enjoy it from the comfort of your own home, and it&rsquo;s great to try your hand at something new since everybody is baking right now.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Ingredients</strong></span>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Dough</strong></span></p>
<p>2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast or instant yeast</p>
<p>1 cup milk lukewarm</p>
<p>1/2 cup granulated sugar</p>
<p>1/3 cup butter unsalted, softened, or margarine</p>
<p>1 tsp salt</p>
<p>2 eggs</p>
<p>4 cups all-purpose flour</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Filling</strong></span></p>
<p>1 cup brown sugar packed</p>
<p>3 tbsp cinnamon</p>
<p>1/3 cup butter unsalted, softened, or margarine</p>
<p>Cream cheese icing</p>
<p>6 tbsp butter unsalted, softened, or margarine</p>
<p>1 1/2 cups powdered sugar also known as icing sugar, or confectioner's sugar</p>
<p>1/4 cup cream cheese at room temperature</p>
<p>1/2 tsp vanilla extract</p>
<p>1/8 tsp salt</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Directions</strong></span></p>
<ol>
<li>For the rolls, dissolve the yeast in the warm milk with a tsp of sugar (you can take a tsp out of the 1/2 cup of sugar) in a large bowl. Let it sit for about 5 minutes. If the yeast is good, it will start to froth up.</li>
<li>To the bowl of your mixer add the sugar, butter or margarine, salt, eggs, and flour and mix until well incorporated.</li>
<li>Pour the milk/yeast mixture over the flour mixture and using the dough hook, mix well until well incorporated and the dough comes clean from the side of the bowl.</li>
<li>Place the dough into an oiled bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place about 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.</li>
<li>Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.</li>
<li>Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray or butter.</li>
<li>Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface, until it is approximately 16 inches long by 12 inches wide. It should be approximately 1/4 inch in thickness.</li>
<li>Spread the 1/3 cup of butter evenly over the dough, then sprinkle with the sugar evenly over the surface of the dough.</li>
<li>Working carefully, from the long edge, roll the dough down to the bottom edge.</li>
<li>Cut the dough into 1 1/2 inch slices, and place in a lightly greased baking pan. You can also use floss to cut into slices, as seen in the video. Place the cut rolls in the prepared pan. Cover with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let them rise for another 30 minutes, or until doubled in size.</li>
<li>Preheat oven to 350 degrees.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Place the baking pan in the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cooking time can vary greatly!</li>
<li>While the rolls are baking make the icing by mixing all the icing ingredients and beat well with an electric mixer until fluffy and smooth.</li>
<li>When the rolls are done, spread generously with icing.</li>
</ol>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589799829-cinnabons-1-2.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="868" />
<figcaption><em>Recipe courtesy of <a href="https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/cinnabons-cinnamon-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jo Cooks</a></em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>KFC Coleslaw</strong></span></p>
<p>KFC might not be the best chicken in the world, but almost everybody can agree that their coleslaw is actually really good, so we decided to focus on that and bring it to you so you can use it as a side dish to any dish you like.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Ingredients:</strong></span></p>
<p>1 head cabbage, finely chopped (roughly 8 cups)</p>
<p>1 medium carrot, shredded (about 1/4 cup)</p>
<p>2 tablespoons minced yellow onion</p>
<p>1/2 cup sugar</p>
<p>1 cup mayonnaise</p>
<p>3 tablespoons canola oil</p>
<p>3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar&nbsp;</p>
<p>1/2 teaspoon celery salt</p>
<p>1/4 teaspoon paprika</p>
<p>1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Directions:</strong></span></p>
<ol>
<li>Using a food processor or a knife, chop the cabbage and carrots very finely, until they are the size of rice.</li>
<li>In a large bowl, toss the chopped cabbage mixture with the onion and set aside.</li>
<li>Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the sugar, mayonnaise, canola oil, apple cider vinegar, celery salt, paprika, and xanthan gum. Whisk the dressing until it is very smooth.</li>
<li>Add the dressing to the cabbage mixture and mix well.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Cover the coleslaw tightly with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, or as long as 24 hours.</li>
<li>Before serving the coleslaw, place it in a strainer to remove the excess water (an optional step). Use the coleslaw water to make other dressings and sauces.</li>
</ol>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589799866-Copycat-KFC-Coleslaw-Recipe-500x500.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" />
<figcaption>Recipe courtesy of <a href="https://www.mashed.com/70697/make-perfect-kfc-coleslaw/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mashed</a></figcaption>
</figure>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>In n' Out Burger</strong></span></p>
<p>Another burger place that we haven&rsquo;t experienced here in Egypt, that has won the world over, so we decided you are deserving of its recipe&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Ingredients:</strong></span></p>
<p>1 Tablespoon vegetable oil and more for brushing griddle</p>
<p>1 large onion finely chopped</p>
<p>Salt to taste</p>
<p>0.13 cup of mayonnaise</p>
<p>1 tablespoon ketchup</p>
<p>&frac12; tablespoon sweet pickle relish</p>
<p>&frac14; teaspoon of white vinegar</p>
<p>&frac34; teaspoon mustard</p>
<p>1 lbs. ground chuck 60%</p>
<p>2 hamburger buns</p>
<p>pickles</p>
<p>&frac12; cup of shredded iceberg lettuce</p>
<p>2 to 4 slices tomato</p>
<p>Pepper to taste</p>
<p>4 slices American cheese&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Instructions</strong></span></p>
<ol>
<li>Heat oil in a pan and add onions</li>
<li>Cook onions covered, over medium heat for 30 minutes, or until onions begin to turn golden brown and caramelize. Watch them so they don't burn.</li>
<li>Remove lid and cook for 5 more minutes and then add 1/2 C water. Allow water to evaporate.</li>
<li>Set aside, onions can be made several days ahead of time and refrigerated.</li>
<li>Mix together the mayo, ketchup, relish, and vinegar in a bowl and set aside.</li>
<li>Form meat into 8 patties about 4 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick.</li>
<li>Heat griddle and lightly brush with vegetable oil.</li>
<li>Toast the buns on the griddle, split side down.</li>
<li>After they are toasted golden brown spread the bottom bun with 1 Tbsp of the mayo mixture.</li>
<li>Top with tomato and lettuce.</li>
<li>Salt and pepper both sides of hamburger patties and cook on the griddle for 3-5 minutes.</li>
<li>Spread top of the patty with 1 1/2 tsp mustard and flip.</li>
<li>Top patty with cheese and allow to cook until the desired doneness.</li>
<li>Add hamburger to bun and top with caramelized onion.</li>
</ol>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589799902-Copycat-In-n-Out-Burger-is-so-easy-to-make-at-home-and-we-think-they-are-better-than-the-real-thing-yourhomebasedmom.com_.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="961" />
<figcaption><em>Recipe courtesy of <a href="https://www.yourhomebasedmom.com/in-n-out-burger-copycat-recipe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Your Home Based Mom</a></em></figcaption>
</figure>

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<p>Legendary French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand has released a large batch of aerial photographs that he took of Egypt over the course of several years. The photos are not only stunning and expertly taken, they provide a new perspective from which to view Egypt and its various terrains.</p>
<p>From images of some of the nation&rsquo;s various heritage sites to portraits of Egyptian peasants in the countryside, the photo album highlights every aspect of what makes Egypt special.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713054-1.png" alt="" width="620" height="806" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713082-2.png" alt="" width="620" height="903" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713097-3.png" alt="" width="620" height="902" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713121-4.png" alt="" />The album includes photographs of Cairo and its metropolitan feel, not to mention its famous Nile banks that have mesmerized travellers for centuries now.<br />On the other hand, there are also some pretty stunning photographs of the natural spaces in Egypt, from the desert that has always been associated with Egypt to the greenery of the Nile Delta.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713135-5.png" alt="" width="620" height="384" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713148-6.png" alt="" width="620" height="384" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713160-7.png" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713170-8.png" alt="" />Arthus-Bertrand has been a prolific photographer of great renown for decades now. He spent several years in his youth in Africa where he spent some time with the Massai tribes, studying lions and their behaviors. His time spent with the Massai culminated into his 1983 book of photographs &ldquo;Lions&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713184-9.png" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713197-10.png" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713210-11.png" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713223-12.png" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713238-13.png" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713252-14.png" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589713264-Capture.png" alt="" />Arthus-Bertrand has also made a name for himself as a formidable documentarian with his 2009 feature &ldquo;Home&rdquo; and his 2015 feature &ldquo;Human&rdquo; being his most prominent works.</p>
<p>One of his specialties is aerial photography and he has taken similar photographs to the ones in Egypt in several other countries which are also included on his website. Check out the full album of over 600 photos <a href="http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/collection/egypt/?fbclid=IwAR1s1x8T20V1GzEdcm-p7-8KEHG573Mi_u5DoCrjLDJr5b_5BUZOqNcsD4E">here</a>.</p>

French photography legend Yann Arthus-Bertrand releases a mesmerizing collection of aerial photographs from Egypt.

Legendary French Photographer Releases A Stunning Collection Of Aerial Photos Of Egypt In All Its Glory

<p>While artists are not as necessary as health care personnel, grocery deliver workers, and those that manage our public facilities, they can offer us something that we cannot get from the media, public officials, or international institutions: hope.</p>
<p>So Shereen Badr, founder of the "Euro-Arab Artoday" cultural project, organized an online exhibition entitled "Art Spreads Hope" in order to do exactly what the title implies.</p>
<p>The exhibition's mission is to spread hope and optimism to face the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting measures by governments to slow the virus's spread. It features 50 artists from 10 countries: Egypt, Italy, Serbia, France, Belgium, Kuwait, New Zealand, the Philippines, Belgium, Cyprus and the United States.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589367505-dina_tarif.jpg" width="620" height="398" />
<figcaption><em>Dina Tarif's submission to the oil painting category.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>"Through art you can see that bright beam that penetrates the darkness of life and brightens its corners. It is a ray of art with its charm and its ability to change. In light of the Corona epidemic that is sweeping the world, what we need most is a drop of that ray&rsquo;s light that spreads hope and optimism despite everything. That is why we, a group of artists, have decided to advance the torch of art and beauty in this dark tunnel. We want to continue our role from within our homes, spreading confidence that the world will defeat all epidemics, and become more beautiful, generous, and unified," states the exhibition's mission statement.&nbsp;</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589367574-donzi_el_husseini.jpg" width="620" height="459" />
<figcaption><em>Donzi El Husseini in painting</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589367617-shereen_elbaroundi.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="922" />
<figcaption><em>Shereen Elbaroundi in painting</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589367650-kristina_milakovic.jpg" width="620" height="622" />
<figcaption><em>Kristina Milakovic in painting</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589368774-Mamdouh_Kassifi_in_drawing.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="769" />
<figcaption><em>Mamdouh Kassifi in drawing</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>While most of the artists featured are Egyptian, each category features a mix of artists from around the world. Artwork featured includes not just painting, but a wide range of artistic styles on a diverse set of media.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589367688-safia_el_kabany.jpg" width="620" height="827" />
<figcaption><em>Safia El Kabany in mosaic</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589367848-larissa_noury_frnace_0ft.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="791" />
<figcaption><em>Larissa Noury's 40 foot painting</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The summary of the art exhibit states that "this unique display of art from around the world will include painting, drawing, print making, mosaic, graphics, sculpture, film making, and photography.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589367880-salah_el_meligy.jpg" width="620" height="614" />
<figcaption><em>Salah El Meligy in mosaic</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589367915-ashraf_zaki.jpg" width="620" height="433" />
<figcaption><em>Ashraf Zaki in print art&nbsp;</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589367987-giorgio_piccaia.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="466" />
<figcaption><em>Giorgio Piccaia in painting</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The exhibition is a non-profit, maintaining that its goals are to assist students, and that all sales and proceeds will go into assisting hospitals and treatment centers on the frontlines of COVID-19.</p>
<p>"Part of the sales proceeds will go towards the treatment of COVID-19 cases in the participating countries. Emphasizing the need to continue with cultural activities if only online, and to expand the scope of exchange during quarantine, the exhibition also encourages students to consolidate their connections with the art world and helps to support the artists it features," continues the statement.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589368038-asmaa_khoury.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="805" />
<figcaption><em>Asmaa Khoury in drawing</em>&nbsp;</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589368100-ashraf_mahdy.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="827" />
<figcaption><em>Ashraf Mahdy in painting</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The Euro-Arab Artoday cultural project is a place for Arab and European artists to exchange expertise, vision, and ideas and build up relations between cultures and individual artists. The organization aims to support the cultural interaction between Arab and European artists by holding events, workshops, exhibitions and training course</p>
<p><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/314092865?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment="1"></iframe></p>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/314092865">MASR</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/caljhat">Caleb Hatfield</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
<p>You can check out the full gallery <a href="https://www.euroarabartoday.com/online/">here</a>.</p>

Egypt's online art exhibit draws in artists from around the world.

Egyptian Artist Launches New Online Exhibition "Art Spreads Hope" & It Might Be Just What You Need

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<p>We&rsquo;ve been getting a &ldquo;Call of Duty&rdquo; game now every year, and with more people staying at home because of covid-19, fans are waiting for the game now more than ever, and while 2019&rsquo;s &ldquo;Call of Duty: Modern Warfare&rdquo; took the reboot route, it seems like this year&rsquo;s one will be a return to form.</p>
<p>If the leaks are to be believed the game is expected to titled &ldquo;Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War&rdquo; which is kind of a mouthful if we&rsquo;re being honest, nevertheless it&rsquo;s a good point to look at, and with Activision having several sub-studios including Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Raven Software, and Sledgehammer Games working on different sub-series for the CoD franchise it looks like we&rsquo;re seeing the company going back to one of it&rsquo;s already established roots.</p>
<p>The leaked name comes from Twitter user Okami who many believe to be a reliable CoD leaker, and his information was later confirmed by Eurogamer who checked on the name using their own sources.</p>
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&mdash; Okami (@Okami13_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Okami13_/status/1262774644903424000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>It&rsquo;s safe to say that Treyarch will be taking the lead in developing this one since they are the ones who started the &ldquo;Black Ops&rdquo; sub-series making this their fifth title after their game &ldquo;Call of Duty Black Ops 4&rdquo; which was mainly a multiplayer-only game and completely dropped the solo campaign.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OtRnpC7ddv8" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>No news on what the main plotline of the game will follow, but we have a clue that it will take place during the Cold War, but since that war was between 1947 and 1991, it&rsquo;s going to be hard to pinpoint,&nbsp;</p>
<p>The previous &ldquo;Black Ops&rdquo; games looked at several Vietnam war missions, as well as Soviet counterintelligence, so we expect to see more of that in the new game.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6kqe2ICmTxc" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>No release date has been revealed as of yet, but if we go by previous years, it&rsquo;s supposed to come out near mid to last of October.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Black Ops 3&rdquo; had a mission set in Egypt where the main character works with the Egyptian Military to stop a terrorist cell set to attach the country, the scene features some of Cairo&rsquo;s landmarks including &ldquo;Mahatet Masr&rdquo; Cairo&rsquo;s main train station, as well as Ramsees Square.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/a1GkjDpxGlE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&nbsp;</p>

Upcoming Call of Duty game is returning to the Black Ops subseries with the title Cold War according to leaks.

Upcoming “Call Of Duty” Reported To Be Titled “Black Ops: Cold War” 

<p>Get ready because you might find yourself shopping from Facebook &amp; Instagram instead of going somewhere else.</p>
<p>Facebook announced during a Mark Zuckerberg live-stream that it&rsquo;s launching &ldquo;Shops&rdquo; on both its own website as well as on Instagram, where people would be able to make purchases directly from the website instead of going to other websites to do so.</p>
<p>This means businesses will be able to upload their catalog directly to their Facebook page, from where users can make their purchases, as according to Facebook this will help small businesses that rely on social media for their marketing and announcements as their customers will find all they need in one location.</p>
<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffacebook%2Fvideos%2F607738026499419%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>This will be a very different experience than that of the already established &ldquo;Marketplace&rdquo; on Facebook, as this will be directly on the business&rsquo; page where not only will users be able to see what they want, but also make the purchase on Facebook, it will also do the same thing on Instagram, and will roll out a new shops icon at the bottom of the application soon.</p>
<p>The service should already be running on Facebook for over a million businesses who have signed on as a trial early on, with more to roll out as they sign up for the feature.</p>
<p>While Facebook states that its intentions are to help the small businesses, other reports claim that Facebook is just using this new service to carve out a place for itself in the e-commerce market, as well as keep users on their platform even longer, which would in turn bring in more revenue through ads, and a small charge it will add to those purchases done on its platform.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589962335-facebook-shops_color-3d96792492c9fbf893b9cec11c5b369abc7bb2a4-s800-c85.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="465" />"We're seeing a lot of small businesses that never had online presences get online for the first time, and we're seeing small businesses that had online presence now make them their primary way of doing business. For lots of small businesses during this period, this is the difference between staying afloat and going under," said Zuckerberg in the Livestream.</p>
<p>"We know that if [Facebook] Shops are valuable for businesses they're going to in general want to bid more for ads. We'll eventually make money that way," he continued.</p>
<p>Zuckerberg also announced that it is partnering with Bing eCommerce websites including Shopify, BigCommerce, Woo, Channel Advisor, CedCommerce, Cafe24, Tienda Nube and Feedonomics to help them create the best shopping experience they can for users.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589962405-uploads2Fcard2Fimage2F13124492Ff354dc15-07bd-4108-8649-3e23485bb3d5.jpeg2F950x534__filters3Aquality288029.jpg" alt="" />&ldquo;Facebook Shops allows Shopify merchants to get control over customization and merchandising for their storefronts inside Facebook and Instagram while managing their products, inventory, orders, and fulfillment directly from within Shopify,&rdquo; stated Shopify in an announcement.</p>
<p>Many people are feeling wary of the whole new situation, because Facebook doesn&rsquo;t have the best record when it comes to the users&rsquo; well being and their privacy and security, so adding the ability to enter their card details on the website will be a leap, not a lot will take.</p>

Facebook is launching "Shops" on both Facebook and Instagram so users can buy stuff directly from the webstie.

Facebook Launches Online Shops To Help Small Businesses

<p>If you ever wanted to get back to Hogwarts and play a &ldquo;Harry Potter&rdquo; themed &ldquo;Candy Crush&rdquo; game, gaming company Zynga has you covered as they&rsquo;re developing a match-3 puzzle game centered around the wizarding world for mobile phones.</p>
<p>Titled &ldquo;Harry Potter: Puzzles &amp; Spells&rdquo; the game is officially licensed by Warner Bros. interactive meaning that you&rsquo;ll be able to see your favorite actors&rsquo; likenesses and not a cheap imitation. The game also features locations like Hogwarts, the Griffindor common room, and even Diagon Alley.</p>
<p>Zynga released a trailer for the upcoming game giving fans a glimpse of what to expect, unfortunately, however, didn&rsquo;t show much gameplay, besides hinting that it&rsquo;s a match-3 game, it also didn&rsquo;t provide a release date, only &ldquo;Coming Soon&rdquo; which doesn&rsquo;t tell us much.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the trailer below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TKEHowsyby4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>"From the Great Hall of Hogwarts to the Gryffindor common room, Harry Potter: Puzzles &amp; Spells gives players a chance to revisit their favorite Wizarding World landmarks in a new way. This new trailer gives the first look at what to expect, and we urge fans to stay tuned to the magic, mischief, and puzzles ahead through the game&rsquo;s website," said Bernard Kim, president of publishing at Zynga, in a statement.</p>
<p>If you&rsquo;re looking for a fantastical spell casting action-filled &ldquo;Harry Potter&rdquo; game this isn&rsquo;t it but it&rsquo;s something to keep you entertained while they develop one. There have been rumors of a game being developed by Avalanche Games that would get released soon, and there&rsquo;s even a leaked trailer on YouTube that had a lot of people excited, but the company has been tight-lipped so we have no clue about a release date about that one either.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/glG736Y0JTg" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>

Harry Potter is getting a Candy Crush-like mobile game titled "Harry Potter Puzzles & Spells'

Candy Crush-Like “Harry Potter” Game Coming Soon For Mobile

<p>Ubisoft&rsquo;s &ldquo;Assassin&rsquo;s Creed&rdquo; franchise is known for their look back in time as players get to play with characters in different time periods according to which entry, which varies from the Crusades, The Italian Rennaisance, and even the French Revolution. But while many of those were left unexplored beyond the main game, the last two entries took an in-depth look with &ldquo;Discovery Mode&rdquo; which Ubisoft is making free for PC for a limited time.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Assassin&rsquo;s Creed: Origins&rdquo; and &ldquo;Assassin&rsquo;s Creed: Odyssey&rdquo; explored different time periods with the first taking a look at Ancient Egypt during the reign of Cleopatra and Ancient Greece during the Peloponnesian War with both of them rich with historical figures, moments, and locations, and thus &ldquo;Discovery Mode&rdquo; was made as it features curated experiences by historians that offer a virtual tour into these worlds where players can enjoy them without the fighting.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_yMDdQKfv70" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Ubisoft is offering these two educational tours for free on PC for users to download and keep as part of their &ldquo;Play Apart Together&rdquo; campaign to help people keep busy and play games while they self-quarantine to avoid the spread of Covid-19.</p>
<p>Players will get to play as several characters as they literally walk into history, see how Alexandria built, get a tour inside the Pyramids of Giza, and visit the Parthenon in Athens all from the comfort of their own home.&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Take a historic journey from home with Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece &amp; Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt FREE to download and keep _____ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlayApartTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PlayApartTogether</a><br /><br />_ <a href="https://t.co/UVftq2CaBr">https://t.co/UVftq2CaBr</a></p>
&mdash; Ubisoft (@Ubisoft) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/1260981492206964736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>PC players can download the experience for free until May 21, and you can get them <a href="https://free.ubisoft.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uh4Iy-p943M" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>

Ubisoft is offering Assassin’s Creed's discovery tour for Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece for free for a limited time

Ubisoft Is Letting People Explore Ancient Egypt & Ancient Greece In “Assassin’s Creed’s” Discovery Tour

<p>PC Gamers Rejoice! The second best selling game of all time has been made free for a few days.</p>
<p>With the spread of covid-19 people have been staying at home more and video game companies and major console stores have been doing their part by launching discounts almost on a biweekly basis, but others like Epic Games are offering some incredible games for free.</p>
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&mdash; Wario64 (@Wario64) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1260769185212194816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>Epic Games who showed off the PS5 capability and their new Unreal Engine last week announced that &ldquo;GTA V&rdquo;, one of the most successful games ever made is free for PC players on their store until May 21.</p>
<p>The offer states that players would keep the game forever and that it&rsquo;s not just a trial period, and includes the main game with its branching storylines, &ldquo;Grand Theft Auto Online&rdquo; with &ldquo;all existing gameplay upgrades and content&rdquo;, as well as the &ldquo;Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack, the fastest way to jumpstart your criminal empire in GTA Online.&rdquo;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QkkoHAzjnUs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The game was initially launched back in September 2013 and was a huge success both critically and commercially surpassing one billion dollars in sales three days after release, making it the fastest-selling entertainment product in history.</p>
<p>"GTA V" follows three characters as they find themselves turning to a life of crime each with their own specific set of reasons as they try to outwit government agencies and crime bosses and get free from under their thumbs.</p>
<p>You can get the game <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/grand-theft-auto-v/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>

Epic Games are offering GTA V for free until May 21 for PC.

“GTA V” Is Going To Be Free For A Limited Time Only On PC

<p>Epic Games, the creators of the Unreal Engine revealed their plans for their upcoming rendition of the gaming engine &ldquo;Unreal Engine 5&rdquo; using gameplay footage off a new PlayStation 5 (PS5) showing the power of the upcoming console for the first time and the results were gorgeous.</p>
<p>This is the first time fans got to see gameplay from a game or even a demo directly from a PS5, and it has everybody really excited. Titled &ldquo;Lumen in the Land of Nanite&rdquo; it showed off what is exactly new in the upcoming engine which is set to launch next year, and from the title&rsquo;s name the &ldquo;lumen&rdquo; and &ldquo;nanite&rdquo; are those newly added technologies that made all of the difference.</p>
<p>You might be asking yourself what a &ldquo;lumen&rdquo; or&ldquo;nanite&rdquo; are, the former is the illumination system that provides the photorealistic lighting which was one of the most impressive ones we&rsquo;ve ever seen in games to date, the latter, on the other hand, is the virtual geometry system with which artists can render 3D models, build worlds and environments with extremely high details due to the ability to use billions upon billions of polygons, giving the players a finely detailed experience.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589446333-UnrealEngine_blog_a-first-look-at-unreal-engine-5_Unreal_Engine_5_Lumen-2491x1401-3da7aa4892984ed6e7375aa7c19aa162725b957f.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />
<figcaption><em>Yes, this is not a real cave, but rather gameplay footage.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>"Nanite&nbsp;virtualized micropolygon geometry frees artists to create as much geometric detail as the eye can see. Nanite virtualized geometry means that film-quality source art comprising hundreds of millions or billions of polygons can be imported directly into Unreal Engine&mdash;anything from ZBrush sculpts to photogrammetry scans to CAD data&mdash;and it just works. Nanite geometry is streamed and scaled in real time so there are no more polygon count budgets, polygon memory budgets, or draw count budgets; there is no need to bake details to normal maps or manually author LODs; and there is no loss in quality," wrote Epic Games on their blog.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589446379-UnrealEngine_blog_a-first-look-at-unreal-engine-5_Unreal_Engine_5_Nanite-2491x1401-110edc43c67b7d81be869bf703cb40a72e557c96.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />
<figcaption><em>Still not a real location</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>"Lumen&nbsp;is a fully dynamic global illumination solution that immediately reacts to scene and light changes. The system renders diffuse interreflection with infinite bounces and indirect specular reflections in huge, detailed environments, at scales ranging from kilometers to millimeters. Artists and designers can create more dynamic scenes using Lumen, for example, changing the sun angle for time of day, turning on a flashlight, or blowing a hole in the ceiling, and indirect lighting will adapt accordingly. Lumen erases the need to wait for lightmap bakes to finish and to author light map UVs&mdash;a huge time savings when an artist can move a light inside the Unreal Editor and lighting looks the same as when the game is run on console," they continued.</p>
<p>The tech demo basically showed off all of that in simple gameplay footage, which featured a female character that makes her way through a cave, until arriving at a shrine-like location which leads her to the portal she needs to go into.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check it out below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qC5KtatMcUw" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Epic confirmed that the footage viewers were watching in the tech demo was live without any trickery, editing, and that it was coming directly from a PS5 in real-time blowing peoples&rsquo; minds even further.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s exciting to say the least, as it offers a glimpse of what gamers might expect from the upcoming console in the future, but there&rsquo;s a catch though, Epic stated that its gaming engine would release later in 2021, so for the time being the PS5 and the rest of the consoles will be using the Unreal Engine 4.25 until that happens, which isn&rsquo;t really a bad thing as that engine is already one of the most successful gaming engines on the market right now.</p>
<p>Gaming engines are the programs that game developers and studios build their games on, basically providing them with the tools needed to make their game the way they want to do it, some of the most prominent ones are Unreal Engine, Cry Engine, and Unity.&nbsp;</p>

Epic Games revealed some of the PS5's power in their Unreal Engine 5 tech demo and the results were gorgeous

First-Ever PS5 Gameplay Revealed In Unreal Engine Showcase & It’s Stunning

<p>People are staying at home more than ever due to the spread of covid-19, and there is a substantial amount of them are playing videogames to pass the time, and with most gaming events like E3 getting canceled, Xbox &amp; Microsoft decided to make some reveals of their own.</p>
<p>Xbox launched a live-stream showing some of the biggest games coming out on the console when it launches later this year, and while there were games that were underwhelming there were others that were very impressive.</p>
<p>One of such titles is the one at the very beginning of the live-stream titled &ldquo;Bright Memory Infinite&rdquo; which had a mix of genres and game modes tied together including some first-person shooting and melee combat as well as driving and magic oriented enemies, needless to say people need to keep an eye on that one.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xtwPMBdgPGE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Another exciting one is &ldquo;Chrous&rdquo; a moody futuristic game which has players taking control of a superpowered character with a very peculiar looking fighter jet, and while people will be doing barrel rolls and dog fights through areas, the game looks breathtaking, grabbing our attention immediately.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gnRy-waJBjA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Lastly, our favorite entry of the stream was &ldquo;Assassin&rsquo;s Creed: Valhalla&rdquo; which takes the period piece game to the world of the Vikings, and this one looks stunning, with great visuals, and impressive gameplay, needless to say, we can&rsquo;t wait to get our hands on this one.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ach9vZJyF24" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>There were other games like &ldquo;The Medium&rdquo; which offered a horror experience even though it didn&rsquo;t show much, another interesting game was &ldquo;Second Extinction&rdquo; where players and sent back to Earth to reclaim it from another wave of dinosaurs, which looks fast-paced and a lot like &ldquo;Left 4 Dead&rdquo; but with velociraptors instead of zombies.</p>
<p>The isometric shooter &ldquo;The Ascent&rdquo; looked impressive, and a lot of fun if the multiplayer is any good, as for puzzle-oriented players, &ldquo;Call of the Sea&rdquo; is the one for them to check.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For the rest of the games and the full stream, check out the video below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XCTPu1aUsTE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>

Xbox shows off some of the games available at launch later this year.

Xbox Reveals Some Of Its Launch Games & They’re Impressive

<p>Google is adding video conferencing to everything these days and it feels like it wants to take over the videoconferencing market by any means necessary, as it&rsquo;s adding new group video calls on its free video-chat app &ldquo;Google Duo&rdquo;.</p>
<p>In a blog posted last Friday, the company announced a few new features, the biggest of which was that it was adding the group video calls in Duo (web version) with the feature rolling out in the following weeks.</p>
<p>People using the website will be able to add people in a group video chat for free on their computers, something that was recently added on phone near the end of April.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589105653-22222.jpg" alt="" />&ldquo;In the coming weeks, you'll be able to make group calls with Duo on the web, starting as a preview on Chrome, alongside a new layout that lets you see more people at the same time. To make getting together easier, you&rsquo;ll also be able to invite anyone with a Google account to join a group call with just a link,&rdquo; wrote Google.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/58JcHKgAm5o" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>What&rsquo;s weird is that Google is making its more business-oriented system &ldquo;Google Meet&rdquo; free for people to use, which has the capability of adding as many as 100 callers at one time compared to Duo&rsquo;s 16. &ldquo;Meet&rdquo; even has the option of screen sharing making it that much more appealing.&nbsp;but the weirdness doesn&rsquo;t stop there as the company also has &ldquo;Hangouts&rdquo;, yup that&rsquo;s still a thing, which also has group video-calling options, albeit small ones.</p>
<p>Zoom is going to find itself in trouble as almost every social media or web giant is gunning for it, and its share in the video chat pie due to its meteoric rise after the spread of covid-19.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589105703-333.jpg" alt="" /></p>

Google is adding group video calls to Google Duo on Web

Google Expanding “Duo” Features To Have Group Video Calls Like “Zoom” & “Meet”

<p>With a plethora of new games coming out every year, gamers wait for trailers to know what to get next, be it a new original IP, sequel, prequel, or even reboot, there&rsquo;s usually something for everybody, but nobody was expecting a trailer from 2012 to come back so strongly.</p>
<p>A &ldquo;simulated gameplay&rdquo; video of a previously canceled &ldquo;Prince of Persia&rdquo; game has been getting a lot of attention recently, even though it was originally posted on YouTube in 2012, strangely everybody failed to notice it back then, but they are now, as fans of the title have been asking for more.</p>
<p>Titled &ldquo;Prince of Persia: Redemption&rdquo;, the video featured the titled Prince in a new short-haired look than in previous games as he makes it through a crumbling city, running on walls, fighting enemies, and manipulating time along the way.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check it out below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nHbRCd8yzaw" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Some people thought it was a good fake game but video game animator, Jonathan Cooper, who has worked at Ubisoft (the video game company that makes &ldquo;Prince of Persia&rdquo; titles) confirmed it&rsquo;s validity, stating that it was a pitch video by &ldquo;For Honor&rdquo; animation director Khai Nguyen and his team for a new &ldquo;PoP&rdquo; game that was rejected, however, paved the way for Cooper and his colleagues to pitch &ldquo;Assassin&rsquo;s Creed III&rdquo;.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wow - haven't seen this in ages. Amazing work from animation director Khai Nguyen (For Honor) and team. This target game footage (pre-rendered game pitch) inspired our own pitch for Assassin's Creed 3 as they did such a great job making it look like real gameplay. <a href="https://t.co/U9cy7v4fNp">https://t.co/U9cy7v4fNp</a></p>
&mdash; Jonathan Cooper (@GameAnim) <a href="https://twitter.com/GameAnim/status/1258056884088520705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>The last time we saw a &ldquo;PoP&rdquo; game was in 2010 with the release of &ldquo;Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands&rdquo; which received mixed reviews that were mostly positive, and breathed new life into the franchise, especially that it was released with the poorly received film, and fans have been asking for a sequel or reboot ever since, but things have been quiet on Ubisoft&rsquo;s front, and that can be explained by another tweet from Cooper, who claimed that the company thought twice about any &ldquo;PoP&rdquo; game because the profit value wasn&rsquo;t that high.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sadly Ubisoft are generally quicker to cancel Prince of Persia games than others IPs because AFAIK original creator Jordan Mechner still holds license rights so the profit margins are lower. Would love to see a new one though. I've always wanted a PoP set in contemporary Iran,&rdquo; wrote Cooper.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sadly Ubisoft are generally quicker to cancel Prince of Persia games than others IPs because AFAIK original creator Jordan Mechner still holds license rights so the profit margins are lower. Would love to see a new one though. I've always wanted a PoP set in contemporary Iran.</p>
&mdash; Jonathan Cooper (@GameAnim) <a href="https://twitter.com/GameAnim/status/1258064427762323456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KmMwCu7scHo" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Still, fans have found hope especially that there was a cross over event between &ldquo;PoP&rdquo; and &ldquo;For Honor&rdquo; which saw the return of the prince, something that would later lead to rumors that there is a new &ldquo;PoP&rdquo; game in development behind closed doors, all we can do is wait and see.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/20gUX7MaqYo" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&nbsp;</p>

Prince of Perisa Redemptionfinds new life as it's video starts to get attention eight years since it's publishing on YouTube

Video Of Cancelled “Prince Of Persia” Game Resurfaces Online & People Want More

<p>Egyptian App Instabug has gone through a major transformation, and their recent success is largely due to COVID-19.</p>
<p>While many companies are struggling, Instabug&rsquo;s success has been years in the making. Now, they are seeing huge growth in usage, and have become the Middle East&rsquo;s biggest software sales company.</p>
<p>Yesterday the company announced an additional $5 million in funding as a result of the changes the company has undergone, as well as how important the app has become during COVID-19.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r9h-ohduHUI" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>One year ago, if you asked what Instabug did, you would be told that Instabug allows users to shake their phone whenever they were experiencing problems with another application. However, by then the company was already in the beginnings of a new path for the their rise.</p>
<p>After other companies like PayPal, BuzzFeed, Samsung, Lyft, and Soundcloud, all of which are now clients of Instabug, saw that their users were giving better feedback when using the app, they contacted the Egyptian startup directly for services.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1588767336-DesignBlog_04_14x-1024x192.png" alt="" width="620" height="116" />
<figcaption><em>Changes in Instabug's identity with the change in company direction.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>According to the official company blog, the company progressed from user reports, to developers using Instabug, to eventually the entire company using the app for various reports on user experience.</p>
<p>So, when COVID-19 began to effect business by late January and employees were increasingly forced to work at home, Instabug became more important than ever for employees to continue working optimally.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1588767299-Instabug-Devices.png" alt="" width="620" height="329" />Since January, the company has reported a 45% increase usage of the app, the company statement on the growth of the app explains that, &ldquo;with more people spending their time at home, there&rsquo;s more app downloads and more app usage. Also, Instabug is designed to streamline the communication between QA and developers which is very relevant now since all is working remotely.&rdquo;</p>
<p>With now 2.5 billion users and counting, clients among 28 of the top 100 apps on the Apple iStore, it is the biggest software sales company in the Middle East and North Africa. The $5 million that they received in funding is an acknowledgement that they are almost profitable, and have room for expansion.</p>
<p>While they might have dropped the &ldquo;famous bug&rdquo; in their logo, the company is moving to become a major software company in the world, and part of it is thanks to COVID-19.</p>
<p>Sometimes crisis is the mother of innovation, and opportunities lie in the disaster. COVID-19 has definitely pushed companies to adapt to survive in very interesting ways.</p>

Instabug sees major becomes top software company in MENA due to COVID-19

Egyptian Software Startup Instabug Receives $5M In Funding And It's Due To COVID-19 

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Geekdom

<p>Nile FM&rsquo;s Homegrown is the place for all local singers, bands, and artists to showcase their talent. Yes, It&rsquo;s the return of Homegrown, hosted by Mirelle &ndash; Saturdays from 10 PM to midnight!</p>
<p>If you have a performing talent, are a singer, in a band, a songwriter or an artist we want to hear from YOU! Contact us with a sample of your music by emailing homegrown@nrp.net.eg</p>

Homegrown 

<p>Every weekend Yara will be counting down the weeks BIGGEST 30 songs on the brand new and only official chart countdown for Egypt, Hit 30 Egypt!&nbsp; Find out the music that really matters, will your favorite song make it to number 1, and if so, how long will it stay there for!? Saturdays from 4 PM - Repeated Tuesdays from 10 PM.</p>

Hit 30 Egypt

<p>Have you&rsquo;ve had a long, tiresome week that&rsquo;s consumed all of the energy that you need to do the things you actually want to do over the weekend? It&rsquo;s all good. All you have to do is join Sally on Happy Weekends! She&rsquo;ll have the music, the chitchat and all the quirkiness you&rsquo;ll need to get you back on track to have an awesome couple of days off! Weekends from 1 PM - 3 PM.</p>

Happy Weekends

<p>Each weekday from 3-4 PM and again from 9 PM Feedo delivers you Egypt&rsquo;s hit music, but with a slight difference. In the mix, non stop! All the biggest current songs mixed back to back. If it were food it would be delicious, so we couldn&rsquo;t think of any better name than &ndash; Mix A Licious!</p>

Mixalicious

<p>Tune in every weekday morning from 11 to the On Demand with Mickey and Basma! You&rsquo;ll be in complete control of the music, along with something a little different every day. Spill your heart out on Sunday Secrets!</p>

On Demand

<p>Its 2020 and Zeinab has a whole new show with all kinds of fun and games just for you!</p>

Good Vibes Only

The Big Breakfast Show

<p>Three hours of non-stop feel good anthems to get you pumped for the weekend. Whether you're getting ready for a fun night out or heading home for a cozy night in, this upbeat soundtrack is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Turn up the music and sing along to all your favorite happy tunes, every Thursday at 9 pm.</p>

Feel Good Thursday

<p>Highlighting the best and greatest from the world of Rock. The Rock Show is the perfect blend of current, modern, and old-school classics. Join Omar on Mondays to hear about some of the best emerging artists, and local bands too!&nbsp;</p>

The Rock Show

<p>Some say &ldquo;They don't make them like they used to", and we certainly agree.</p>
<p><br />For a full hour, we spin out all your favorite classic hits from the 60s through the 90s that bring back good memories. Every day at 7 am, it's time for some serious nostalgia.</p>

Flashback

<p>Egypt's most talented Trance duo shine weekly on NileFM.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Join Ali &amp; Fila every Thursday night at 12AM as they redefine the future sound of Egypt, and enjoy an hour of the latest banging melodic Trance tunes.</p>

The Future Sound of Egypt 

<p>The world's premier radio show comes to NileFM.</p>
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<p>With over 30 Million listeners turning in each week around the world, NileFM joins the elite rank of stations putting their listeners in 'a state of trance'.</p>
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<p>Join one of the World's top DJs Armin Van Buuren&nbsp;for 2 hours of the best Trance tracks &amp; sets known to mankind!</p>

A State Of Trance (ASOT)

<p>It's your weekly dose of Hip-Hop &amp; R'n'B with DJ Feedo.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>All the newest Hip-Hop releases, the best old school jams, East Coast/West Coast, Shacktown, the dirty South, the Middle East and beyond.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>There's also Jam IT or Slam IT, where you decide the playlist and an EXCLUSIVE DJ Feedo Mix.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Friday at 7pm.</p>

Friday Night Flavas

<p>Sit back and enjoy the chill-out sounds of oriental-inspired music; the perfect setting for a drive in your car, or just an escape from the stress of the day.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>It's the show that brings a little dose of local flavor.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Don't miss it, Friday at 5pm!</p>

Nile Bazaar

<p>American Top 40 - or AT40 - is an internationally syndicated, independent song countdown radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The program is hosted by Ryan Seacrest, and features the current Top 40 songs in America, in addition to celebrity interviews, song breakout predictions and many other features and segments.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>AT40 currently broadcasts in Egypt and the Middle East only on your #1 Hit Music radio station, NileFM.</p>

AT 40 With Ryan Seacrest

<p>Come hang with Mohannad as he showcases the #Hottest7Tunes of the day, a few of his bizarre thoughts with a daily #MoeMessage, get to test your luck with LIVE games; &ldquo;Would you Rather?" and "Mohannad or Google?&rdquo;, and so much more. He may also talk about food. A lot.&nbsp;</p>

Chat n’ Chill

<p>When we go into a movie starring Jason Stathem or Zooey Deschanel, we all can kind of guess what kind of performance we are going to see. Some actors never really get out of their one character role, it&rsquo;s hard because when a movie producer says they need a quirky cute girl, there is a reason why they don&rsquo;t call Katherine Heigl.</p>
<p>However, it makes us think that these actors and actresses are only good for the roles in which they excel at, or at worst that actors like Sylvestor Stallone or Gwyneth Paltrow are afraid of looking stupid and going outside their comfort zone.</p>
<p>However, every once and a while an actor or actress we assume to be a one trick pony blows us away with an unforgettable role that proves their chops as an actor. Here are a few of the most mind-blowing acting performances that we&rsquo;ve seen.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Jim Carrey in &ldquo;The Truman Show&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gn5kuDdeGzs" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>While Jim Carrey had made a wide variety of films by this point in his career, back in 1998, he was really only known for ridiculous over-the-top comedies like &ldquo;Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.&rdquo; Those films fell in line with the work he'd done on television as part of the sketch comedy show &ldquo;In Living Color&rdquo;. This is why nobody knew quite what to expect when he stepped out of that comfort zone for the first time in &ldquo;The Truman Show.&rdquo; The surreal drama had none of the slapstick humor we expected from the actor, and yet, he was absolutely perfect in the role. He would later go on to prove the performance wasn&rsquo;t a fluke in &ldquo;Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind&rdquo; and &ldquo;23,&rdquo; proving he&rsquo;s a better dramatic actor than he ever was at comedy.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Adam Sandler in &ldquo;Punch Drunk Love&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRbca0W1pJ4" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Another comedian turned dramatic actor that proved quite surprising was Adam Sandler. Like Jim Carey, Sandler was known for idiotic comedy movies like &ldquo;Billy Madison", &ldquo;Mr. Deeds,&rdquo; and &ldquo;You Don&rsquo;t Mess With The Zohan,&rdquo; but his big break out role in &ldquo;Punch Drunk Love&rdquo; catapulted Sandler into the world of male lead, and debuted an acting range we couldn&rsquo;t perceive through all the yelling, screaming, and stupid accents of his previous movies. Thanks to &ldquo;Punch Drunk Live,&rdquo; Sandler could perform in &ldquo;Uncut Gems&rdquo; which has receive mass critical acclaim from his performance</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Tom Cruise in &ldquo;Tropic Thunder&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/srH94OR1TbU" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Tom Cruise was known for taking himself way too seriously. He would choose roles that would allow him to keep his place as the top gun in action films. The recurring roles of lead action male were starting to get stale by 2008, so Cruise surprised everyone with his character of Les Grossman, the foul mouthed movie executive in a fat suit. He was the standout performance of the entire movie. Part of the brilliance came from real life. Cruise had recently been fired from Paramount Studios owner Sumner Redstone, so Cruise channelled the executive in his performance. It continues to be one of Cruise&rsquo;s best.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Charlize Theron in &ldquo;Monster&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ussl_8hwDR0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Charlize Theron has been stunning audiences throughout her career. It's no surprise that she's often cast as the femme fatale or in some other role that has sex appeal as a key component. However, for her Oscar-winning turn in &ldquo;Monster,&rdquo; the actress didn't just change the sort of role she played, she changed everything about her. Theron was unrecognizable in the role of a serial killer, which may have helped audiences look past the actress and see the performance to be something truly special.</p>
<p>However, it seemed that fans had forgotten what Theron was made of when she was cast as Furiosa in &ldquo;Mad Max: Fury Road.&rdquo; After Theron stole the movie from Daniel Craig, no one was left guessing if she was the best pick.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Mo'Nique in "Precious"</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L26bnfsPb2A" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Before 2009's "Precious",&nbsp;Mo'Nique was just a comedian with nothing but supporting actress roles as background soul singer #2, or a few roles as a comedic ex-convict. Type cast as the fat funny black girl, it was surprising that she was cast as the psycho mother in "Precious." The movie was never expected to be good or notable. The director thought it would go straight to video. Mo'Nique blew everyone a way with a soul-wrenching performance for the ages. Critics were floored, and highlighted her performance as one of the best between 2000-2010.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Matthew McConnaughey in &ldquo;Dallas Buyers Club&rdquo;</span></strong></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U8utPuIFVnU" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Matthew McConnaughey was stuck in rom-com purgatory. He was the human personification of a golden retriever, non-threatening, happy-go-lucky, and stupid. However, that all changed with &ldquo;Dallas Buyers Club,&rdquo; his hair wasn&rsquo;t quaffed, he was dirty, down on his luck, and there was no humor at all. He followed up the performance with &ldquo;True Detective&rdquo; where he left us all wondering if this was the same actor who did &ldquo;Failure to Launch.&rdquo;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Jennifer Lawrence in &ldquo;Silver Linings Playbook&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fJyhbzymBWo" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Jennifer Lawrence was cast in &ldquo;Silver Linings Playbook&rdquo; before her acting range was known, so there was a bit of a skeptical response to the choice. She seemed too young to convincingly play Tiffany, a widowed woman suffering from depression.</p>
<p>Even director David O. Russell worried that, at 21, she&rsquo;d be too young to fit the role. Despite the fears, she managed her role so well she won her first Academy Award for her performance. Critics praised her maturity and her on-screen chemistry with Bradley Cooper.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Heath Ledger in &ldquo;The Dark Knight&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ssA_l5t-o7o" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Your first exposure to Heath Ledger could have come from a few different places. Perhaps you knew him from the teen comedy &ldquo;10 Things I Hate About You,&rdquo; maybe you saw him in &ldquo;A Knight's Tale,&rdquo; or &ldquo;Brokeback Mountain.&rdquo; Whatever sort of film you used to associate with Heath Ledger, nobody knew what to expect when he was cast as The Joker in &ldquo;The Dark Knight.&rdquo; Few people probably expected the performance we got. The fact that nobody saw it coming is half the reason Ledger's role has become so iconic, even in such a short time. The Joker has been around for decades, but now everybody who takes on the role is competing with Heath Ledger's rendition.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Anne Hathaway in &ldquo;The Dark Knight Rises&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GYDDBV-Cego" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The sensual feline-antics of Catwoman didn&rsquo;t seem to quite fit the wide-eyed good-girl roles Anne Hathaway usually occupies. Fans of the Batman franchise worried Hathaway wouldn&rsquo;t be enough of a femme fatale to occupy those black latex boots. However, Hathaway sold us in the first 10 minutes of seeing her on screen, the best part was Catwoman plays a good-girl as a persona. Hathaway made us wonder if all the roles before were just a mask she wore so she could steal our hearts.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Dave Bautista in &ldquo;Guardians of the Galaxy 1&amp;2&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hndymgPuRp4" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>When former wrestler Dave Bautista was slated to star in &ldquo;Guardians of the Galaxy,&rdquo; no one was sure what to expect. Sure Dwayne &ldquo;The Rock&rdquo; Johnson broke out into acting, but no one has high hopes for a wrestler. Bautista stated that comedy was really challenging, but he nailed it. He was even funnier than Chris Pratt. The genius of the role was in how well Bautista did deadpan comedy, considering the stereotype that any kind of wit goes over a wrestler&rsquo;s head (but Bautista always catches it, he&rsquo;s so fast).</p>

10 actors and actresses that refused to be type cast

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<p>Egypt&rsquo;s economic recovery post-COVID-19 is most likely to be U-shaped, rather than V- or W-shaped, according to Planning and Economic Development Minister Hala El Said.</p>
<p>Said made the comments while discussing Egypt&rsquo;s economic situation both now and in the future during a webinar hosted yesterday by the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham).</p>
<p>With all the talk of V-shape, W-shaped, U-shaped, and even the Nike&rsquo;s swoosh-shaped economic recovery, is this all just alphabet soup, or is there a reason behind the economic spelling challenge for economies post-COVID-19?</p>
<p>During the video conference with business leaders from the United States, El Said reiterated that the government has studied multiple scenarios for the country&rsquo;s economic outlook over the remainder of the year, and believes a U-shaped recovery is the most likely outcome.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The V-Shaped Recession&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
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<figcaption><em>Bank of England's hoped for V-shaped recovery will not happen as investors are more concerned about the future recovery prospects.</em></figcaption>
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<p>The comments come after the hoped-for V-shaped recovery looks further and further from the truth. National economic institutions were hoping to see the V-shaped recovery after the end of quarantine, curfew, and social distancing measures put in place to contain the spread of disease.&nbsp;</p>
<p>V, U, and W shaped recoveries are a term to describe the severity of a recession and economic downturn. A V-shaped recovery is the best, least severe, and indicates only a temporary issue that is only an interrupt of a fundamentally positive economic situation. Economists generally see this type of recovery with natural disasters, or the effects of the SARS outbreak in the early 2000's&nbsp;</p>
<p>A V-shape recovery indicates that everything was fine before the crisis, and all that is needed is a few measure to stop the downturn, after which the economy will grow very fast to recover the lost ground.</p>
<p>The same occurred in 1953 when the United States was a world industrial super power, there was huge global growth in economic development, and a minor issue with interest rates caused the US to slip into a recession. A few months of downturn proceeded a few months of recovery, and things were back to where they were before the crisis.</p>
<p>Policymakers hoped that economies would only have to provide stimulus, just to keep everything from collapsing, before the rush of demand caused the economy to rocket back up to growth. For instance the US provided $1.2 trillion in stimulus for companies suffering the lack of demand during the pandemic. The reasoning went that all you had to do was end the lockdown measures to see the economy return to normal.</p>
<p>However, was the economy in January 2020 strong, robust, and without structural issues?</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The U-Shaped Recession&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589972055-U-shaped-recovery-Brookings-1600px.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="580" />A U-shaped recovery is the next level of recession recovery, and indicates that there are much more serious structural problems at play than the initial shock that lead to the recession.</p>
<p>The 1973 recession in the United States was ostensibly caused by the oil embargo that Gulf nations imposed on Israel and its allies during the 1973 war. However deep international economic issues that were bubbling under the surface were unleashed and the United Stated was forced to rethink the entire international economic structure, even after oil started to flow back into the world markets.</p>
<p>When Egypt states a U-shaped recovery is likely, it is an indication that there are severe domestic and international economic issues that prevent a speedy recovery for the country.</p>
<p>For COVID-19, there will not be a line of holiday planners waiting to get on the first, second, or even the third plane to Egypt after travel restrictions ease. Airplane operators around the world think an &lsquo;optimistic&rsquo; time frame for world travel to reach is pre-COVID-19 levels in the next year.</p>
<p>China has already proven a U-shaped recovery is more likely, the industrial powerhouse reopened factories earlier this month, but without many buyers in international markets, the factories did not have much to work on.</p>
<p>The U-shaped recovery assumes that we will have a vaccine by 2021, but still this is an assumption that we do not know, and is more hopeful than it is for certain.</p>
<p>Especially considering that COVID-19 is likely to change many things about the world economy after we end the lockdown. The United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and a few European countries hope to end their reliance on China in many ways. China was the driver of pre-COVID-19 growth both in productivity and in the stock market, so it is unclear yet how these issues will compound the difficulties of resuming economic growth.</p>
<p>For Egypt, the lack of tourism will weigh heavily on the country for some time, the lack of employment both in Egypt and unemployment that Egyptian expats are facing will decrease, and changes to the international economic system will keep investors away from emerging economies until the dust settles.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The W-Shaped Recession</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589972418-ES_20200430_Hutchins_recovery_W_shape-01.png" alt="" width="620" height="649" />The W-shaped recession is one of the worst. This type of recession occurs when economies are facing monumental challenges, and make big changes to address those challenges. Also called a double-dip recession, the W-shaped recession finds it&rsquo;s parallel in The Great Depression.</p>
<p>While unlikely, policymakers will note that the current levels of unemployment are the highest they have ever been since the global depression in the 1930s. These type of recessions occur when Central Banks make major changes to fiscal policy.</p>
<p>A major change in post-COVID-19 recovery would mean that all the money that Central Banks pumped into their economies while the virus shut down operations will likely increase inflation. If Central Banks move to curb inflation, this could trigger another recession.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kJxageWYbLQ" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Political choices could also result in a W-shaped recession. If political leaders are too quick to declare victory over COVID-19, end quarantine and social distancing measures, and try and return to normal too fast, the virus will likely result in another wave of infections. This will put enormous pressure on political leaders to reinstate lockdown measures which will be catastrophic for the economy.</p>
<p>W-shaped recoveries are the hardest, most prolonged, and difficult to escape recessions so it is important that political and economic institutions are not too quick in trying to return back to normal so quickly, particular before a effective vaccine has been found and administered to create herd immunity.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The L-Shaped or Nike Swoosh Recession</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1589972448-ES_20200430_Hutchins_recovery_swoosh_shape-01.png" alt="" width="620" height="649" />This last one is most likely. Global economic uncertainty before COVID-19 is compounding lockdown effects to create a major crisis which invalidates a V-shaped recovery. It is unclear how the crisis has effected the economic system so far, so it will take a while for companies, supply, chains, and manufactured to get back in action. Mass unemployment and the suppression of many businesses like travel, tourism, restaurants, cinemas, and other entertainment businesses will result in a suppressed demand, no one is going to be spending like they used to until they are 100% sure their jobs, income, and future business are assured.</p>
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<figcaption><em>An L-shaped recession is more likely if a vaccine proved more elusive that experts hope for.&nbsp;</em></figcaption>
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<p>This will take a long, long, long time, and until everyone has a vaccine, no one will consider the world, the economic system, or their employment normal. Fear of the virus and how it could effect your job and your life will take a while to disappear, schools will take a while to reopen, and countries will take a long time to open borders completely again.</p>
<p>Just like the 2008 crisis, we could be looking at the effects of COVID-19 for years, meaning a quick or mid-term recovery is rather hopeful.</p>
<p>However, only time will tell how policymakers, Central Banks, and political leaders, not just in one country but the entire world, react to the crisis. What policy measures they follow through on, which ones they give up, and how optimistic they are will determine how long it takes for the economy to recover.</p>

Egypt hopes for a u-shaped recovery after coronavirus

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<p>Egypt&rsquo;s first automatic testing for COVID-19 using artificial intelligence, &ldquo;Ask Nameesa&rdquo; was launched last month, and now the deaf and hearing impaired are getting their own version that uses sign language.</p>
<p>The app &ldquo;Wasel&rdquo; and website &ldquo;Tamkeen&rdquo; were launched during a meeting between Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat, Ahmed Fayed, the regional director of Avyava, a mutli-national communications technology company based in Egypt, and the director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Egypt Randa Abul-Hassan.</p>
<p>Wasel and Tamkeen are the first of their kind in the Middle East and Africa.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tppKMo7eg-k" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The testing service uses chatbot technology in sign language and artificial intelligence technology to communicate, ask questions, and give a recommendation of what level of treatment the user might require. The launch comes as part of the ministry's efforts to support Egypt's efforts against COVID-19 said Minister Talaat.</p>
<p>Talaat also said that the service comes through cooperation between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the UNDP, and the Avaya International Company. It has been designed to raise awareness about COVID-19 symptoms among the hearing impaired using smart technology.</p>
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<figcaption><em>Using the website and app together allows the program to see hand movement and predict conversation and give a reply</em>.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Chatbots have been popular ways of communicating with a large amount of people who are all desperate for information pertaining to the virus. Those who believe they present symptoms can use apps like these to know if they should receive medical care, get a test, or relax that they do not likely have the disease. Use of chatbots have taken pressure off the health care system and testing facilities.</p>
<p>It comes in addition to the many services for the the hearing impaired in getting information from the Ministry of Communications and Information concerning the COVID-19 outbreak. The efforts fall under the ministry's mandate to reach all social segments and provide technical services as the country faces the crisis and maintains the health and safety of citizens.</p>
<p>UNDP director Abul-Hassan added that information technology (IT) is important for its ability to reach out to and reduce the negative effects of the outbreak such as the panic, fear, isolation, caused misinformation, which is particularly important for those with disabilities.[article id=5503]She noted that the partnership with the ministry and Avaya will provide an easy-to-use and carefully designed technology to assist the hearing impaired during the global health crisis.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1590051729-DNE_0548df7b-2image_story.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />Avaya&rsquo;s representative Fayed said that the new testing service highlights the innovative care that Egypt gives to all members of its society. He added that Avaya is proud of the trust the ministry and the UNDP have given it to provide an automated testing service that contributes through technology to protecting society.</p>
<p>COVID-19 has spurred every country of the world adapt to the enfolding crisis, and come up with innovate ways of dealing with the present challenge. In many ways, it is a watershed moment where the internet, apps, and technology are used more for saving lives than making life easier.</p>

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Quiz; which of these great people form history were you in a past life.

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<p>Feuds in Hollywood are as old as time, when you put so many big personalities in one room and have them work under stressful conditions, the results can be explosive. Whether its over jobs, promotions, or partners, your whole career is determined by your status which is determined by how much buzz is around you.</p>
<p>Celebrities, singers, and rappers are compelled to fight against one another in an industry that has only one place for the best and brightest star in the industry, so it's no wonder so many fights get started between them.</p>
<p>Fights can be a great way to elevate the career of both of the feuding stars, but sometimes these fights turn deadly. Here are 10 of the biggest feuds in Hollywood, some were resolved, some only resulted in a few fists thrown, while others poisoned friendships for life and even led to death.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Rock vs. Vin Diesel</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1587476992-5dfbb855954bda0beb1e1743.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="465" />While filming "The Fate of the Furious" in 2017, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson posted an Instagram with a pointed message about his costar Vin Diesel.</p>
<p>"My female co-stars are always amazing and I love 'em. My male co-stars, however, are a different story. Some conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don't. The ones that don't are too chicken s--- to do anything about it anyway. Candy a----." Johnson said, according to Time. The post has since been deleted.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1587477026-wp-1470818517756.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="747" />Diesel reportedly confronted Johnson the day after he published the post, which led to an argument.</p>
<p>Two days later, the former professional wrestler posted another Instagram.</p>
<p>"Family is gonna have differences of opinion and fundamental core beliefs. To me, conflict can be a good thing, when its followed by great resolution. I was raised on healthy conflict and welcome it. And like any family, we get better from it," wrote Johnson, as reported by Entertainment Tonight.</p>
<p>The two stars continued with pointed back and forth Instagram posts, but matters had cooled down by April 2017.</p>
<p>"We still love each other, that's my boy. When I was making that difficult decision, should there be an 8 or not, I called [Johnson] and he said, 'Brother, I will be there shoulder to shoulder with you to make sure it's the best movie in history.&rsquo; And he delivered," Diesel said on the red carpet.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Robert Kardashian and Blac Chyna</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1587477061-image.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="620" />In July 2017, Rob Kardashian posted a series of explicit photos and videos of his then-fianc&eacute;e Blac Chyna after she allegedly sent him a video of herself with another man.</p>
<p>The reality star posted a series of photos claiming that Chyna had weight loss surgery after giving birth and also shared the explicit video.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1587477080-420FC74200000578-4668150-Post_3_He_claimed_that_Chyna_cheated_on_him_with_this_rapper_Rar-a-25_1499283174149.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="462" />"I had my daughter out of Love but this woman left the second I paid for her body surgery," he wrote.</p>
<p>Chyna responded on Snapchat with allegations of abuse. She said, "Rob [you] did all this but [you] beat me up and try act [like] it never happen[ed]!!!!!"</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1587477105-Rob-Kardashian-Twitter.png" alt="" width="620" height="398" />After Instagram disabled Kardashian's account, he moved to Twitter to repost the video and photos, which were removed shortly after.</p>
<p>Temporary restraining orders and legal battles over child support payments ensued. After a series of hearings, the exes agreed to joint custody of their 3-year-old daughter, Dream, in 2019.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Jay-Z vs Solange Knowles</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wUKEbMDIR08" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>A video surfaced of singer Solange Knowles as she punched and grabbed her brother-in-law Jay-Z in an elevator at New York's Standard Hotel after the 2014 Met Gala.</p>
<p>In the surveillance video posted by TMZ, viewers can see a bodyguard pull her off of the rapper, however, Solange continued to yell and hit Jay-Z.</p>
<p>The family then issued a statement to the Associated Press.</p>
<p>"Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred. They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in the public. They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family," the statement said.</p>
<p>The fight was rumored to be over Jay-Z&rsquo;s infidelity in his marriage with Beyonc&eacute;, and the fight was a case of sister Solange being protective.</p>
<p>Beyonc&eacute; was in the elevator at the time of the incident but did not engage in the fight. However, she addressed it in her song "Flawless."</p>
<p>"Of course, sometimes s--- go down when there's $1 billion in the elevator," rapped Beyoce, referring to the accumulated net worth of herself, her husband and her sister.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Justin Bieber vs. Orlando Bloom</strong></span></p>
<p>Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber have a long and even violent history that revolves around Blooms ex-wife, model Miranda Kerr.</p>
<p>It is believed that Justin Bieber made a comment to Bloom at a nightclub that somehow alleged that he and Kerr had been intimate during her marriage to Bloom.</p>
<p>As you can imagine, things spiraled downward from there and ended with many blows being thrown, although none landed.</p>
<p>Justin Bieber continued to throw blows on Twitter after the physical confrontation had ended by posting an image of Miranda Kerr and shortly after, another image of Orlando Bloom apparently visibly emotional over the exchange.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Sylvester Stallone vs. Richard Gere</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1587477403-sylvester_stallone_richard_gere.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />Sylvester Stallone and Richard Gere were set to star together in the 1974 film "The Lords of Flatbush" until the two didn't get along on the film's set. Gere's role would later be re-cast.</p>
<p>"We never hit it off," Sylvester said in 2006. "He would strut around in his oversized motorcycle jacket like he was the baddest knight at the round table."</p>
<p>The two actors apparently also got into a physical fight over spilled chicken grease.</p>
<p>"I was eating a hot dog and [Richard] climbs in with a half a chicken covered in mustard with grease nearly dripping out of the aluminum wrapper," Sylvester said in the same interview. "I said, 'That thing is going to drip all over the place.' He said, 'Don't worry about it.' I said, 'If it gets on my pants, you're gonna know about it.' He proceeds to bite into the chicken and a small, greasy river of mustard lands on my thigh. I elbowed him in the side of the head and basically pushed him out of the car."</p>
<p>Elton John would later reveal that the whole feud started when the two got into competition over wooing the then single Princess Diana at one of Elton's parties. The two came to blows and were asked to leave.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Martha Stewart vs. Gwyneth Paltrow</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/72N3Oy_9jjk" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The lifestyle scene is a brutal one. When Paltrow entered the industry, Stewart has some choice words for the actress. Martha Stewart slammed Gwyneth Paltrow for starting her own lifestyle business, Goop.</p>
<p>"She's a movie star. If she were confident in her acting, she wouldn't be trying to be Martha Stewart," she told Porter magazine.</p>
<p>The drama didn't seem to slow down when Stewart posted a pie recipe called "conscious coupling," which was featured in Martha Stewart's Living Magazine shortly after Paltrow filed for divorce from Chris Martin, calling the break a "conscious uncoupling." A month later, Paltrow posted a similar recipe for "jailbird cake," presumably mocking Stewart's time spent in prison back in 2004 for fraud charges.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Donald Trump vs. Rosie O'Donnell</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1587477282-28ROSIETRUMP-diptych-jumbo.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="414" />Before Trump was President and ranting about China, he was a media mogul who often ranted about Rosie O&rsquo;Donnell. During the Miss USA controversy in 2006, Donald Trump allowed winner Tara Conner to keep her Miss USA crown as long as she went to rehab for her drug and alcohol problems. Rosie O'Donnell criticized the decision and called Trump a "snake-oil salesman."</p>
<p>The current President of the United States then fired back in an interview with People magazine: "Rosie's a loser. A real loser. I look forward to taking lots of money from my nice fat little Rosie."</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NP7Lixcc_jQ" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Their feud has definitely not settled, since the two have gone at each other through social media over the years. O'Donnell was also a vocal opponent of Trump during the 2016 election and has continued to oppose him since.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Bette Davis vs. Joan Crawford</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EZicyCZ70P8" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The most legendary old Hollywood feud in history, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford! Their feud reportedly started in 1935 over a man, when Davis fell in love with actor Franchot Tone on the set of the movie "Dangerous." According to the New York Post, the newly divorced Crawford was quick to tie Tone down and ended up marrying him.</p>
<p>The feud escalated when the two worked together on the set of their 1962 movie, "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" Davis was nominated for an Oscar for the role, but Crawford allegedly campaigned against her and even eventually went onstage to accept the award on behalf of the winning actress Anne Bancroft.</p>
<p>Their feud was the center for the FX show "Feud."</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Katy Perry vs. Taylor Swift</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1587477181-KATY_VS_TATY_1280.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />Katy Perry and Taylor Swift started off as best friends when they both came into the spotlight in the late 2000s. Fans thought their feud was sparked after Perry started dating Swift's ex-boyfriend John Mayer in 2012. But they actually had a falling out over business.</p>
<p>"She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour. She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me. And I'm surprisingly non-confrontational &mdash; you would not believe how much I hate conflict. So now, I have to avoid her. It's awkward, and I don't like it." Swift told Rolling Stone.</p>
<p>Swift got back at Perry by releasing the song "Bad Blood" in 2014 and the music video that followed in 2015.</p>
<p>Perry took the high road in responding to Swift, telling Entertainment Weekly that when "women come together and they decide to unite, this world is going to be a better place."</p>
<p>But then with her release of "Swish, Swish," Perry's song was seen as a diss track in reference to Swift.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The two have officially buried the hatchet when Perry appeared on Swift&rsquo;s &ldquo;Just Calm Down,&rdquo; making everyone wonder if it was just an elaborate promotion for the two artists.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Naomi Campbell vs. Tyra Banks</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1587477219-look-book-supermodel-feuds-01.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="414" />Back in the early '90s, Tyra Banks admits she was initially pitted against supermodel Naomi Campbell when she first started in the modeling industry.</p>
<p>"The industry was saying, 'Look out Naomi Campbell, here comes Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell sit your butt down, this younger one is coming to take your place.'"</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qBtmzujoAZg" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Banks claimed to E! that Campbell did bully her, supposedly saying nasty things to her during runway shows and having her fired from jobs. Although Campbell couldn't remember those times when Banks asked her about them during an interview on Banks' show, they have worked out their differences since then.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>2Pac vs. Notorious B.I.G</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1587477257-download_6.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="347" />The two rappers, one from the East coast rap scene, and the other from the West coast rap scene initially were great friends. The two referenced each other, took tips from one another, and spent time at each other&rsquo;s houses.</p>
<p>However, after 2Pac fell in with a group of Haitian drug dealers, he started to talk a bigger game than he had previously done. Biggie was accused of trying to have 2Pac murdered as he came in to record a song with B.I.G and Puffy.</p>
<p>The feud devolved into a major war, with guns, as the two escalated violence against each other&rsquo;s crews. Eventually both were dead, as a result of inter-coastal rivalry that still defines the US rap scene today.</p>

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