<p><strong>Photo Credit:&nbsp;</strong>World Travel &amp; Tourism Council, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</p>
<p>Veteran director&nbsp;Francis Ford Coppola revealed that he's gearing up for a new project, after fulfilling his dream of releasing the self-financed epic, "Megalopolis".</p>
<p>The upcoming film, titled "Glimpses Of The Moon" will be an adaption of Edith Wharton&rsquo;s novel of the same name, and the movie will include elements of the 1937 comedy "The Awful Truth", with both stories telling the story of a married couple splitting up, only to regret their decision.</p>
<p>The director behind cinematic masterpieces such as "The Godfather" trilogy and "Apocalypse Now" described his new project as&nbsp;&ldquo;a very odd confection&rdquo; that has &ldquo;strong dance and musical elements&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The 85-year-old director also revealed that his new project was funded in a conventional way, unlike "Megalopolis", which was a passion project of his for decades that he financed with his own money.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Coppola also added that his new project won't be cheap by any means, but it also won't be as grandiose as "Megalopolis".&nbsp;</p>

Francis Ford Coppola Reveals That His Upcoming Film Will Include “Strong Dance And Musical Elements”

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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Best Feature&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p>&ldquo;Anora&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Babygirl&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Challengers&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>&ldquo;A Different Man&rdquo; (Winner)</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;Nickel Boys&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Outstanding Lead Performance&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p>Pamela Anderson - &ldquo;The Last Showgirl&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Adrien Brody - &ldquo;The Brutalist&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>Colman Domingo - &ldquo;Sing Sing&rdquo; (Winner)</strong></p>
<p>Marianne Jean-Baptiste - &ldquo;Hard Truths&rdquo;</p>
<p>Nicole Kidman - &ldquo;Babygirl&rdquo;</p>
<p>Keith Kupferer - &ldquo;Ghostlight&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Mikey Madison - &ldquo;Anora&rdquo;</p>
<p>Demi Moore - &ldquo;The Substance&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Saoirse Ronan - &ldquo;The Outrun&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Justice Smith - &ldquo;I Saw the TV Glow&rdquo;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Outstanding Supporting Performance</strong></span></p>
<p>Yura Borisov - &ldquo;Anora&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Kieran Culkin - &ldquo;A Real Pain&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Danielle Deadwyler - &ldquo;The Piano Lesson&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Brigette Lundy-Paine - &ldquo;I Saw the TV Glow&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Natasha Lyonne - &ldquo;His Three Daughters&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Clarence Maclin - &ldquo;Sing Sing&rdquo;&nbsp;(Winner)</strong></p>
<p>Katy O&rsquo;Brian - &ldquo;Love Lies Bleeding&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Guy Pearce - &ldquo;The Brutalist&rdquo;</p>
<p>Adam Pearson - &ldquo;A Different Man&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Brian Tyree Henry - &ldquo;The Fire Inside&rdquo;&nbsp;<br /><br /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Best Director</strong></span></p>
<p>Payal Kapadia - &ldquo;All We Imagine as Light&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sean Baker - &ldquo;Anora&rdquo;</p>
<p>Guan Hu - &ldquo;Black Dog&rdquo;</p>
<p>Jane Schoenbrun - &ldquo;I Saw the TV Glow&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>RaMell Ross - &ldquo;Nickel Boys&rdquo;&nbsp;(Winner)</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Best International Feature</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>&ldquo;All We Imagine as Light&rdquo; (Winner)</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;Green Border&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Hard Truths&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Vermiglio&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Best Documentary Feature&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p>&ldquo;Dahomey&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Intercepted&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>&ldquo;No Other Land&rdquo; (Winner)</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;Soundtrack to a Coup d&rsquo;Etat&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sugarcane&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Union&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Best Screenplay</strong></span></p>
<p>&ldquo;Between the Temples&rdquo; &mdash; Nathan Silver, C. Mason Wells</p>
<p>&ldquo;Evil Does Not Exist&rdquo; &mdash; Ry&ucirc;suke Hamaguchi</p>
<p>&ldquo;Femme&rdquo; (Utopia) &mdash; Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping</p>
<p><strong>&ldquo;His Three Daughters&rdquo; &mdash; Azazel Jacobs (Winner)</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;Janet Planet&rdquo; &mdash; Annie Baker</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Breakthrough Director</strong></span></p>
<p>Shuchi Talati,&nbsp;&ldquo;Girls Will Be Girls&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>India Donaldson,&nbsp;&ldquo;Good One&rdquo;</p>
<p>Alessandra Lacorazza,&nbsp;&ldquo;In the Summers&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Vera Drew,&nbsp;&ldquo;The People&rsquo;s Joker&rdquo; (Winner)</strong></p>
<p>Mahdi Fleifel,&nbsp;&ldquo;To a Land Unknown&rdquo;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Breakthrough Performer</strong></span></p>
<p>Lily Collias,&nbsp;&ldquo;Good One&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Ryan Destiny,&nbsp;&ldquo;The Fire Inside&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Maisy Stella,&nbsp;&ldquo;My Old Ass&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Izaac Wang,&nbsp;&ldquo;D&igrave;di&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>Brandon Wilson,&nbsp;&ldquo;Nickel Boys&rdquo; (Winner)</strong></p>

The Full List Of Winners At Gotham Awards 2024

<p><strong>Photo Credit:&nbsp;</strong>Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</p>
<p><strong>1) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hollywood Royalty</span></strong></p>
<p>Zo&euml; is the daughter of legendary musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, giving her a unique mix of musical and acting talent.</p>
<p>She has often cited her parents as her greatest inspirations.</p>
<p><strong>2) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Acting Breakthrough</span></strong></p>
<p>Zo&euml; gained widespread recognition for her role as Bonnie Carlson in the hit TV series "Big Little Lies", which showcased her nuanced acting skills alongside an all-star cast that included Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and&nbsp;Shailene Woodley.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>3) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Music Career</span></strong></p>
<p>Zo&euml; Kravitz might be known for her acting career, however, In addition to acting, Zo&euml; is also a talented musician.</p>
<p>She was the lead singer of the band Lolawolf, blending indie, electronic, and R&amp;B influences into their music.</p>
<p><strong>4) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Superhero Stardom</span></strong></p>
<p>Zo&euml; stepped into the superhero realm with her portrayal of Catwoman (Selina Kyle) in the 2022 film "The Batman" directed by Matt Reeves.</p>
<p>Her portrayal of the iconic character received critical acclaim and was one of the highlights of the movie.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>5) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">She Directed "Blink Twice"</span></strong></p>
<p>Zo&euml; made her directorial debut with the thriller "Blink Twice" (2024), which she also co-wrote.</p>
<p>The movie stars,&nbsp;Channing Tatum,&nbsp;Naomi Ackie, and&nbsp;Christian Slater, and it marked an exciting new chapter in Zo&euml;'s career.&nbsp;</p>

5 Facts About Zoë Kravitz On Her Birthday

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<p><strong>1) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Squid Game (Season 2)</span>&nbsp;(26 December)</strong></p>
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<p>The second season of the hit TV show "Squid Game" is finally coming out this month.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The season is set 3 years after the events of the first season, and it follows&nbsp;Gi-hun as he returns to the mysterious survival game&nbsp;with a new resolution in mind.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>2) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Star Wars: Skeleton Crew</span> (3 December)</strong></p>
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<p>The latest edition to the "Star Wars" universe, "The Skeleton Crew" takes place in the same time frame as the series "The Mandalorian" and its interconnected spin-offs after the events of the film "Return of the Jedi".&nbsp;</p>
<p>"The Skeleton Crew" is a coming-of-age story about 4 children who make a discovery on their home planet, get lost in the galaxy, and go on an adventure to get back home.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>3) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dream Productions</span>&nbsp;(11 December)</strong></p>
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<p>"Dream Productions" is set in the same universe as Pixar's "Inside Out".&nbsp;</p>
<p>"Dream Production" is an interquel set between the events of "Inside Out", and "Inside Out 2", and it follows Persimmon who teams with Xeni to create the next big tween-dream.</p>
<p><strong>4) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dexter: Original Sin</span>&nbsp;(13 December)</strong></p>
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<p>"Dexter: Original Sin" is the prequel to one of the most celebrated shows of all time, "Dexter".&nbsp;</p>
<p>This prequel goes back to the origins of the titular character and his transition to an infamous serial killer.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>5) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">100 Years of Solitude</span>&nbsp;(11 December)</strong></p>
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<p>This upcoming TV show is based on&nbsp;Gabriel Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez renowned&nbsp;1967 novel "100 Years of Solitude".&nbsp;</p>
<p>This season will cover the first half of the novel meanwhile a planned second season will cover the rest of the novel.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

5 TV Shows To Watch This December

<p>NogoumFM is proudly announcing the latest addition to its extensive, diverse, and rich digital library, &ldquo;Hekayat Manseya&rdquo; presented by the standout &ldquo;Radio Star&rdquo; talent, Dina Bahgat.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Hekayat Manseya&rdquo; is an engaging and thought-provoking show that combines compelling storytelling with an in-depth exploration of forgotten tales and hidden truths from history. Each episode of &ldquo;Hekayat Manseya&rdquo; takes listeners on a journey into often-overlooked tales, historical mysteries, and cultural oddities.</p>
<p>The first two episodes of &ldquo;Hekayat Manseya&rdquo; are currently up on &ldquo;3alakeifak&rdquo; YouTube channel, with new episodes coming out every Monday &amp; Wednesday at 6 pm.</p>
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<p>The first episode showcases the curious case of the simple peasant whose photo got to be on the Egyptian pound in the 1920s. While the second episode delves into the story of the twenty-third Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, Abu Sa'id Qansuh, also known as &ldquo;Sultan Ma&rsquo;arfsh&rdquo;.</p>
<p>Dina Bahgat is one of &ldquo;Radio Star&rdquo; rising talents, who has a never-ending passion for TV and Radio presenting, her steadfast passion led her to apply for the Faculty of Media and Mass Communication and to major in Radio and television. After graduation, she kept on pursuing her dream and honing her skills by signing up for courses in radio presenting, voice-over, and dubbing. In 2022 her perseverance culminated in a significant milestone when she became a runner-up in NogoumFM&rsquo;s &ldquo;Radio Star&rdquo;, which allowed her to display her talents and fueled her ambition even further.</p>
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<p>NogoumFM was first launched on 100.6FM in 2003, and quickly it became the most popular Arabic radio station in Egypt. NogoumFM modernized Egyptian radio in terms of technology and sound quality with trending youthful content, that is filled with vitality and diversity.</p>
<p>NogoumFM is the first Egyptian radio station to strike an integration with the fast-moving digital world, recognized globally among the top performing on social media platforms, with more than 10 million followers from all over the world, as well as becoming the first station to introduce the &lsquo;Radio on TV&rsquo; in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).</p>

NogoumFM Announces New Digital Show “Hekayat Manseya” Presented By Dina Bahgat

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<p><strong>By</strong> <em>Hassan El Seddiq&nbsp;</em></p>
<p>Rob van der Aar, the distinguished Dutch kayaker and advocate for heart health, recently concluded an extraordinary 500-kilometer kayaking journey, traversing the Nile River from Aswan to Cairo over the course of 25 days. This groundbreaking expedition was not only a personal test of endurance but also a mission with far-reaching impact.</p>
<p>The roots of Rob&rsquo;s inspiring journey trace back to a pivotal moment in 2012 when he underwent open-heart surgery. The experience was a turning point in his life, prompting him to overhaul his lifestyle, prioritize health, and commit to making a meaningful difference in the lives of others.</p>
<p>"Paddle for Egypt 2024" was meticulously planned and executed in collaboration with key partners, including The Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Tourism, Magdi Yacoub heart foundation Foundation, and the Dutch Embassy in Cairo.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Rob van der Aar told us all the details about the incredible journey he embarked on across Egypt, the challenges he faced along the way, and his plans for&nbsp;future endeavors.</p>
<p><strong>Can you tell us a bit about yourself?</strong></p>
<p>I&rsquo;m from the Netherlands, and I&rsquo;m a mechanical engineer, I&rsquo;ve worked in the automotive industry, I&rsquo;ve worked in the aircraft industry, and have been working for a while in the IT industry. I&rsquo;m married, I have 2 kids, and I&rsquo;m 66 years old.</p>
<p><strong>Kayaking is such a unique and interesting sport, why did you choose it as your preferred type of sport?</strong></p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve done many sports in my life, when you&rsquo;re 66 you can try things out.</p>
<p>I used to be a runner, I ran half-marathons for a long time but training for marathons is kind of boring, it takes a lot of time, I&rsquo;ve done car racing, I&rsquo;ve done paramotor flying, but in the end, I came back to what I really like which is watersports.</p>
<p>I was born and raised close to the sea, during my high school education years I spent a lot of time doing all kinds of different watersports, and about 3 years ago approximately I decided to do something different and I picked up kayaking at some tryout lessons, and it&rsquo;s like a virus you either love it or hate it, and when I go for a sport, I go all the way.</p>
<p>Kayaking is so low profile, The whole concept is simple, you just buy a boat, and you put the boat in the water and you can go almost in any direction you wish.</p>
<p>The Netherlands has a lot of water, we have lakes, we have the sea, we have rivers, so the choices of where to go with your kayak are endless.</p>
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<p><strong>Is this your first time in Egypt, or did you come before?</strong></p>
<p>My wife came here for the first time in 1977, and it took a long time before she could convince me to come to Egypt.</p>
<p>My first visit was in 1999, and for the last 25 years we visited Egypt every year sometimes 2 times, sometimes 3 times, and we&rsquo;ve been to most of the places here in Egypt but there are certain areas we still want to visit.</p>
<p><strong>Which places do you like the most in Egypt?</strong></p>
<p>I like the sea, so I like Dahab, which for me is a quiet and easygoing place, and me and my wife really like Aswan as well, I like the food, the people, and the whole atmosphere there.</p>
<p><strong>You&rsquo;ve mentioned that you had heart surgery which inspired you to do the Nile trip, can you tell us more about that?</strong></p>
<p>In 2012 I had a life-changing event, I was mountain biking, I felt dizzy, and when I googled what&rsquo;s wrong, and my wife was reading it as well and she told me &ldquo;You need to go to the hospital right now&rdquo;.</p>
<p>I had to do open heart surgery, and then I realized that I&rsquo;m still smoking every now and then, I was a little bit overweight, and some things needed to change, so I changed my lifestyle basically, I changed my diet, I started to do sports much more than I did before, and I realized over the years how easy it is for us to get access to healthcare.</p>
<p>We just walk into a hospital, nobody is asking questions, you only have to show your ID, and you get the help needed, I know that in some parts of the world, healthcare is expensive and not available for everybody.</p>
<p><strong>How did the idea of the 25-day trip from Aswan to Cairo come about?</strong></p>
<p>As I mentioned in the past I did paramotor flying, and the original idea was in 2015, at that time I was flying, and my idea was that I take my flying equipment which also fits into a backpack, the plan was to start in Aswan and fly over the Nile for charity.</p>
<p>After half a year I shelved the idea when I realized that It was going to be difficult to execute, until the moment that I started kayaking then the idea came back.</p>
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<p><strong>What were the biggest challenges that you faced during the trip?</strong></p>
<p>The challenge wasn&rsquo;t physical, because I trained a lot and I was well prepared, maybe I could&rsquo;ve done a little bit better, but you start training and your condition grows day by day.</p>
<p>But the mental challenge was the biggest one because when I do 50 kilometers I&rsquo;m in the boat for like 5 to 6 hours, and after 2 hours it becomes really boring, no matter what, no matter how nice the scenery is, but it&rsquo;s becoming boring.</p>
<p>There&rsquo;s always wind around 11 O&rsquo;clock, there&rsquo;s wind coming from the north trying to push you back from the day you started, but what helps is the flow of the river, however, the mental challenge is the biggest one.</p>
<p><strong>When did you first hear about Dr. Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation, and what made you want to collaborate with it?</strong></p>
<p>I read about it 15 years ago, but 5 years ago I got the chance to visit the hospital and talk to the people there.</p>
<p>I chose it because I can easily relate to heart disease, because of my previous experience with it.</p>
<p><strong>Can you tell us more about your preparations for this journey?</strong></p>
<p>The preparations were something else, I&rsquo;d never done an adventure like this big before.</p>
<p>I contacted the Egyptian Canoe &amp; Kayak Federation, and they were very cooperative.</p>
<p>Then I contacted the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and they were the pivot point of &ldquo;Paddle for Egypt 2024&rdquo;, they talked to the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and so on.</p>
<p>The Dutch embassy in Cairo also played a very important role in keeping things going and moving in the right direction.</p>
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<p><strong>What was your motive behind this journey?</strong></p>
<p>First of all, it&rsquo;s a personal test, can I do it, because the longest distance that I&rsquo;ve done up until that point was 220 kilometers.</p>
<p>Goal number two was to raise awareness for Dr. Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation because I believe in what they&rsquo;re doing. Underprivileged people don&rsquo;t have access to good health and what that team is doing really fantastic, I&rsquo;m amazed that something exists like that.</p>
<p>Goal number three is to promote kayaking as a sport in Egypt because you have this wonderful Nile River.</p>
<p><strong>After this initiative, are you planning for similar journeys in the future?</strong></p>
<p>We&rsquo;re now brainstorming what can be done better and what have we learned, and there will definitely be a follow-up.</p>
<p>The concept will stay the same because I still believe in kayaking, and I believe in the cause of the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation.</p>
<p>I learned from this experience and I see it as a very good rehearsal for what&rsquo;s coming next year.</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve learned a lot about Egypt, I&rsquo;m looking at Egypt with different eyes and I&rsquo;m grateful for that learning experience, I appreciate the country much more and the support that I got from the ministries, the Dutch embassy, from Cairo Yacht Club, also from the people in Dr. Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation made all this possible.</p>
<p>I believe in what Sir Magdi Yacoub has set up, I believe in his team and they&rsquo;re doing a wonderful job, I salute them big time.</p>

Nile FM Exclusive: Dutch Kayaker Rob Van Der Aar On His 500-kilometer Kayaking Journey From Aswan To Cairo

<p><strong>By</strong> <em>Hassan El Seddiq</em></p>
<p>The award-winning Egyptian documentary "The Brink of Dreams" will premiere in Egypt today, after screening in multiple prestigious film festivals around the world including Cannes Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Biarritz Film Festival, &Eacute;tats g&eacute;n&eacute;raux du film documentaire in France, DokuFest in Kosovo, Afrika Film Festival in Germany, and DER NEUE in Austria.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The movie received international acclaim, as well as various awards, most notably the Golden Eye Documentary Prize at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Egyptian movie to receive this prestigious award.</p>
<p>The film tells the story of a group of girls in a small village in Upper Egypt who form a theater troupe called "Panorama El Barsha", which roams the streets in defiance of the traditions of their conservative environment.</p>
<p>Nada Riyadh, who co-directed the celebrated documentary along with&nbsp;Ayman El Amir, told us all about the journey of making "The Brink of Dreams" and the importance of shedding light on the artistic scene in Upper Egypt.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>How did the idea for the movie first come about?</strong></p>
<p>Between 2016 and 2018, Ayman and I were working with a group of Cairo-based organizations supporting women in the arts in Upper Egypt. We traveled frequently to places like Minya, Assiut, and other governorates, where we met the girls -Panorama El Barsha Troupe- who were performing in a nearby village, their performances captured our attention, and we kept in touch with them over the years.</p>
<p>In 2018, they invited us to come to El-Barsha village to screen one of our films, and we did, they were incredibly curious about cinema, and they asked many questions about it. They felt it was a new means of expression they wanted to explore. By that time, we had formed a bond with them and felt like we could make a film about them in&nbsp;El-Barsha.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>From all the groups that you saw, why did you decide that your film is going to be about Panorama El Barsha Troupe?&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>What really drew our attention wasn&rsquo;t just their talent; it was their desire to impact their community, to express their ideas in an authentic, artistic way.</p>
<p>These were young women, mostly in their late teens, full of energy and enthusiasm. Their street performances were interactive&mdash;they weren&rsquo;t only presenting creative and bold ideas but they also were actively trying to engage with the audience in the street, prompting responses and encouraging them to think along with them. This approach was striking for us, as it was something we rarely saw in Upper Egypt.</p>
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<p><strong>The film took four years to make; could you tell us about the challenges you faced during that time?</strong></p>
<p>The long timeframe presented many challenges. We had to adapt our filming techniques to the environment and the conditions around us, as we knew from the start that we&rsquo;d be following them over several years, so we needed to keep the crew small, use cameras that weren&rsquo;t too bulky and didn&rsquo;t attract too much attention, and find cinematic solutions that allowed us to capture real, intimate moments without disrupting their daily life.</p>
<p>I think it also took time for us, the girls, and their families to get used to the camera&rsquo;s presence. Our goal was to be there without interrupting the everyday rhythm, capturing the emotions and the dramatic moments unfolding before us.</p>
<p>It took a long time for everyone&mdash;the girls, their families, and the surrounding community&mdash;to grow accustomed to our presence. Eventually, we could walk around without anyone asking who we were or where we were going.</p>
<p>This process required a lot of adaptation, particularly in terms of the crew and filming methods. It was also important to maintain a consistent crew over the years so the people we were filming didn&rsquo;t have to keep rebuilding trust with a new crew.</p>
<p><strong>How did the extended filming period benefit the film?</strong></p>
<p>In the film itself, you watch this talented group grow up before your eyes on the screen. I don't think we could have achieved this without the time we spent there and the filming approach we developed.</p>
<p>In a way, time is the main antagonist in the film, you see it passing, and you watch the four young girls grow, fall in love, and figure out how to pursue their artistic careers.</p>
<p>I don&rsquo;t believe we could have created a film like this without that extended time and the trust we built.</p>
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<p><strong>People from Upper Egypt, especially women, are often stereotyped in cinema. Do you think there are opportunities for Upper Egyptian voices to be portrayed in a way that moves beyond these past stereotypes?</strong></p>
<p>This is something we&rsquo;re testing right now, today is the movie premiere in Egyptian cinemas, and I hope that the film, along with the girls&rsquo; presence on the big screen, will help break the stereotype and inspire people to ask for similar portrayals in TV shows and films.</p>
<p>We&rsquo;re incredibly excited about this and we feel that audiences are eager for Egyptian stories about communities we rarely get the chance to see on screen.</p>
<p><strong>How do you see the film's global success and the warm reception at various Egyptian and international festivals impacting the girls of Panorama El Barsha Troupe and their community in Upper Egypt?</strong></p>
<p>The success success of the film exceeded all our expectations. After the girls returned from Cannes, the people from their village welcomed them with a grand celebration at the entrance of the village.</p>
<p>I think for the girls it was a huge moment of triumph. After years of doubts&mdash;questioning whether what they were doing mattered, if their art had real value, or if they were real artists&mdash;they received such an extraordinary welcome from their own community.</p>
<p>Being honored by so many Egyptian institutions also uplifted their spirits immensely and sent a message to other young men and women that they, too, can dream, create art, and have their voices heard and valued.</p>
<p>We&rsquo;ve learned that you and director Ayman El Amir have a new project titled Armstrong, which is also related to Upper Egypt. Could you tell us more about it?</p>
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<p><strong>Your new project with director Ayman El Amir,&nbsp;"Armstrong" is also taking place in Upper Egypt.&nbsp;Could you tell us more about it?</strong></p>
<p>"Armstrong" is directed by Ayman El Amir, and it's our upcoming feature film project, and a significant part of it takes place in the village of El-Barsha in Upper Egypt. However, not the entire movie takes place there. However, this time, the focus is on the boys in the village and their dreams. I think we&rsquo;re very attached to Upper Egypt, and we&rsquo;ll continue for some time to tell its stories.</p>
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<p><strong>Can you tell us more about how film festivals provide support to young filmmakers?</strong></p>
<p>Festivals, in general, are the primary platform that drives the global film industry. Being selected for festivals is crucial&mdash;it supports the film and provides it with a real opportunity, especially when it comes to distribution.</p>
<p>Support comes in many forms, whether through development programs, financial backing, or other avenues, and in the Arab world, there are several festivals, such as El Gouna Film Festival, Red Sea International Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, and Cairo International Film Festival, all of which provide valuable support to filmmakers, especially Arab filmmakers. This support is essential for the continued growth and success of the film industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Nile FM Exclusive: Nada Riyadh On "The Brink of Dreams" And Giving Voice To Upper Egypt’s Art

<p>By Salma Khaled and Hassan El Seddiq</p>
<p>Belgian-Egyptian singer/songwriter, Tamino, returned to Egypt once again in his highly anticipated concert, to conclude the tour of his sophomore album &ldquo;Sahar&rdquo; in the main garden of the AUC Tahrir Square.</p>
<p>After the show got sold out in no time, a second show was added on the next day, where Tamino&rsquo;s majestic tunes and atmospheric music blended in with the historical and magical place he was performing at, with a setlist that included many of his most popular and beloved songs, such as &ldquo;The Flame&rdquo;, &ldquo;The First Disciple&rdquo;, &ldquo;Indigo Night&rdquo;, and &ldquo;Habibi&rdquo;.</p>
<p><em>Nile FM got the chance to chitchat with Tamino and delve deeper into his sophomore album and his returning to Egypt.&nbsp;</em></p>
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<p><strong>This is your second time performing in Egypt, how does it feel like to come back here?</strong></p>
<p>"I&rsquo;m honored, and I was nervous last night, and I think I will be nervous tonight as well. Usually, I don&rsquo;t get nervous anymore, so I think it means something, I think it&rsquo;s just because I really wanna do extra well for Egypt.</p>
<p>Even though I lived here for 2 years&hellip;but I didn&rsquo;t really grow up here, still it feels like home, it&rsquo;s the country of my father, it&rsquo;s a country that I wanna explore more throughout my life, I wanna learn the language. I&rsquo;ve been saying that for years but I&rsquo;m actually learning a bit.</p>
<p>It means a lot to also bring my band and my crew here because a lot of them have never been in here, last time we had a smaller band and crew.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s great on many levels."</p>
<p><strong>Since recording each album is its own unique experience, what was unique about recording &ldquo;Sahar&rdquo;?</strong></p>
<p>"The time in which it was recorded, I think for everybody it was a weird time, because of the pandemic and everything.</p>
<p>When the album came out I didn&rsquo;t want it to be stamped as a lockdown record, it&rsquo;s just my second record, I didn&rsquo;t want it to be bound forever with the pandemic, but then looking at it now, it of course affected it, immensely.</p>
<p>I was not on tour anymore, I was home for a long time, it was such a change in my life, my life changed very drastically."</p>
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<p><strong>The majority of the album was recorded during the pandemic, did that affect the sound or the subject matter of the album?</strong></p>
<p>"For sure, because I think in terms of the subject matter, I think all of these songs are quite reflective, because it was a reflective time for probably many people, as we could look at our life from another perspective.</p>
<p>And because I was not on big stages anymore at that time, and usually in my room writing songs, that&rsquo;s probably why the record sounds quite roomy, instead of big like the first one [Amir], which was recorded in-between touring, we would tour a week and then we would be home for a week. If I was not on the stage, I was in the studio, and the experience from the stage would influence our time in the studio, cause we would think about the show we just played for a lot of people.</p>
<p>Also those years before &ldquo;Amir&rdquo; included the first shows that I ever did for big crowds, before releasing &ldquo;Habibi&rdquo;, I was playing in pubs, like small gigs, and let&rsquo;s say if I started recording my debut album then it wouldn&rsquo;t have sounded that big, because I couldn&rsquo;t imagine being in front of a big crowd like that."</p>
<p><strong>Your debut album &ldquo;Amir&rdquo; is titled after your first name, why did you choose the title &ldquo;Sahar&rdquo; for your second album?</strong></p>
<p>"Because of that state of reflection in the subject matter.</p>
<p>I asked my father is that a good title? and he said &ldquo;Yeah yeah, it&rsquo;s a first name, a lot of people will think it&rsquo;s about a girl&rdquo; but it means just before dawn, which is this nice in-limbo, transitional moment, sort of an in-between realm, and to me that album sits in that world.</p>
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<p><strong>You&rsquo;ve mentioned before that Colin Greenwood has been part of your band, and he&rsquo;s also been a big part of this album, so can you tell us more about your experience working with him?</strong></p>
<p>So firstly, they [Radiohead] were a huge influence as a band, and when I met him [Colin Greenwood], I wouldn&rsquo;t have dreamt of actually working with him, but then was so kind and so open, and I just felt I can really ask him to play on this song, I didn&rsquo;t dare to do more than one, and he said, &ldquo;Yeah, of course&rdquo;.</p>
<p>And when he came to the studio he was nervous, he was more nervous than we were, and we were already quite nervous, because Colin was coming to the studio, but he nailed it of course as you can hear in &ldquo;Indigo Night&rdquo;, I love that bassline.</p>
<p>One thing led to another, and we just asked him to play some songs in a gig, and he learned how to play them all, and before we knew it he was in our band, he was just with us on tour, and then when we started recording &ldquo;Sahar&rdquo; it was just very clear to us that we had to get into the studio with Colin and Ruben [Vanhoutte], and then we included other musicians, but that was the core, Ruben, Colin and me."</p>
<p><strong>Oud is such a prominent instrument in &ldquo;Sahar&rdquo;; why did you include it specifically?</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;Because it was the instrument I was studying really hard at that time. I used the pandemic to really dive deep into it, and actually, my teacher is with us. He&rsquo;s playing on stage with us tonight. It was the instrument I picked up first in the morning every day. Two years before the pandemic, I already started playing a bit, but always in between touring, and I never really got the time to go at it. There were some songs that would have never been there without the instrument like &ldquo;The First Disciple&rdquo;. It started with an oud melody, I was playing a melody of the chorus and I really liked it, then I started playing the guitar on top of that melody and that became the song. I think I can incorporate the instrument way more in future songs.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>Where do you usually draw inspiration from?</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;From all over. When I write a new song, it is all about starting the work because if I wait for inspiration, nothing really comes. I really have to start working, and then hope for it to come. I do think that in the end, stories really inspire me. I love reading and love narrative. Somehow, it is like you&rsquo;re leading a second life, like a portal to this other dimension. I feel like that can bleed into your work, more than music even, for me.</p>
<p>Music is of course a huge inspiration for me, but also the narrative in my own life and the experiences and the way my life unfolds and the way I can have new experiences, that really is important to me. For example, living in Antwerp in Belgium, but in two weeks, I am moving to New York because I need a new place. New York, for me, I&rsquo;ve been exploring it a bit and I always felt sad when I had to leave because I felt like there&rsquo;s so much more to explore.</p>
<p>So for now that&rsquo;s a good place for me to be in I think, and I will always listen to that. I always wanna be searching. I&rsquo;ve also realized that the artists that inspire me the most are the artists that search throughout their whole life as they keep an open mind and they never arrive, they&rsquo;re never there. They always keep looking and they&rsquo;re curious, that means sometimes having to leave your comfort zone because if you&rsquo;re too comfortable as an artist, I don&rsquo;t think this art comes from that. I think it is important to face your fears and indulge in them.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>You&rsquo;ve collaborated with Belgian singer/songwriter Angele on your track &ldquo;Sunflower&rdquo;, which marks your first collab, why specifically did you choose to collaborate with her?</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;Because we are friends. For me, it is very abstract to ask somebody that I don&rsquo;t know yet, so it was just something that very naturally happened in the pandemic where we got to know each other better a bit better. And when I wrote that song my mind just went to her because we already had the connection. Apart from that, I really love her voice and I love her work, it&rsquo;s a very different world from mine of course.</p>
<p>I think, therefore, even more interesting to see the contrast between the worlds and to see them come together, but I think in the future, if I ever collaborate with other people, for me, it&rsquo;s important to get to know them as it&rsquo;s very weird to step into the studio and start working immediately because I don&rsquo;t know them. I hope that in New York maybe I will meet some people that I will wanna work with eventually after of course we hang out and have fun together.&rdquo;</p>
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Nile FM Exclusive Interview With Tamino 

<p>Jordanian actress Rakeen Saad is known for her shapeshifting abilities to transform as an actress from role to role. Behind Rakeen&rsquo;s dazzling performance is a journey that has spanned more than 10 years. She has been part of the most popular projects including, &ldquo;Rivo,&rdquo; &ldquo;El Rawabi School For Girls,&rdquo; and most recently, the trending show &ldquo;Safah El Giza&rdquo;.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Safah El Giza,&rdquo; follows Ahmed Fahmy, who embodies the character of Gaber, the serial killer with rigid features and a steady hand in killing. We also follow Zeina, played by Rakeen Saad, who is a girl who dreams of being a successful actress. As the story of both characters intertwined, Zeina falls into the claws of Giza&rsquo;s most dangerous serial killer, Gaber.</p>
<p>In a special interview, Rakeen takes us through that journey and into the depths of her latest project &ldquo;Safah El Giza&rdquo;.</p>
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<p><strong>How did you get ready for your role as Zeina in Safah El Giza?</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;I read the script and I sat down with Hady El Bagoury, the director, Ahmed Fahmi, and Ingy Abu el Seoud for table reads to discuss the character&rsquo;s details, what are her motifs and what is real and what is not. We did lots of trials with stylist Reem El Adl and make-up artist, Amr Abdullah to reach what&rsquo;s best for Zeina.</p>
<p>Also, on a personal level, I read a lot, researched more, and practiced with my acting coach Rana Rawaya to improve my physicality and help understand her motifs.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>How were you able to sympathize and find the human in Ahmed Fahmi&rsquo;s character Gaber, Safah El Giza?</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;Zeina&rsquo;s character is split into two parts:&nbsp; the one inside Gaber or Mohy&rsquo;s mind and the real one. With the help of Hady El Bagoury&rsquo;s direction, I found myself able to understand both characters, and I was able to understand which Zeina am I playing. The real one or the made-up one. This was a challenge, but a very fun one.</p>
<p>The thing is Gaber believes that Zeina is sympathetic towards him, but that&rsquo;s not true. She&rsquo;s not. Zeina makes it very clear that she doesn&rsquo;t understand him and doesn&rsquo;t want anything to do with him.</p>
<p>He manipulated her and she was pushed by her belief that she deserved more and that she was stuck in a place that had no chances for her. That&rsquo;s the main reason she believed Mohy and that&rsquo;s when she became the victim. She&rsquo;s rebellious by nature and wants to be seen and get the attention she thinks she deserves. Mohy saw that she was young and she dreamed big and used that against her.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>Recently, you&rsquo;ve been working with a lot of streaming-services-based projects, how do you feel towards streaming services and what makes them special?</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really happy to work with streaming services because this is the natural progression of media. What makes it special is that we had time to perfect the scenes. I didn&rsquo;t feel pressured because of a set time frame like in the Ramadan season. Also, the idea that an audience can binge-watch a show, and have the full control to play and stop it, is amazing. That&rsquo;s an interrelation between streaming services and TV, now you can access TV series on streaming services at your own pace.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>Can you describe your characters (Noaf- Zeina- Mariam) in a few words?</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;Noaf is a unique character and a very smart one. Zeina is a rebellious spirit with a sensitive personality and she&rsquo;s also both a dreamer and a victim. On the other hand, Mariam&rsquo;s character is really close to mine. She is really close to my heart. I believe she&rsquo;s an emotional character, who is also stubborn yet sensitive.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>Previously, you&rsquo;ve acted in serval languages and accents. Which of these accents are you most familiar with and comfortable with?</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;My mother tongue, the Jordanian language, is where I feel most comfortable as I can express myself the most. However, in general, I really like to experiment with accents. At this very moment, I&rsquo;m also very familiar with the Egyptian accent and I&rsquo;m used to it by now.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>You&rsquo;ve collaborated with some of the biggest names and some of the most successful projects, do you consider yourself a lucky person, existing at the right time in the right place, or a very calculated person?</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;Of course, I feel like I hit the Jackpot and that I&rsquo;m extremely lucky to be able to work on such projects with huge names. I&rsquo;ve learned a lot from them and am very thankful to be part of the Egyptian film industry.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>Which celebrities would you love to work and collaborate with?</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a long list! The people I worked with already are much less than those I want to work with. I don&rsquo;t wanna name names because this is just the beginning of the road.</p>
<p>Currently, I&rsquo;m in the middle of a few very exciting projects and I&rsquo;m thrilled to talk about them. I should add that there might be a huge surprise very soon so stay tuned. I can&rsquo;t get into much detail but it&rsquo;s a movie and a TV show.&rdquo;</p>
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Exclusive Interview With Rakeen Saad “Safah El Giza” Star

<p><em>By Hassan El-Seddiq and Salma Khaled</em></p>
<p>Award-winning comic artist Deena Mohamed celebrated the release of the English version of &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo; with a book signing and a discussion, in which she talked about her journey translating her highly-acclaimed debut graphic novel and the obstacles she faced while translating the deep-rooted Egyptian cultural nuances in order to reach English-speaking readers.</p>
<p>After her success with the webcomic series, &ldquo;Qahera&rdquo;, Deena Mohamed's debut novel&nbsp;&ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo; was awarded Best Graphic Novel and the Grand Prize of the Cairo Comix Festival in 2017. &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo; was originally released in Arabic and split into 3 parts, before getting picked up by the esteemed publishing house, Pantheon Books, which is responsible for publishing many distinguished graphic novels, such as &ldquo;Persepolis&rdquo;, &ldquo;Habibi&rdquo;, and &ldquo;Maus&rdquo;.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo; embraces and celebrates the kiosk culture while fusing it with urban fantasy in a whimsical alternate version of Egypt where wishes can be purchased. The story follows 3 individuals from radically different backgrounds: Aziza, Nour, and Shokry, who are only linked by a modest Kiosk where the three of them buy a first-class wish from.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Genesis Of &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p>Deena explained that her admiration for the Egyptian kiosk culture was the starting point for &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo;, she said, &ldquo;Originally I wanted to write a story about Kiosks, I wanted to draw them actually, more than to write about them, and I wanted to write a story that was more based on fantasy because I have just finished doing a webcomic and the webcomic was very satirical and I wanted to do something that was more of a narrative, more of a longer story. When I started with "Shubeik Lubeik". She added, &ldquo;I wanted to do a kiosk and I wanted it to sell a magical object, and then I thought of a wish, and then I had to think of what kind of a world where you could sell a wish in.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The meticulous world-building of &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo; was an easier task for Deena to create, but bringing it all to life was the real challenge, Deena said, &ldquo;I just came up with the world and then I put the rules for it and I came up with the story, it was like in three hours I outlined all of it and then I spent six years drawing it. You always pay for your ideas.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;It was from the beginning I knew that the Kiosk would be the link between the stories.&rdquo; Deena said, &ldquo;When I was coming up with the concept of wishes I was thinking of what people would wish for, so I immediately was thinking about grief, and then I was thinking about happiness, and I was thinking about health, so I already know what the stories are going to be about.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Expansion Of &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p>The first version of &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo; which Deena self-published in 2017, went through many changes over the years, with added pages expanding the story, Deena explained that by saying, &ldquo;In terms of editorial, the first part you can kind of see it grow because when I self-published it, it was around 80 pages, and then when I published it with Dar El-Mahrousa after it won the award, it was 120 pages because the award was a residency in France with other comic artists. When I went to France I realized that other comics artists put a lot of effort into their work and I was kind of jealous, and I felt like I could do better, so I decided to go back and add maybe 30-40 pages, and then for the English [version] I added another 20 pages.&rdquo;</p>
<p>She also talked about why the first part was the one that got the most expansion of the three, &ldquo;From the stories&rsquo; perspective, the first part was so hard to reach the final edition for it, but the second and third parts were very planned, so the third part nothing changed in the English [version] because I had already put in my maximum effort for the Arabic [version]. In the second part, there are a few changes in the English [version] but it&rsquo;s also not that significant. So actually I&rsquo;m interested now in the people who have read the Arabic [version], how they feel about the English [version].&ldquo;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Journey Of Publishing &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo;</strong></span></p>
<p>Deena talked about her journey of publishing her debut novel, and how strenuous it is to pursue a career in such a niche market &ldquo;You still can&rsquo;t make a living publishing graphic novels, so the only reason I was able to publish &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo; in Arabic was because of the translation. I actually sold the translation before I sign the contract with El-Mahrousa in Egypt.&rdquo; Then she added, &ldquo;We have several really amazing Egyptian comic artists here, and they also have to sell translations or get a grant in order to finish [making] graphic novels in Arabic. Some people can draw a page a day, and some people take a week to draw a page, so if you imagine how long it takes to draw a graphic novel, it&rsquo;s a very time-intensive task and it needs a lot of money actually&rdquo;.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Translating &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo; &amp; The Decision To Keep It From Right-To-Left</strong></span></p>
<p>Deena also shared her taxing experience of translating &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo;, she said, &ldquo;Translating is really hard because when I was writing the Arabic parts I wasn&rsquo;t thinking about how I would translate it, it was a problem for my future self, so I didn&rsquo;t really consider how difficult it&rsquo;s going to be because they [the characters] speak in lots of different dialects and there&rsquo;s a lot of localized things in it."</p>
<p>The English &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo; isn&rsquo;t published like the traditional from-left-to-right English graphic novels, but it&rsquo;s read from right to left just like its Arabic counterpart, Denna talked about what led her to this decision saying, &ldquo;Keeping it right to left for me was important because when I was translating it, I realized that it&rsquo;s always going to feel like a translation, and I liked that.&rdquo; She continued, &ldquo;When I read manga or when I watch something that is subtitled I like the feeling that it&rsquo;s translated. Like no one reads manga and thinks it&rsquo;s originally in English like you know it&rsquo;s originally in Japanese and you can tell it&rsquo;s a translation and you still enjoy it, so I wanted to keep the same feeling, that you know it&rsquo;s a translation but you still enjoy it&rdquo;.</p>
<p>She also talked about how she convinced Pantheon of that decision, &ldquo;I asked Pantheon if we can keep it right to left and they actually didn&rsquo;t mind at all. They kind of care about the production a lot, Pantheon has published a lot of nice looking books, and they&rsquo;ve also published a lot of Japanese hardcover books and they published them from right to left, so it wasn&rsquo;t too difficult to convince them&rdquo;.</p>
<p>However, the most crucial reason for keeping the graphic novel from right to left was the Arabic calligraphy, Deena clarified, &ldquo;The short answer for why I had to keep it from right to left is because the wishes in &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo; are made of Arabic calligraphy, and you can&rsquo;t flip it", she continued, &ldquo;the flow of the story kept stopping at the wishes, so I think that&rsquo;s part of the decision to keep it right-to-left, and I think it made a big difference, even in the way people receive it, it&rsquo;s like a novelty to them.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Difference Between The Reception Of The Arabic &amp; The English Versions</strong></span></p>
<p>When Deena was asked about the difference between the reception of the book in the Eastern and Western cultures, she replied, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve learned through my career so far to stop predicting my audience because I will always think people will receive it in a certain way. I was aware, at least for the Arabic [version], I know what people like about it because it&rsquo;s been 3 parts and we have conversations about it, especially at Cairo Comix I see how people react to it every year, people message me online all the time about what they think of this part or that part. For the Arabic [version], people focus on the story more, they tend to focus on the characters, and the wishes, and the events, in the English [version] there were a lot of discussions about the infographics, so like the world itself.&rdquo;</p>
<p>She also opened up about her worries that English-speaking readers will face some sort of cultural barrier, she said, &ldquo;Before the English version came out I was definitely a little nervous because I was worried that the English-speaking readers wouldn&rsquo;t like it the same way the Egyptian readers would. It shouldn&rsquo;t be a good Egyptian comic; it should just be a good comic.&rdquo; Then she added, &ldquo;That was the part right before it came out, but now it&rsquo;s been out for a while and I know that people who have no experience with Egypt, or people who have no familiarity with the characters or the story still enjoy it, so I feel like in this part it worked out.&rdquo;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>What&rsquo;s Next For Deena Mohamed After &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo;?</strong></span></p>
<p>Finally, Deena talked a little bit about her future plans, and what is the next step after &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo;, &ldquo;I think with &ldquo;Shubeik Lubeik&rdquo;, the challenge was just to make it and then to publish it, for the next step, the challenge is to write something that you&rsquo;re proud of to an extent,&rdquo; she continued, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s not a measurement of quality, but a measurement of my own skill to be able to do something that is ambitious in a different way.&rdquo;</p>

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<p>Kendrick Lamar's surprise sixth studio album, "GNX" dominated the Billboard Hot 100 chart, occupying the first 5 spots on the chart, and making Kendrick the fourth artist in history to achieve that milestone.</p>
<p>"GNX" also debuted at&nbsp;No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 319,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week, and became his fifth album to lead the Hot 200 chart, after "Mr. Morale &amp; The Big Steppers" in 2022, "DAMN" in 2017, "untitled unmastered" in 2016 and "To Pimp a Butterfly" in 2015.</p>
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<p>All the 12 tracks from "GNX" charted on the Billboard Hot 100, all in the top 30 with seven in the top 10 &ndash; including the entire top five.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Squabble Up&rdquo; earned Lamar his fifth Hot 100 No. 1, after &ldquo;Not Like Us&rdquo;, &ldquo;Like That,&rdquo; with Future and Metro Boomin, &ldquo;Humble.&rdquo;, and Taylor Swift's &ldquo;Bad Blood&rdquo; which Lamar was featured on.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>All the "GNX" charted tracks on Billboard Hot 100</strong></span></p>
<p>No. 1, &ldquo;Squabble Up&rdquo;<br />No. 2, &ldquo;TV Off,&rdquo; (feat. Lefty Gunplay)<br />No. 3, &ldquo;Luther&rdquo; (feat. SZA)<br />No. 4, &ldquo;Wacced Out Murals&rdquo;<br />No. 5, &ldquo;Hey Now&rdquo; (feat. Dody6)<br />No. 8, &ldquo;Reincarnated&rdquo;<br />No. 9, &ldquo;Man at the Garden&rdquo;<br />No. 11, &ldquo;Dodger Blue&rdquo; (feat. Wallie the Sensei, Siete7x &amp; Roddy Ricch)<br />No. 13, &ldquo;Peekaboo&rdquo; (feat. AzChike)<br />No. 14, &ldquo;Heart Pt. 6&rdquo;<br />No. 24, &ldquo;GNX&rdquo; (feat. Hitta J3, YoungThreat &amp; Peysoh)<br />No. 27, &ldquo;Gloria&rdquo; (feat. SZA)&nbsp;</p>

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<p>If you want to stay up to date with the biggest hits of the week, tune in with Kenzy every Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm on "Hit 30 Egypt", and listen to the official chart countdown and the latest celebrity gossip. All of that and more on Egypt's&nbsp;Number&nbsp;1 for hit music NileFM.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Checkout the full list below</em></span></p>
<p><strong>30) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bye Bye Bye&nbsp;&ndash; Dasha</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>29) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Temporary -&nbsp;Eminem</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>28) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tough &ndash; Quavo &amp; Lana Del Ray</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>27) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Push 2 Start - Tyla&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>26) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stupid Dumb&nbsp;&ndash; Mabel (ft.&nbsp;Ty Dollar $ign)</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>25) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">That&rsquo;s So True &ndash; Gracie Abrams</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>24) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">APT.&nbsp;- ROSÉ &amp; Bruno Mars</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>23) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Close to You &ndash; Gracie Abrams</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>22) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">We Pray - Coldplay (ft. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna, TINI)</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>20) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cleats -&nbsp;Finneas</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>18) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">I Love You, I&rsquo;m Sorry - Gracie Abrams&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>17) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dancing in The Flames &ndash; The Weeknd</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>16) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">HOT TO GO!&nbsp; &ndash; Chappell Roan</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>15) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Timeless&nbsp; - The Weeknd (ft. Playboi Carti)</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>14) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">I Can do it with a Broken Heart &ndash; Taylor Swift</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>13) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bed Chem - Sabrina Carpenter</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>12) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chihiro &ndash; Billie Eilish</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>11) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">What Don't Belong To Me&nbsp; &ndash; Post Malone</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>10) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bad Dreams&nbsp;-&nbsp;Teddy Swims</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>8) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Good Luck, Babe!&nbsp;&ndash; Chappell Roan</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>7)&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen) - Post Malone</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>6) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Espresso &ndash; Sabrina Carpenter</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>5) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Die With A Smile&nbsp;&nbsp;- Lady Gaga &amp; Bruno Mars</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>4) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Taste&nbsp; &ndash; Sabrina Carpenter</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>3) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Birds of a Feather - Billie Eilish</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>2) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Please Please Please -&nbsp;Sabrina Carpenter</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>1) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Bar Song &ndash; Shaboozey</span></strong></p>
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<p>Will Smith was announced as a performer at the upcoming POSITIV Festival in France.</p>
<p>This will be the first time for the 56-year-old actor to perform in France, and the concert will take place&nbsp;on the 31st of July at&nbsp;the Roman Theatre of Orange.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Smith has recently released a new track, titled &ldquo;Work of Art,&rdquo; along with an accompanying music video, which is rumored to be the first single from his next album.</p>
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<p>In April, he also appeared during J. Balvin's Coachella performance, then he followed that by performing the first live performance of his song &ldquo;You Can Make It&rdquo; at the BET Awards last June.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Throughout his career as a rapper, Smith has released many iconic tracks such as "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble," "Parents Just Don't Understand," and "A Nightmare on My Street", and won four Grammy Awards.</p>

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<p>Iconic&nbsp;British singer-songwriter Elton John discussed in a recent public appearance his health condition after suffering from a "severe eye infection".</p>
<p>At a gala performance for the musical adaptation of "The Devil Wears Prada", the 77-year-old artist said, " I haven&rsquo;t been able to come to many of the previews because, as you know, I have lost my eyesight,&nbsp;so it&rsquo;s hard for me to see it. But I love to hear it and boy it sounded good tonight".</p>
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<p>Elton John mentioned in September that his eye got infected and he had been battling the illness over the summer, which had left him with "limited vision in one eye.", he said "I am healing, but it&rsquo;s an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye" he added.</p>
<p>Last November he gave his fans another update saying that&nbsp;it has been &ldquo;four months now&rdquo; since he&rsquo;s been unable to see properly.&nbsp;</p>
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Elton John Shares A New Update Regarding His Severe Eye Infection 

<p><strong>Photo Credit:&nbsp;</strong>Jeff Denberg, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</p>
<p>Kesha released a new song titled &ldquo;Delusional", which was previously teased at the end of her latest music video "Joyride".&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Delusional&rdquo; is co-written by Kesha, Zhone, and Madison Love, and produced by Zhone, who also worked with Kesha on "Joyride", he also worked with other artists such as&nbsp;Kylie Minogue and Charli XCX.</p>
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<p>It's worth mentioning that "Joyride" which was released last July, and it was Kesha's first song she ever produced under her own label after settling her lawsuit against Dr. Luke.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"Joyride" and "Delusional" will both be featured in Kesha's upcoming sixth studio album.&nbsp;</p>
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Kesha Releases A New Single "Delusional"

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<p>Myriam Zoukari, Director of Marketing and Communications at One&amp;Only One Za'abeel was NileFM's guest on "The Big Breakfast" with Rob and Nadine and she shared with us what makes this record-breaking landmark a must-visit destination in Dubai, as this innovative and architecturally stunning landmark offers unmatched luxury, culinary delights, and a holistic wellness experience.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Can you tell us about the record-breaking landmark, which is home to one of the most impressive hotels in the world?</strong></p>
<p>The reason why it's a record-breaking landmark is that we have won multiple Guinness World Records since opening, one for the biggest show and projection on the building, and the longest cantilevered building in the world.</p>
<p>Within that building we have One &amp; Only, it's our first urban property, so it's very new, very exciting, and it's really beautiful, I really recommend you come and visit.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>The location is really convenient because we are 10 minutes away from the airport, and 10 minutes away from Dubai Mall, so it's great if you're coming for the Dubai Shopping Festival.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Can you tell us more about the different dining options and the offers at the One &amp; Only One Za'abeel?&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>As I mentioned one of the&nbsp;Guinness World Records that we won was for the length, which is the&nbsp;longest cantilevered building, it's a horizontal building between two vertical towers, and we have most of our dining options, two of them are the highlights and they recently won Michelin Star,&nbsp;La Dame De Pic, which is a French fine dining restaurant and, Sagetsu by Tetsuya Wakuda, a Japanese restaurant.&nbsp;</p>
<p>All in all, we have 9 different concepts, we also have in the building&nbsp;StreetXO by Chef Dabiz Mu&ntilde;oz, who's the world's best chef. On top of that, we have&nbsp;Tapasake which won another&nbsp;Guinness World Record for the longest infinity pool.&nbsp;</p>
<p>We have&nbsp;Arrazuna, which is a food hall concept, where you can walk around and go to different cooking stations, and there's retail in there as well so you can do your shopping at the same time.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>For someone who is health-conscious and looking for the ultimate wellness experience, is there anything that you can offer?&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>In the building, we have a three-floor longevity hub by Clinique La Prairie, and it's a wellness clinic, so it offers all sorts of treatments that are additional to the usual facials and massages, we have IV drips, we have Ozone therapy, we have Stem cells, and depending on the blood test that comes out if you're low on energy, or you need a bit of a boost for metabolism, we do a full scan and based on that we identify the needs and work on a full plan.&nbsp;</p>
<p>we also have recently launched the city wellness retreat, it allows you to stay for either 3 nights or 5 nights, and you have appointments with our medical experts, based on the exams that you go through you'll have a full plan that includes nutrition, workouts, meditation, and treatments.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>What is the best way for people to get in contact with you and how can they reserve and get more information?</strong></p>
<p>The easiest way would be to go to our website <a href="http://www.oneandonlyresorts.com/one-zaabeel">Oneandonlyresorts.com/one-zaabeel</a>, the other way is to send an Email to our reservation team if you have a question about the different packages, that would be on&nbsp;<a href="mailto:reservations@oneandonlyonezaabeel.com">reservations@oneandonlyonezaabeel.com</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>And of course, if you go to <a href="https://www.visitdubai.com/en?%5Bcat:Leisure+AO%5D+%5Bsub:Brand%5D+%5Bcou:EG%5D+%5Blng:EN%5D+%5Bchn:Search%5D+%5Bplt:Google%5D+%5Btar:DTCM-SN%5D+%5Bkpi:CPE%5D+%5Bmtc:Exact%5D&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA0rW6BhAcEiwAQH28IgfBhLeIi8ARVSdzxULUqIacvh9TFn_-SZxHPO9xHYGyK7j1hYeCxhoCocQQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds">Visit Dubai website</a>, you'll find One&amp;Only One Za'abeel there, so you'll be able to get redirected to our website and make a booking.&nbsp;</p>

Myriam Zoukari, Director Of Marketing And Communications At One&Only One Za'abeel On The Unparalleled Luxury Experiences Of The Record-Breaking Landmark

<p>Yasser Ali, Director of Business Development &amp; Partnerships at The British Council will be NileFM's guest On "The Big Drive" with Zeinab and Sami&nbsp;with Zeinab and Sami on Wednesday the 3rd of December from 5 to 7 pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>With over 12 years of experience in assessments,&nbsp;Yasser Ali has garnered valuable insights into school requirements, forged robust relationships, and acquired a profound understanding of educational support mechanisms.</p>
<p>Yasser is dedicated to supporting the British Council Partner Schools in delivering the UK international programme (IGCSE, ALs).</p>
<p>Additionally, he is committed to facilitating opportunities for individuals interested in studying or working abroad by creating avenues through the British Council language proficiency tests such as IELTS.&nbsp;</p>

Yasser Ali, Director Of Business Development & Partnerships At The British Council Will Be NileFM's Guest On "The Big Drive"

<p>Mr. Kevin McLaven, Cluster Lead Teaching - British Council Egypt, and&nbsp;Ayat Al Taweel, Head of Academic Management at The British Council were NileFM's guests On "The Big Drive" with Zeinab and Sami and they shared with us all about the 90th anniversary of the British Council, and its unwavering commitment to empowering learners through innovative English teaching, skills development, and life-changing opportunities.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Could you introduce yourselves and tell us about how long you&rsquo;ve worked for the&nbsp;British Council? &nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kevin:</strong> I first came to Egypt at the tender age of 21, back in 1985. After working for three years in a local language school, I did my CELTA. I did it so long ago, it had a slightly different name back then. I&rsquo;ve been with the British Council ever since. I started off as an English language teacher, but I&rsquo;ve been very fortunate to travel the world with my family.</p>
<p>The majority of those roles have been in English language teaching leadership positions. When I was in Pakistan, that was a slightly different role, what we term a "cultural engagement" role. I headed up our office in Lahore and was responsible for all of our work across the state of Punjab. In India, the main focus of my role was exams and qualifications. But yeah, the majority of my roles have been in English teaching leadership.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Can you explain to us the responsibilities of your job title, Cluster Lead Teaching?&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kevin:</strong> It&rsquo;s one of those internal job titles that doesn&rsquo;t really mean very much to the rest of the world. Essentially, I&rsquo;m responsible for a cluster of countries.</p>
<p>Egypt is by far the biggest, but it also includes Jordan and Mozambique. So that&rsquo;s the meaning of "cluster," but essentially, I&rsquo;m responsible for all of our English teaching work in those countries.</p>
<p><strong>Tell us about the 90th Anniversary of the British Council</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kevin:&nbsp;</strong>We are proud to celebrate the British Council&rsquo;s 90th anniversary, marking nearly a century of cultural exchange and educational partnership across the globe.</p>
<p>90 years ago, the British Council was formed. It was essentially established to create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the United Kingdom and people around the world. That was primarily through education, English language teaching, and culture.</p>
<p>While the way we work has obviously changed over those 90 years, those principles continue to guide the British Council.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Tell us about the history of the British Council and teaching English in Egypt</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kevin:</strong>&nbsp;Egypt was actually the first overseas office that the British Council established. Not quite 90 years ago, but we&rsquo;ve been in Egypt since 1938.</p>
<p>As you can imagine, in the beginning, in terms of our English teaching work, we were teaching very small numbers of people, but things have changed very considerably. Even when I joined the British Council, we had just two offices, one in Agouza and one in Alexandria.</p>
<p>We&rsquo;ve now got five in Cairo, plus the branch in Alexandria. We&rsquo;re always looking for opportunities to expand further. It&rsquo;s not about expansion for the sake of expansion, but about recognizing the growing need and demand for the types of services we offer at the British Council.</p>
<p>In terms of our English language work, it&rsquo;s about providing young people&mdash;mainly young people&mdash;with the skills they need to succeed in the world.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>How Many Students Learn English Globally with the British Council?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kevin:</strong> We&rsquo;ve got offices in over 100 countries, with around 170 teaching centers worldwide.</p>
<p>We teach about 400,000 students every year, ranging from preschoolers as young as four years old to adults.</p>
<p><strong>Tell us about skills development and modern interactive teaching methodologies</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ayat:</strong> At the British Council, language proficiency goes hand in hand with life skills development. We don&rsquo;t just help students reach their desired language proficiency levels but also develop other life skills that help them beyond the classroom, in the workplace, and in their careers. For example, our methodology includes project learning, digital skills, and interactive activities.</p>
<p>Students work on projects together, developing communication and problem-solving skills, through different interactive activities, they build skills like critical thinking that they need outside the classroom.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s about much more than language learning; it&rsquo;s about life skills.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>&nbsp;Who are these courses for? How do the adult courses help with career development?&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kevin:</strong> we teach both children and adults. For children, parents often send their kids to the British Council for one of two reasons&mdash;either to help them with their schooling and exams or, to give them the skills they&rsquo;ll need later in life.</p>
<p>For adults, we see a mix of learners. Many university students come to us for help with their studies or future plans to study abroad. Others are already employed and want to improve their English to perform better in their current jobs or to secure promotions. Some are looking for jobs and need English to enhance their employability.</p>
<p>Our courses for adults are not just about general English but also workplace English, equipping them with the skills they need to succeed professionally.</p>
<p>Whether it&rsquo;s children, young learners, or adults, so much of it is about gaining the confidence to perform. It&rsquo;s not just about improving English but about opening doors and giving young people opportunities to achieve their goals&mdash;be it in study or employment.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Can adults choose online or in-person learning options?&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kevin:</strong> We offer both. Our core adult program in Egypt provides maximum flexibility. Learners can choose the topics of lessons they&rsquo;re most interested in, the times, the teachers, and even whether to take classes this week or extra ones next week.</p>
<p>We also have our premium online product, English Online, which allows Egyptian learners to study with students from all over the world. Teachers are highly experienced and come from diverse backgrounds.</p>
<p>So, whether you prefer in-person learning or live online options, both are available.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Can you tell us about teaching English to young learners at the British Council?&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ayat:</strong> Our young learner courses start at age four or five and go up to 17. We focus on life skills alongside language proficiency. We use project-based learning to help kids develop teamwork, leadership, and confidence. They present projects, work collaboratively on problem-solving, and hone critical thinking skills.</p>
<p>We also prepare them for the digital world, teaching them to use online tools in a safe environment. They connect with peers from diverse backgrounds through our international British Council network, learning about and sharing cultures.</p>
<p>We also involve parents. They&rsquo;re invited to classes to see their children&rsquo;s progress and participate in free workshops to help develop their kids&rsquo; skills at home.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>What are some success stories from our learners in Egypt?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ayat:</strong> We&rsquo;ve had students who started with us at very low levels and progressed to advanced ones. One student, who began as a beginner, studied for years and is now advanced. We even interviewed him and posted his story on our Learn English website as an inspiration to others.</p>
<p>He&rsquo;s proud of his journey and now studies alongside his children at the British Council. Sometimes, entire families come to us, spending the day alternating between classes. It&rsquo;s truly inspiring.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>How does the British Council ensure progress for its students?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ayat:</strong> Progress is key for all our students. To support this, we provide regular assessments in the classroom, including self-assessments, group assessments, and more formal mid-course and end-of-course counseling.</p>
<p>Additionally, students can track their learning journey via our learner portal, where they can review what they&rsquo;ve studied, check their progress through self-conducted tests, and access supplementary materials like learning apps and exercises.</p>
<p><strong>What advice would you give to someone hesitant about joining an English course?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ayat:</strong> Learning English opens doors to countless opportunities&mdash;be it for career growth, academic success, or personal confidence. Our courses are designed to be supportive, interactive, and goal-oriented, making the journey enjoyable and impactful for every learner.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>What are The British Council's overall goals in Egypt?&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kevin:&nbsp;</strong>Celebrating our 90th anniversary is both a reflection on our history and a look to the future. Education is rapidly evolving, and we&rsquo;re committed to adapting to meet these changes.</p>
<p>Our aim is to provide innovative and relevant programs that not only help individuals achieve their personal goals but also empower them to contribute positively to their communities.</p>
<p>The British Council is about building connections, fostering understanding, and making a lasting impact. We hope to continue to be in Egypt for another 90 years and beyond.</p>
<p><strong>How can people get in touch for more information about the British Council's services?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ayat:</strong> For those interested, you can contact us via our hotline 19789, or social media channels, or visit one of our offices in Cairo or our office in Alexandria.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Mr. Kevin McLaven, Cluster Lead Teaching - British Council Egypt, And Ayat Al Taweel, Head Of Academic Management At The British Council On Celebrating 90 Years Of Educational Excellence And Cultural Exchange

<p>Ayat Al Taweel, Head of Academic Management at The British Council will be NileFM's guest On "The Big Drive" with Zeinab and Sami on Sunday the 1st of December from 5 to 7 pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Ayat Al Taweel is the Head of Academic Management at the British Council in Egypt, with over 20 years of experience in teaching and teacher training across various contexts in the Middle East and Africa.</p>
<p>She has delivered teacher training sessions both in-person and online at local and international conferences and events and has moderated a wide range of ELT courses for different teacher associations. Her professional interests focus on continuing professional development, educational technology, and fostering creativity in the classroom.</p>

Ayat Al Taweel, Head of Academic Management At The British Council Will Be NileFM's Guest On "The Big Drive"

<p>Mr. Kevin McLaven, Cluster Lead Teaching - British Council Egypt will be NileFM's guest On "The Big Drive" with Zeinab and Sami on Sunday the 1st of December from 5 to 7 pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Since December 2020 Kevin has been the senior manager responsible for the British Council's public-facing English language teaching activity across Egypt.</p>
<p>He first came to Egypt in 1985 and started his career as an English teacher with the British Council three years later. From 1996 his career took him to an array of countries across multiple continents (Tunisia, Yemen, KSA, Korea, India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Romania) where he fulfilled leadership roles in English language teaching and qualifications.</p>

Mr. Kevin McLaven, Cluster Lead Teaching - British Council Egypt Will Be NileFM's Guest On "The Big Drive"

Nile FM's Guests

<p><strong>Photo Credit:&nbsp;</strong>Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons&nbsp;</p>
<p>Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi returned back to Egypt after participating in the G20 Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.</p>
<p>President El-Sisi attended the summit upon an invitation by Brazilian President Luiz In&aacute;cio Lula da Silva, and Egypt's participation marked its fourth engagement in G20 summits, building upon its prior involvement in the 2016 summit held under China&rsquo;s presidency, the 2019 summit convened by Japan, and the 2023 summit hosted by India.</p>
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<p>These engagements demonstrate the growing acknowledgment of Egypt&rsquo;s international stature and its pivotal role regionally.</p>
<p>The G20 Summit addressed a multitude of priority issues for developing countries, primarily social inclusion, poverty and hunger eradication, reforms of global governance institutions, and energy transition, within the framework of sustainable development.</p>
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President El-Sisi Returns To Egypt After Participating In G20 Summit

<p><strong>Photo Credit:</strong>&nbsp;Minist&eacute;rio Das Comunica&ccedil;&otilde;es, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</p>
<p>Brazil's first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, mentioned tech billionaire, Elon Musk during a G20 social event, at which she talked about the importance of regulating social media to rein in misinformation.</p>
<p>During her speech, she blamed Elon Musk the owner of Tesla and social media platform X, saying, "I think it's Elon Musk".&nbsp;</p>
<p>Musk reposted the video on his X account and captioned it with "Lol".</p>
<p>It's worth mentioning that Musk's social platform was suspended in Brazil for a month this year for failing to name a legal representative in the country and ignoring court orders to block accounts accused of spreading fake news and hate messages.&nbsp;</p>
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Brazil's First Lady Addresses Elon Musk With Unexpected Remarks At G20 Social Event

<p><strong>Photo Credit: </strong>Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is heading today to&nbsp;Rio de Janeiro to participate in the G20 summit.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency stated that President El-Sisi was invited by Brazilian President, Luiz In&aacute;cio Lula da Silva, to participate in the G20 Summit, scheduled to be held on Monday and Tuesday, 18-19 November.</p>
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<p>President El-Sisi is set to deliver a speech highlighting the Egyptian development initiatives and the difficulties developing countries have in accomplishing sustainable development goals, especially in light of continuous global political and economic upheavals.</p>
<p>The president will also discuss Egypt's attempts to bring stability back to the Middle East and the current state of affairs and challenges facing the region in the wake of Israel's continued aggression in Palestine and Lebanon.</p>
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President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Heads To Rio de Janeiro To Participate In G20 Summit

<p><strong>Photo Credit: </strong>Ministry of Environment / Facebook</p>
<p>Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, met with Egyptian environmental activist and adventurer Ali Abdo and congratulated him for setting a new Guinness record after he arrived in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.</p>
<p>Dr. Yasmine Fouad expressed her pride in the achievement of the Egyptian adventurer, Ali Abdo, after completing his trip from Dubai to Baku on his electric bike, and commended his continued efforts in supporting climate and environmental protection issues.</p>
<p>She also said that Ali Abdo is an inspiring example for young people in the field of innovative environmental solutions and that his journey highlights the importance of clean energy and sustainable transport.</p>
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<p>The minister also stated that the initiative reflects Egypt's interest in empowering young people, and she stressed that the Ministry of Environment is working to fully support these initiatives, which aligns with Egypt's&nbsp;vision and sustainable development goals.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The adventurer Ali Abdo had set off with his electric bike from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on October 1st, for a trip across several countries, arriving in Baku before the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). This journey contributed to highlighting the possibilities of sustainable transport for communities facing the challenges of climate change.</p>
<p>The trip was carried out under the auspices of the League of Arab States, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Automobile and Touring Club of Egypt, and with the participation and support of a number of international and Arab organizations.</p>

The Minister Of Environment Meets Egyptian Adventurer Ali Abdo In Baku On The Sidelines Of Her Participation In COP29

<p><strong>Photo Credit:&nbsp;</strong>Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons&nbsp;</p>
<p>President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi congratulated Donald Trump after he declared victory over Kamala Harris in the US presidential election.&nbsp;</p>
<p>El-Sisi said, "I extend my sincere congratulations to elected U.S. President Donald J. Trump, and wish him every success in serving the interests of the American people. We look forward to working together to establish peace, maintain regional security and stability, and foster the strategic partnership between Egypt and the U.S. and their peoples.</p>
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<p>President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi added, " Our two countries have long exemplified cooperation, successfully advancing the shared interests of the two friendly countries. We are committed to further strengthening this partnership, particularly amid the critical circumstances the world is currently facing.&nbsp;</p>

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Congratulates U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump

<p><strong>Photo Credit:&nbsp;</strong>Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</p>
<p>Former President of the United States of America, Donald Trump declared victory over Kamala Harris in the 2024 US presidential election after winning the swing state of Pennsylvania.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Donald Trump&nbsp;has now 267 of the 270 electoral votes&nbsp;needed to win the White House, and he is leading in key states, left to be called, including Michigan and Wisconsin.</p>
<p>Trump took the stage&nbsp;at his campaign headquarters in Florida along with his wife Melania, and several of his children to announce his victory over Kamala Harris, saying "We are going to help our country heal. It&rsquo;s a political victory that our country has never seen before".</p>
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<p>Trump won the states of&nbsp;North Carolina, Georgia,&nbsp;Pennsylvania, Alabama,&nbsp;Arkansas,&nbsp;Florida,&nbsp;Idaho,&nbsp;Indiana,&nbsp;Iowa,&nbsp;Kansas,&nbsp;Kentucky,&nbsp;Louisiana,&nbsp;Mississippi,&nbsp;Missouri,&nbsp;Montana,&nbsp;Nebraska,&nbsp;North Carolina,&nbsp;North Dakota,&nbsp;Ohio,&nbsp;Oklahoma,&nbsp;South Carolina,&nbsp;South Dakota,&nbsp;Tennessee,&nbsp;Texas,&nbsp;Utah,&nbsp;West Virginia, and&nbsp;Wyoming.</p>
<p>If Trump won it would be a historical political comeback, as he will be the first former president of the US to return to The White House&nbsp;in more than 130 years.</p>
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Donald Trump Declares Victory In US Presidential Election Over Kamala Harris

<p><strong>Photo Credit:&nbsp;Egyptian Cabinet&nbsp;/ Facebook</strong></p>
<p>Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, left Cairo International Airport this morning for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate on behalf of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, in the eighth edition of the "Future Investment Initiative" Conference, held from the 29th to 31st of October, under the captivating theme 'Infinite Horizons: Investing Today, Shaping Tomorrow'.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Madbouly was accompanied by the Minister&nbsp;of&nbsp;Foreign Affairs,&nbsp;Emigration, and Egyptian&nbsp;Expatriates, Badr Abdel Atti.</p>
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<p>The Conference will be attended by leaders from a number of countries around the world, attracting more than 5 thousand participants and 500 speakers, and it will address over 200 sessions; Topics of economic stability, equitable development, combating climate change, along with artificial intelligence, innovation, health, geopolitical issues and other global concerns.</p>

PM Mostafa Madbouly Heads To Riyadh To Participate In The 8th Edition Of The "Future Investment Initiative" Conference

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<p>President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi participated in the BRICS Plus summit held in Kazan, Russia on Thursday, where he delivered a speech to emphasize the importance of these meetings in enhancing South-South cooperation.</p>
<p>"Amidst this prevailing fragmentation, Egypt advocates for the urgent need for solidarity among developing nations and the vital importance of forging closer South-South cooperation, as a key strategy to address the ongoing challenges", President El-Sisi added, "Egypt has consistently played a leading role in invigorating cooperation among developing countries, and has worked diligently to advance the interests and priorities of the Global South across various international arenas".&nbsp;</p>
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<p>During his speech, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi also addressed the&nbsp;Israeli aggression in the region, saying, "When addressing global challenges and crises, the current crisis in the Middle East, fueled by Israel&rsquo;s persistent war, must be an essential aspect of any related discussion. Israel&rsquo;s war has been raging for over a year against the besieged Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, who have been enduring unspeakable forms of killing and terror", he added, "This, coupled with the expansion of the Israeli aggression into Lebanese territories, is a stark testament to the abandonment of and disregard for principles, the prevalence of double standards and the lack of accountability and justice, in our world and international system today, in the face of violations of international covenants and humanitarian law".</p>
<p>El-Sisi also highlighted the urgency of Middle East de-escalation to avert a full-scale war, "These developments demonstrate the imperative need for concerted international efforts to end the outrageous escalation in the region and prevent a slide into a full-scale war, particularly in light of the expansion of the conflicts into other countries in the region, their negative impact on maritime traffic in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, and the disruption of international trade and the global supply chain".&nbsp;</p>
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President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Highlights The Urgency Of Middle East De-Escalation During His Speech At BRICS Plus Summit

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<p>President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi heads to the Russian Federation to attend the BRICS summit held in the city of Kazan. The summit marks Egypt's first participation as a member of the group, since its official accession at the beginning of this year.</p>
<p>Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Ahmed Fahmy, stated that during the summit, President El-Sisi will present Egypt's vision and positions on a multitude of significant international and regional issues. Those include, in particular, ways to forge closer cooperation among member states to ensure advancing multilateral efforts and contribute to addressing the intricate and most pressing challenges facing the world, politically and economically.</p>
<p>Additionally, the President will discuss the need to reform the global financial structure to achieve the intended balance, notably with regard to promoting the voice and interests of developing countries in various international and regional fora. This comes in light of the increasing negative impacts of international conflicts and crises on their developmental trajectories. The President will also address climate change-related issues and avenues for strengthening economic and developmental cooperation among BRICS member countries.</p>
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<p>President El-Sisi will also outline Egypt's unwavering stance concerning the current developments in the Middle East and highlight Egypt's tireless and persistent efforts toward de-escalation and preventing the expansion of the conflict into a regional war, which poses a severe threat to the resources of the region's peoples and to regional and international peace and security.</p>
<p>President El-Sisi will participate in the BRICS Plus summit, which includes BRICS member states as well as influential and friendly international countries and organizations. The President will emphasize the crucial role of BRICS Plus meetings in promoting South-South cooperation.<br />The President is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as a number of presidents and leaders participating in the summit, to discuss bilateral relations between Egypt and their countries, in addition to regional and international issues of common interest.</p>

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Heads To The Russian Federation To Attend The BRICS Summit

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<p>Former President of the United States, Donald Trump cooked and served French fries to customers at a famous fast food restaurant in Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>Thousands of Trump fans and supporters flocked to the fast food restaurant, where Trump worked as a fry cook that day and the former president seized the opportunity to take many jabs at his rival&nbsp;Vice President Kamala Harris, who mentioned before that she worked at the same fast food chain&nbsp;in Alameda, California, during the summer of 1983, when she was still a student at Howard University.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Trump claimed that Kamala was lying about working at the fast food chain, and he said during his visit, "I've now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala".&nbsp;</p>
<p>Harris spokesperson, Ian Sams responded to Trump in a statement to NBC News saying, "When Trump feels desperate, all he knows how to do is lie", he added, "He can&rsquo;t understand what it&rsquo;s like to have a summer job because he was handed millions on a silver platter, only to blow it".</p>
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<p>It's worth mentioning that the US presidential election will take place on the 5th of November, and Trumps visit to the fast-food chain is part of his presidential campaign in the state of Pennsylvania.&nbsp;</p>
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Donald Trump Serves Up French Fries At A Fast Food Restaurant In Pennsylvania

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<p>Liverpool defeated Manchester City 2-0 in the match that took place&nbsp;at Anfield in&nbsp;the Premier League.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dutch left winger, Cody Gakpo scored the first goal for the Reds in the 12th minute goal, after a brilliant assist from Mo Salah.</p>
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<p>Then Mo Salah&nbsp;sealed the deal with a second goal from the penalty spot in the 78th minute.&nbsp;</p>
<p>After this win, Salah advanced in the ranking of the players with the most assists in Premier League history, as he advanced to 11th place with a combined 76 assists.</p>
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Mo Salah Leads Liverpool To Victory Against Man City

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<p>Mo Salah Led Liverpool To a 2-3 Victory Against Southampton in the match that took place at St Mary&rsquo;s Stadium in the&nbsp;Premier League.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dominic Solanke scored the first goal for the Reds in the 30th minute of the match before&nbsp;Adam Armstrong equalized for Southampton in the 42nd minute.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Mateus Fernandes advanced&nbsp;Southampton with a second goal in the 56th minute.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>However, Mo Salah led Liverpool to victory as he scored the second goal in the 65th minute, then the winning goal from a penalty in the 83rd minute.&nbsp;</p>
<p>With this goal Salah reaches his 100th goal with Liverpool outside Anfield, becoming the third player to reach this milestone after Roger Hunt and Ian Rush.&nbsp;</p>
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Mo Salah Leads Liverpool To Victory Against Southampton

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<p>Spanish tennis legend,&nbsp;Rafael Nadal, retired from tennis after he was defeated in Spain's Davis Cup by Botic van de Zandschulp.</p>
<p>Nadal had already announced his retirement in&nbsp;a video message released on his social media, in which he said "I am retiring from professional tennis. The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last two especially. I don&rsquo;t think I have been able to play without limitations. It is obviously a difficult decision, one that has taken me some time to make. But in this life, everything has a beginning and an end".</p>
<p>After his final match in the Davis cup&nbsp;The 38-year-old Spaniard shared a message with the fans saying, &ldquo;I just want to be remembered as a good person and a kid that followed their dreams and achieved more than what I&rsquo;ve ever dreamed,&rdquo; the Spanish great modestly said after playing in his final match".</p>
<p>Rafael Nadal has a long and illustrious career, in which he won 92 titles including 22 Grand Slam titles, and 2 Wimbledon titles, in 2008 and 2010.&nbsp;</p>
<p>it's worth mentioning that the last two years, Nadal was plagued with persistent injuries, which he cited as the key reason behind his decision to retire.&nbsp;</p>
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Rafael Nadal Retires From Tennis After Spain's Davis Cup Defeat

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<p>Egypt was held to 1-1 draw by Botswana in the 6th round of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, in the match that took place at&nbsp;30 June Air Defense Stadium.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Omaatla Kebatho scored the first goal for Botswana in the 8th minute with a&nbsp;right-footed strike into the top right corner.</p>
<p>Mahmoud 'Trezeguet' Hassan equalized for Egypt in the 15th minute.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s worth mentioning that Egypt qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, after winning the first 4 matches and topping Group C.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Egypt will be facing Botswana in the 6th round of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, in the match that will take place at&nbsp;30 June Air Defence Stadium.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Egypt has already qualified for&nbsp;the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco after they won their first 4 matches and were held to a draw in their fifth match against Cape Verde.</p>
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<p>If the Pharaous won this match they would reach 16 points, surpassing their best performance of 15 points in the 2023 edition, where they won five games and suffered one defeat.</p>
<p>It's worth mentioning that Egypt defeated Botswana&nbsp;4-0 last September, in the match that took place at&nbsp;the Francistown Stadium.</p>
<p>The match will start at 17:00 Cairo time.&nbsp;</p>

Egypt To Face Botswana In The 6th Round Of AFCON Qualifiers

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<p>The founder, chairman, and CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg has released an acoustic cover of&nbsp;Lil Jon&nbsp;and the East Side Boyz&rsquo;s classic &lsquo;Get Low", featuring T-Pain.</p>
<p>This acoustic reiteration of the song was officially released on streaming platforms, and Zuckerberg explained on Instagram that it was his anniversary gift to his wife&nbsp;Priscilla, saying, "&lsquo;Get Low&rsquo; was playing when I first met Priscilla at a college party, so every year we listen to it on our dating anniversary".</p>
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<p>Zuckerberg added, &ldquo;This year I worked with T-Pain on our own version of this lyrical masterpiece. Sound on for the track and also available on Spotify. Love you P".</p>
<p>This version of the song was acoustically performed and slowed down, with T-Pain contributing with a verse, backing vocals, and ad-libs, while&nbsp;Zuckerberg sings the rest of the song.&nbsp;</p>

Mark Zuckerberg Releases An Acoustic Version Of "Get Low" Featuring T-Pain

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<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said that until the US presidential election on November 5, he will give away $1 million every day to a registered voter in swing states.</p>
<p>The winner will be selected at random by Musk's campaign organization AmericaPAC, which he founded to back Republican nominee Donald Trump.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The various topics discussed today with the people of Pennsylvania <a href="https://t.co/4cXFcOXYUf">https://t.co/4cXFcOXYUf</a></p>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1848240376676536822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
<p>Voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina&mdash;all critical battleground states that will eventually determine the outcome of the election, have the opportunity to win.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>The first winner received the $1 Million&nbsp;check was in a Pennsylvania town hall gathering on Saturday night.</p>
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Elon Musk Says He Will Give Away $1 Million A Day To A Registered Voter Until Presidential Elections 

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<p>Alex Proyas, the director of the 2004 sci-fi film, "I, Robot" has claimed that Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk is copying his designs from the movie.&nbsp;</p>
<p>These claims came after Musk unveiled&nbsp;Tesla's new Cybercab, which includes winged doors and no steering wheel or pedals, Musk also revealed a new look at&nbsp;Optimus robots.</p>
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<p>After Tesla's event, Proyas took to X to voice his concerns about the similarities between "I, Robot" and "Tesla" designs, saying, "Hey Elon, can I have my designs back please".&nbsp;</p>
<p>The production designer of "I, Robot", Patrick Tatopoulos, also reposted an image comparing the designs from the film and Tesla's designs, and he captioned it with&nbsp;"Maybe it is just me? Or should I feel honored that Elon found some inspiration in my I ROBOT designs? Probably my imagination running wild. Well either way it&rsquo;s fun to watch".&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Google announced that starting from the 1st of May, 2025, all AdSense, AdSense for YouTube, AdMob, and Ad Manager payouts in Egypt will be made in Egyptian Pounds instead of&nbsp;US Dollars.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This change&nbsp;is part of Google's initiative to transition all payments worldwide into local currencies.</p>
<p>On the 1st of April, a new payment account will be created for all AdSense, Adsense for YouTube, AdMob, and Ad Manager users, and they may need to link a bank account that accepts local currency to it.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It's worth mentioning that the old payment account in US Dollars will be deactivated in April 2025, however, users will still be able to access it from their payment page to view past activities.</p>
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Google To Change Payment Currency In Egypt From USD To EGP Starting May 2025

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<p>Meta revealed improvements to its virtual reality headset and Ray-Ban smart glasses in an effort to showcase its artificial intelligence capabilities and the company&rsquo;s slew of new hardware products.</p>
<p>Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg also showcased Orion, Meta's first real AR glasses, which he called &ldquo;the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen&rdquo;.</p>
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<p>The smart glasses can project digital representations of media, people, games, and communications onto the real world, as the user can control Orion with his voice, or hand gestures.</p>
<p>Orion is not yet scheduled for release, but according to Zuckerberg, it will ultimately be the "first consumer full holographic AR glasses" from Meta.&nbsp;</p>
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Mark Zuckerberg Unveils Orion Meta's First Augmented Reality Glasses

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<p>The creator of the well-known card game Cards Against Humanity is suing Elon Musk's SpaceX&nbsp;for $15m, over claims of damaging and trespassing on land owned by his company in Texas.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The card game creator filed a lawsuit in Texas court claiming that SpaceX has been using the company's land as its own for at least the last six months.&nbsp;</p>
<p>According to the lawsuit, SpaceX, which had already purchased other nearby lands, had placed building materials such as gravel, and other debris on the property without obtaining authorization.</p>
<p>it's worth mentioning that Cards Against Humanity purchased the land mentioned in the lawsuit back in 2017&nbsp;as part of a stunt to prevent President Donald Trump's border wall from being built in the area, and the company said that they purchased the land after 150,000 subscribers had each contributed $15 towards the Cards Against Humanity Saves America campaign.&nbsp;</p>
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Is Being Sued By Card Against Humanity Over Alleged Trespassing

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<p>The acclaimed author of the iconic book series, "Harry Potter", teased on her social media that she has started working on her next book, and it's going to be "Futuristic".&nbsp;</p>
<p>When Rowling was asked on X by a fan if she would consider writing a space odyssey, she replied, "There are three different books I could do after&nbsp;Strike, all of which I&rsquo;ve started because I&rsquo;m a deranged workaholic, the one I&rsquo;m planning to finish first is futuristic, but not a space odyssey, sorry. Definitely earthbound".&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Rowling is currently working on the novel series "Strike" under the&nbsp;pseudonym Robert Galbraith, which includes 7 books so far, and the 8th book "The Hallmarked Man" is going to be Rowling's next release.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>The "Strike" series follows Cormoran Strike, a war veteran turned private investigator. The series was adapted into a TV Show,&nbsp;Season 6 of which was filmed this year.</p>
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J.K. Rowling Reveals That Her Next Book Is Going To Be "Futuristic"

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<p>Brazil has blocked access to Elon Musk's social media platform X, after missing a deadline imposed by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to name a legal representative for the company in Brazil.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The feud between Musk and de Moraes started last April when the Supreme Court judge ordered&nbsp;the suspension of dozens of X accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation.</p>
<p>Last Wednesday&nbsp;De Moraes threatened Musk that X would be blocked in Brazil if the company didn't comply&nbsp;with his order to name a representative in Brazil within 24 hours since X&nbsp;hasn't had a representative in the country since earlier this month&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Free speech is the bedrock of democracy and an unelected pseudo-judge in Brazil is destroying it for political purposes <a href="https://t.co/eqbowALCeu">https://t.co/eqbowALCeu</a></p>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1829624142452195334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
<p>X didn't comply with the order, and Musk wrote on his X account "Free speech is the bedrock of democracy and an unelected pseudo-judge in Brazil is destroying it for political purposes".&nbsp;</p>
<p>Brazil blocked X after failing to comply with the Supreme Court Justice's order within the deadline,&nbsp;De Moraes also said that the platform will stay suspended until it complies with his orders, and also set a daily fine of 50,000 reais ($8,900) for people or companies using VPNs to access it.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">There is growing evidence that fake judge <a href="https://twitter.com/alexandre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Alexandre</a> engaged in serious, repeated &amp; deliberate election interference in Brazil&rsquo;s last presidential election. <br /><br />Under Brazilian law, that would mean up to 20 years in prison. <br /><br />And, I&rsquo;m sorry to say that it appears that some former&hellip;</p>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1830091917654168032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
<p>Musk wasn't happy with the suspension and posted a series of posts on his X account criticizing the decision.&nbsp;</p>
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Brazil Blocks Elon Musk's Social Media Platform X

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<p>Pavel Durov, the creator and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was detained on Saturday night at the Bourget airport south of Paris.&nbsp;<br />According to TF1 and BFM, the police believed that the absence of moderators on Telegram allowed illegal conduct to go unchecked, and this was the main focus of the investigation.</p>
<p>With about one billion users, Telegram is especially popular in Russia, Ukraine, and other areas. It is considered one of the biggest social media platforms at the moment such as Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, and TikTok.</p>
<p>It's worth mentioning that Durov, and his brother launched Telegram in 2013.</p>

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested In France

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<p>Multiple companies and organizations worldwide including banks, airlines, and media outlets that have been reporting that their Windows devices are displaying errors.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Following this major outage, Microsoft announced that they're progressively resolving a problem impacting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services, saying on their X account, "We're investigating an issue impacting users ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services".&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">CrowdStrike - Massive Outage Globally <br /><br />The latest CrowdStrike update is causing a widespread issue resulting in a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) boot loop globally. <br /><br />Many users are experiencing major outages due to this problem<a href="https://t.co/kJImyGCKoM">https://t.co/kJImyGCKoM</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CrowdStrike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CrowdStrike</a> <a href="https://t.co/o0bWatqhXu">pic.twitter.com/o0bWatqhXu</a></p>
&mdash; HackManac (@H4ckManac) <a href="https://twitter.com/H4ckManac/status/1814186430383472776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
<p>Crowdstrike, a major cybersecurity company, released recently a software update that has been connected to the widespread outages, as the cybersecurity company addressed the issue on Reddit saying, "widespread reports of BSODs on Windows hosts" affecting all of their applications, investigating cause.&nbsp;</p>

Massive Outage Strikes Microsoft And Disrupts Banks, Airlines, And Media Outlets Around The World 

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<p>Bringing the best to your weekend and we are putting you right in the Mood for it! Nicole Moudaber is one of the techno world&rsquo;s most iconic and hardworking contemporary artists&hellip; Ignited by an internal combustion engine fueled by raw emotion, Nicole is at the forefront of her own movement. An unstoppable soul who stands in a class of her own!</p>

In the Mood with Nicole Moudaber

<p>A newly created show &ldquo;Nile FM&rsquo;s DJ of the week&rdquo;. opening a window for all performers who have been waiting for an opportunity to reach Nile FM&rsquo;s audience!</p>

DJ of the Week

<p>John will add more dances and much more fun&nbsp;every Saturday! If you&rsquo;re not an avid follower of dance music but are tuned into popular culture at all you&rsquo;ve likely experienced music touched by the hands of John Digweed. One of the most successful dance music shows achieved near cult status with listeners John shares his platform weekly by bringing in worldwide guest DJs.</p>

Transitions with John Digweed

<p>Thursdays will sound even better in 2024, Hassan Rassmy will take you on a journey exploring the higher frequencies of dance music! progressive house, deep House, and tech house, with a 2nd hour of an exclusive international guest mix everyweek.</p>

Pulsar

<p>In an attempt to bring back the hype to your weekends, Joris is taking over for a full hour every Friday!<br />"Spectrum" is Joris Voorn's radion show which allows him to share the full reach of his extensive musical tastes with both his loyal fan base and new listeners alike. The show reflects this with regular premiers of new music from Joris and other artists in his world, as well as regularly featuring live sets captured at some of the world's most iconic dance music venues.</p>

Spectrum with Joris Voorn

<p>Started back in 1999, Hedkandi evolved into a global dance music phenomenon collecting the best funky, happy, and disco house music from all over the world mixed into a 2-hour weekly show hosted by Mark Doyle.</p>

Hedkandi

<p>Every Thursday from 1 to 3 pm, Gazlan will be taking listeners on a two-hour journey around different parts of Egypt and the world. Exploring what each place has to offer, from outdoor activities to watersports to simply relaxing and enjoying mother nature.</p>

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<p>&ldquo;Homegrown&rdquo; is Nile FM&rsquo;s place for all local singers, bands, and rappers to showcase their talent and reach a wider and more diverse audience. Tune in every Saturday from 9 to 10 pm with one hour of music highlighting the most talented locally grown musicians.</p>

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<p>"The Evening Show" presents a wide range of situations that can be considered crazy: The ingenious moments where the funny element solves a curveball that life threw you; the humorous incidents with family members, friends, coworkers, strangers, and life that are out of your hands; the angry moments where you can&rsquo;t believe that a crazy incident is happening to you but later on discover that there was a solution.</p>

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<p><em><strong>The phunkiest soundtracks to your Friday nights!</strong></em></p>
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Phunkadelics

<p>Join Zeinab and Sami every Sunday to Thursday from 5 to 7 pm on &ldquo;The Big Drive&rdquo; your best companion on your journey home from work or school. The best music, the funniest games, and lots more as Zeinab and Sami help you shake off your Cairo traffic blues.</p>

The Big Drive

<p>Every Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm, Kenzy will be counting down the week&rsquo;s biggest 30 songs on the only official chart countdown in the nation &ldquo;Hit 30 Egypt&rdquo;</p>
<p>Find out whether your favorite song will make it to the #1 spot each week and how long it will stay there!</p>

Hit 30 Egypt Live

<p>"Brain Busters" is a 1-hour radio show that&rsquo;ll tickle your curiosity, test your trivia skills, and blow your mind with fresh facts about our fascinating world. Tune in, buckle up, and prepare to get your brain busted!&nbsp;Every Sunday to Thursday from 10 to 11 am.&nbsp;</p>

Brain Busters

<p>Every weekday from 3 to 4 pm, Feedo delivers the hottest chart-topping hit music, mixed back to back, non-stop! All the latest tracks for one hour straight, with no interruptions! You know you&rsquo;re in good hands with Feedo and his stellar music taste!</p>

Mixalicious

<p><em><strong>Your morning commute has never been this fun!</strong></em></p>
<p>An endlessly entertaining blend of games, news tidbits, and the latest hits, &ldquo;The Big Breakfast&rdquo; is the best place to kick-start your morning. What you listen to in the morning can really set the tone of your whole day and Rob &amp; Nadine are here to make sure you are fresh and ready to conquer the day!</p>

The Big Breakfast Show

<p>An hour 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 from 7 to 8 pm.</p>

Feel Good Thursday

<p>Some say &ldquo;They don't make them like they used to", and we certainly agree.</p>
<p>For one hour we spin out all your favorite classic hits from the 60s through the 90s that bring back those good oldies. Every day from 10 to 11 am, it's the time for some serious nostalgia.</p>

Flashback

<p>Hip-Hop &amp; RNB from the one and only DJ Feedo! With a master&rsquo;s degree in swag, Feedo will give your Friday the kick it needs from 7 to 10 pm.</p>
<p>Your weekly dose of all the newest hip-hop releases, the best old-school jams, East Coast/West Coast, Shack Town, the dirty South &amp; the Middle East just got a whole lot more flavorful with DJ Feedo!</p>

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<p>Sit back and enjoy the chilled-out sounds of oriental-inspired music; the perfect setting for an introspective drive in your car, or just an escape from the stress of your day. It's the show that brings a little dose of local flavor and a whole lot of Zen. Don't miss it every Friday from 11 am to 1 pm.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>"AT 40" gives you the inside scoop on everything Hollywood and counting down through the &ldquo;top 40&rdquo; songs on the US charts! Hosted by the one and only Ryan Seacrest, this one is a can&rsquo;t-miss for our pop-culture-obsessed listeners who can&rsquo;t get enough celebrity shenanigans! Every Saturday from 4 to 7 pm.</p>

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<p>A him and her show where Mickey &amp; Kenzy will talk about topics that interest us, that are trending, and that everyone can relate to. Two perspectives &amp; two preferences. Simply this show will be a place where people can listen to funny, interesting, and relatable&nbsp;topics, with his two cents and her takes. Music, movies, habits, career talk, pop culture, how-to, why, and why-not, did you know? and the list goes on and on which is what makes this show powerful. It&rsquo;s all about the now, the current, and the relevant with interesting talks about everything for everyone.</p>

Real Talk

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<p>Asunci&oacute;n, the capital of Paraguay, which hosts the meetings of the nineteenth session of the UNESCO Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage, witnessed the registration of "Henna: rituals, aesthetic and social practices" on UNESCO's List Of Intangible Cultural Heritage. In a new achievement reflecting the efforts of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture in safeguarding the national and Arab cultural heritage.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This achievement is the result of a joint effort by 16 Arab countries: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Tunisia, Bahrain, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, and Qatar.</p>
<p>Dr.&nbsp;Ahmed Fouad&nbsp;Hano, Minister of Culture, expressed his pride in this achievement, noting that Henna is the ninth element added by Egypt to the list of intangible cultural heritage.</p>
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<p>The Minister of Culture also noted that Egypt's efforts, in cooperation with the Arab world, have reflected the great diversity of arts, rituals, and social practices associated with Henna, ensuring the continuation of this heritage element in the lives of its communities and its intergenerational transmission for future generations.</p>
<p>Dr. Nahla Emam, Adviser to the Minister of Culture for Intangible Cultural Heritage also emphasized that Henna is not just an aesthetics elements, but represents a long-standing social rite in Arab societies.&nbsp;</p>

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