<p>The last of the season's awards shows took place last night in the UK, honoring 2019's musical efforts. No surprises that Billie Eilish managed to snag an award, she would have snagged more than one had it not been for the fact that it is a British awards show at the end of the day and the focus needs to be on their local artists.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The night featured some pretty insane performances by some of last year's hottest musical powerhouses including Harry Styles, Lizzo and Eilish debuting her James Bond theme song "No Time To Die."</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Female Solo Artist:</strong></span></p>
<p>Charli XCX<br />FKA Twigs<br />Freya Ridings<br />Mabel - WINNER<br />Mahalia</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Male Solo Artist:</strong></span></p>
<p>Dave<br />Harry Styles<br />Lewis Capaldi<br />Michael Kiwanuka<br />Stormzy - WINNER</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Album Of The Year:</strong></span></p>
<p>Dave: Psychodrama - WINNER<br />Harry Styles: Fine Line<br />Lewis Capaldi: Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent<br />Michael Kiwanuka: Kiwanuka<br />Stormzy: Heavy Is The Head</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Best New Artist:</strong></span></p>
<p>Aitch<br />Dave<br />Lewis Capaldi - WINNER<br />Mabel<br />Sam Fender</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Best Group:</strong></span></p>
<p>Coldplay<br />Bastille<br />Bring Me The Horizon<br />D-Block Europe<br />Foals - WINNER</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>International Female Solo Artist:</strong></span></p>
<p>Ariana Grande<br />Billie Eilish - WINNER<br />Camila Cabello<br />Lana Del Rey<br />Lizzo</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>International Male Solo Artist:</strong></span></p>
<p>Bruce Springsteen<br />Burna Boy<br />Post Malone<br />Tyler, the Creator - WINNER<br />Dermot Kennedy</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>2020&nbsp;Song of the Year:</strong></span></p>
<p>AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove<br />Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man - Giant<br />Dave feat. Burna Boy - Location<br />Ed Sheeran feat. Justin Bieber - I Don't Care<br />Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved - WINNER<br />Mabel - Don't Call Me Up<br />Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart<br />Sam Smith feat. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger<br />Stormzy - Vossi Bop<br />Tom Walker - Just You and I</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Producer of The Year:</strong></span></p>
<p>Fred again... - WINNER</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Rising Star</strong></span></p>
<p>Joy Crookes<br />Celeste - WINNER<br />Beabadoobee</p>

The UK's Grammys just happened, honoring last year's best efforts in music.

The 2020 Brit Awards Full List Of Winners & Highlights

<p>Taylor Swift just dropped a new music video for one of her tracks from 2019&rsquo;s Lover and it&rsquo;s a live version from one of the singer&rsquo;s shows in Paris.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;The Man&rdquo; was one of Swift&rsquo;s more personal singles from her latest album with lyrics that find her wondering how the world's perceptions of her would be different if she was a man. The new video features Swift going back to her roots with an acoustic guitar performance of the song, with the crowd singing along and cheering her on.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/F3aXpa1rQEY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Dubbed a feminist anthem, the song was reportedly inspired by how the media was portraying Swift amid her feud with her former record label Big Machine, as well as her feud with rapper Kanye West. And begs the question, would her success or her character be brought under such strong scrutiny if she was a man?&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;d say I hustled, put in the work. They wouldn&rsquo;t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve. What I was wearing, if I was rude. Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves&rdquo; sings Swift on the track.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The video was taken during her 2019 City of Lover concert at L&rsquo;Olympia Bruno Coquatrix in Paris. &ldquo;The Man&rdquo; was a fan favorite from the singer&rsquo;s latest release &ldquo;Lover,&rdquo; and she addressed what it was like to write and perform it in her &ldquo;Woman Of The Decade&rdquo; interview with Billboard.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ZVpkFb9-fts" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&ldquo;It was a song that I wrote from my personal experience, but also from a general experience that I&rsquo;ve heard from women in all parts of our industry,&rdquo; she told Billboard. &ldquo;I think that, the more we can talk about it in a song like that, the better off we&rsquo;ll be in a place to call it out when it&rsquo;s happening.&rdquo;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/40RsbcFRwNA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The song aims to re-examine why women are criticized for things that men do everyday without receiving the same kind of backlash (if any at all), and how women need to stop apologizing for being empowered and claiming spaces that are rightfully theirs, whether in the culture or in politics.</p>
<p>The song is the closing song from her recent documentary collaboration with Netflix &ldquo;Miss Americana,&rdquo; which debuted in January at the Sundance Film Festival. It's no surprise that the fans are losing their minds over the video which went on to garner over 350,000 views in the first 3 hours of being posted on Youtube.&nbsp;</p>

Taylor Swift releases a brand new music video for her feminist anthem "The Man."

Taylor Swift Sparkles In Surprise Music Video For "The Man" Live From Paris

<p>As promised, singer Justin Bieber released his latest album &ldquo;Changes&rdquo; over the weekend, and fans and celebrities have been loving it, but when it comes to the celebrities, people are a bit skeptical if their reactions to album are actually genuine, and it&rsquo;s all because of an edited tweet by singer Charlie Puth.</p>
<p>While fellow singers wrote short lines, congratulating Bieber or even asking their fans to stream the new album, Puth was the only one who wrote a paragraph on his social media post, something which had people confused especially after he went back into and edited it to remove a part that implies that Bieber asked to post about his album on Puth&rsquo;s page.</p>
<p>The original post read: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t usually do this but here we go.&nbsp;#Changes&nbsp;by Justin Bieber is out now. I had nothing to do with this album, but I genuinely am a huge Justin Bieber fan, I&nbsp;have been since 2009. In fact, his viral leap into superstardom as a result of YouTube is what inspired me to achieve the same. (Somewhere out there is a cringy cover of 18-year-old me singing &lsquo;Baby&rsquo;.)&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;The vocal production on this album is sick. (And I&rsquo;m hard to impress.) It&rsquo;s mixed impeccably and his voice has never sounded better. Justin you asked if I&rsquo;d be ok posting this, but I was going to do it anyway! Congrats on your first album in four years, I know you&rsquo;ve worked very hard on this," he continued.</p>
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<p>The part where Puth wrote: &ldquo;Justin you asked if I&rsquo;d be ok posting this, but I was going to do it anyway!&rdquo; was later changed, which had a lot of people riled up as it seems like Bieber talked to his celebrity friends and asked them to use their influence to promote his album, something many of their fans didn&rsquo;t appreciate. Not to mention that Puth and Bieber had some run-ins in the past, and seemed to dislike each other.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Y'all I'm screaming he just changed the caption __ <a href="https://t.co/okwKgJx6d2">pic.twitter.com/okwKgJx6d2</a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out some of the celebrities&rsquo; posts below:</strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8iprtth2WQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#CHANGES is out now!! Proud of you @justinbieber - so much ___ on this album ____</a></p>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" href="https://www.instagram.com/ddlovato/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Demi Lovato</a> (@ddlovato) on <time style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;" datetime="2020-02-14T08:58:18+00:00">Feb 14, 2020 at 12:58am PST</time></p>
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<p>Bieber&rsquo;s album, unfortunately, has been panned by critics, with some calling it a &ldquo;snooze fest&rdquo;, &ldquo;sappy&rdquo;, and &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t have much to say&rdquo;, Bieber released two singles before the album&rsquo;s release &ldquo;Yummy&rdquo; which brought in over 187 million views in just a month, and &ldquo;Intentions&rdquo; which got 27 million views in a week.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8EJ3zbKTWQ8" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Bieber also released a documentary titled &ldquo;Seasons&rdquo; which focuses on the past few years of his life, why he canceled tours, and the issues he faced along the way both mentally and physically.</p>
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Singer Charlie Puth might have implied that Bieber asked him and others to post on social media to help promote his "Changes" album.

Fans Not Happy With Justin Bieber Asking His Celebrity Friends To Promote His New Album

<p>Singer Billie Eilish decided to make everybody&rsquo;s weekend and released her song &ldquo;No Time To Die&rdquo;, the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film of the same name, and people are freaking out.</p>
<p>Accompanied by a black and white picture of the singer, the song itself has all the elements of the modern James Bond tune, swelling violins courtesy of Hans Zimmer, Eilish&rsquo;s sultry voice is mesmerizing which many found very interesting as it&rsquo;s very different than anything she&rsquo;s done before.</p>
<p>&ldquo;No Time To Die&rdquo; was written by Eilish making her the youngest singer ever to write and sing a James Bond theme song, it was produced by Finneas O'Connell, her brother and longtime production partner.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the song below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GB_S2qFh5lU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Ever since it was announced that Eilish will be next in line to not just sing but write the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film, people were had mixed reactions, some are worried that Eilish is too young to do a good job, on the other hand, the majority thought it was going to be great having a fresh face, and with her winning five Grammys at such a young age, she has proven herself a musical artist worth her salt.</p>
<p>To date, the song has almost reached 20 million views with rave reviews staying on the YouTube trending page for three days straight.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DeumyOzKqgI" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Eilish follows in the steps of some of the biggest singers in the world like Madonna, Chris Cornell, Adele, and Sam Smith, with the last two winning Oscars for their performances &ldquo;Skyfall&rdquo; and &ldquo;Writings on the Wall&rdquo;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8jzDnsjYv9A" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>According to the official synopsis of the upcoming film, Bond is relaxing in Jamaica when his friend and CIA agent Felix Leiter comes to seek his help finding and rescuing a scientist, all while a mysterious villain lurks in the background, played by Oscar-winning Egyptian-American actor Rami Malek.</p>
<p>&ldquo;No Time To Die&rdquo; is set for an April 2020 release and will mark English actor Daniel Craig&rsquo;s final outing as the famed secret agent.</p>
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Billie Eilish releases the new theme song for the upcoming James Bond film "No Time To Die" and fans are going crazy.

Billie Eilish Releases New James Bond Theme Song “No Time To Die”

<p>Week after week we bring you the&nbsp;latest and greatest music on your favorite radio station 104.2 NileFM, and while you send in your requests as well as your selections for your favorite songs, you shape Egypt's biggest chart,&nbsp;NileFM's "Hit 30 Egypt"!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">If you want to stay ahead of the game and always be up to date on what's going to happen on the show, not to mention the charts, check out this week's hits below!&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>30. blackbear - hot girl bummer&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/yMlKJGKyoCo" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>29. Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy - Take Me Back To London</strong></span>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XJQy_R9CYR4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>28. Louis Tomlinson - We Made It</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XWXRh6icAzQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>27. Harry Styles - Lights Up&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9NZvM1918_E" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>26. SHAED ft. ZAYN - Trampoline</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Zzylc-7PwQ4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>25. Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/k7jeYJA9bgY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>24. Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello - Se&ntilde;orita&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Pkh8UtuejGw" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>23. Lizzo ft. Ariana Grande - Good As Hell</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/G5xa-XAvErw" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>22. Travis Scott - HIGHEST IN THE ROOM</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tfSS1e3kYeo" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>21. Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zlJDTxahav0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>20.&nbsp;Lil Wayne ft. Adam Levine&nbsp;- Trust Nobody&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RQLWArpBShM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>19.&nbsp;Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/oygrmJFKYZY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>18.&nbsp;Taylor Swift - Only The Young</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GJU-S1t2r1M" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>17. STORMZY ft. ED SHEERAN &amp; BURNA BOY - OWN IT&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eYwbGaSurCQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>16. The Weeknd - Heartless</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/1DpH-icPpl0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>15. Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HGTOy5ghVb0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>14. Post Malone ft. Future, Halsey - Die For Me&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/I_QpDE-Uco0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>13.&nbsp;Post Malone - Circles&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wXhTHyIgQ_U" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>12. Camila Cabello - My Oh My</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6fd2kkLmSDQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>11.&nbsp;Eminem &amp; Juicewrld - Godzilla</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9XvXF1LrWgA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>10. Maroon 5 - Memories</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/SlPhMPnQ58k" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>9. TONES AND I - DANCE MONKEY</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/q0hyYWKXF0Q" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>8.&nbsp;Dua Lipa - Physical</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9HDEHj2yzew" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>7. Arizona Zervas - Roxanne</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uQcQsIL5UNU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>6. Jonas Brothers - What A Man Gotta Do&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XejVB_fba04" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>5.&nbsp;Justin Bieber - Yummy</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8EJ3zbKTWQ8" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>4. Selena Gomez - Rare&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ia1iuXbEaYQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>3. Billie Eilish - everything i wanted&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EgBJmlPo8Xw" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>2. Future ft. Drake - Life is Good&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/l0U7SxXHkPY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>1.&nbsp;Justin Bieber&nbsp;ft. Kehlani - Get Me</strong></span></p>
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<p>Actor Ben Affleck has been having a rough couple of years, with him relapsing into his alcohol addiction and trying to get back on track with his life. In an interview with The New York Times, he revealed a lot of stuff including his biggest regret in life being his divorce from actress Jennifer Garner as well as the reason behind leaving one of the biggest roles ever, Batman.[article id=4962]In the interview, Affleck talked about becoming an alcoholic, and while it started normally at first things quickly spiraled out of control when his marriage had some trouble causing even more strain and issues with his wife, which in turn broke it down completely.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I drank relatively normally for a long time. What happened was that I started drinking more and more when my marriage was falling apart. This was 2015, 2016. My drinking, of course, created more marital problems,&rdquo; Affleck told The New York Times.</p>
<p>This downfall brought the actor further to depths of despair causing him to move from pain and guilt to shame which he didn&rsquo;t find a use for, and leading to further regret, calling his divorce from Garner the biggest regret of his life.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The biggest regret of my life is this divorce. Shame is really toxic. There is no positive byproduct of shame. It&rsquo;s just stewing in a toxic, hideous feeling of low self-worth and self-loathing. It&rsquo;s not particularly healthy for me to obsess over the failures &mdash; the relapses &mdash; and beat myself up, I have certainly made mistakes. I have certainly done things that I regret. But you&rsquo;ve got to pick yourself up, learn from it, learn some more, try to move forward.&rdquo;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wtfoRESVir0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The actor also revealed why he left his role as the Caped Crusader, Batman, and it seems that it was things behinds the scenes that really broke him, stating that shooting &ldquo;Justice League&rdquo; was a troubling time, it lowered his interest, and he didn&rsquo;t enjoy his stint as the character, and the now &ldquo;memefied&rdquo; moment of a sad Affleck promoting the film is a clear piece of evidence of that.</p>
<p>Affleck was supposed to write, star, and direct the next film in the DC Extended Universe &ldquo;The Batman&rdquo;, but he later dropped out of directing duties leaving it in the hands of Matt Reeves, he then showed an unidentified person the script for the film and he was warned from playing the role as it would end up killing him, something he took to heart as he later dropped from the film completely, leading to actor Robert Pattinson taking the starring role in his stead.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I showed somebody &lsquo;The Batman&rsquo; script,&rdquo; Affleck recalled. &ldquo;They said, &lsquo;I think the script is good. I also think you&rsquo;ll drink yourself to death if you go through what you just went through again.&rsquo;&rdquo;</p>
<p>The actor is now working on the film &ldquo;The Way Back&rdquo; which revolves around a man who takes on a basketball coaching job, who, like Affleck, has a drinking problem, so as he tries to work it out, he makes a bond with his team that gets him through his issues.</p>
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Actor Ben Affleck reveals all in a new interview with The New York Times including why he left his Batman role, and his biggest regret in life.

Ben Affleck Reveals That Jennifer Garner Divorce Is His Biggest Regret In Tell-All Interview

<p>Former One Direction singer, Harry Styles, has been reportedly mugged in the Hampstead area in London, England, by a man with a knife on the day after Valentine&rsquo;s Day.</p>
<p>The knife-wielding robber demanded his money, which the singer provided in a calm manner, and they both went their separate ways without anyone getting hurt.</p>
<p>"He actually played it pretty cool, quickly giving the assailant cash, keeping himself and the guy calm and getting the situation over with. Understandably though it left him very shaken up afterwards,"&nbsp;a source told the E! News.</p>
<p>The Metropolitan Police Service confirmed to the BBC and E! News that they were investigating a robbery in the area providing a statement saying &ldquo;officers had been notified of an incident involving a man in his 20s on Saturday, 15th February.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Continuing: &ldquo;It was reported that a man in his 20s was approached by another man and threatened him with a knife. The victim was not injured; however, cash was taken from him. No arrests [were made] and enquiries are ongoing."</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bFSFpHjsLY0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The singer himself has not talked out about the situation, and his representatives didn&rsquo;t provide a statement either, but things seem to have gotten better, as Styles has appeared at the 2020 Brit Awards, where he was nominated for two awards &ldquo;Best Male Solo Artist&rdquo; and &ldquo;Best Album&rdquo;, although he didn&rsquo;t win, he did perform his song &ldquo;Falling&rdquo;.</p>
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Harry Styles mugged in a street in London by a knife-wielding robber.

Harry Styles Was Robbed At Knife Point In London

<p>Singer Billie Eilish revealed in an interview with BBC Breakfast yesterday that she has stopped reading Instagram comments completely and it&rsquo;s all because of internet trolls.</p>
<p>The &ldquo;Bad Guy&rdquo; singer stated that it was ruining her life, and the better she was doing, and the more she was accomplishing the worse it would get, blaming it on internet trolls' willingness to do anything for a laugh.</p>
<p>"I stopped reading comments fully, it was ruining my life. It's weird, like, the cooler the things you get to do are, the more people hate you. It's crazy," said Eilish.</p>
<p>"I don't know, dude. It's crazy. Cancel culture is insane. I mean, that's not what has been happening. It's just been, like, just the internet is a bunch of trolls, you know? And it's, like, the problem is a lot of it is really funny. I think that's the issue&mdash;that's why nobody really stops because it's funny,&rdquo; she continued.[article id=4936]On the other hand, her brother and longtime collaborator Finneas O'Connell believed the lack of accountability and the equality of the internet was the main reason, as people felt braver behind a screen saying things they wouldn&rsquo;t have said if it was face to face, and that it didn&rsquo;t matter if someone was a celebrity or not, it only mattered if they had the louder voice.</p>
<p>"I think even if it's your own face and your profile picture and it's your own name, it's still&mdash;everybody is much braver behind a cell phone screen than they would be if they walked down the street, you know? It's kind of crazy, even when you interact with people," said O&rsquo;Connell.</p>
<p>"so immeasurable in the equality scale of whose voice is louder. You feel like your voice is very quiet&mdash;even though on platforms like Twitter and Instagram&nbsp;it can reach them directly. So I think you might see someone who's like a famous celebrity and you might think, 'Sticks and stones&mdash;nothing I can say is going to actually be, you know, potent to them.' But it all is. It's all very equal online," he continued.</p>
<p>Eilish also explained that she was angry about the whole situation as it ruined it for her and her fans in terms of connection, saying "It's just the problem is I've always wanted to stay in touch with the fans and keep talking to them and, like, people have ruined that for me, and ruined it for them,"</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the full interview below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_OXlDQi3d8M" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>[article id=4947]This interaction also followed up in her acceptance speech during her win at the 2020 Brit Awards where she won &ldquo;Best International Female Solo Artist&rdquo;, as she said &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve felt very hated recently. And, when I was on the stage and I saw you guys all smiling at me. It genuinely made me wanna cry. And I wanna cry right now, so thank you.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>This award makes her the youngest female artist to score a number one record at the age of 18.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check the acceptance speech below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QDFiIGTDM6k" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Eilish performed her recently released James Bond theme song &ldquo;No Time to Die&rdquo; at the awards ceremony which was received with applause and cheers.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out her performance below:</strong></span></p>
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Billie Eilish feels that internet trolls were ruining her life leading to her not reading Instagram comments anymore

Billie Eilish Stops Reading Instagram Comments Because It Was "Ruining Her Life"

<p>Singer Britney Spears was recently seen sporting a leg cast while the singer was out in Los Angeles. Speaks has been spending all her time with her longtime boyfriend Sam Asgari, who posted a series of pictures and videos of the pair sharing tender moments with each other.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582101515-britney-sam-2-1567696504.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="621" />Her diagnosis and cause of injury have now been confirmed by her boyfriend, Sam Asghari, who she has been spending all her time with.</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jqjtzAPIr/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Happy Asheghetam Day __ Happy 4th valentine together my lioness @britneyspears</a></p>
<p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" href="https://www.instagram.com/samasghari/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Sam Asghari</a> (@samasghari) on <time style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;" datetime="2020-02-14T18:30:59+00:00">Feb 14, 2020 at 10:30am PST</time></p>
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<p>Sam, real name Hesam who&rsquo;s family moved from Iran when Sam was 12, now 26, shared a series of snaps confirming the cause of the broken limb to his 1.6 million followers.</p>
<p>The post, which has since racked up almost 100,000 likes, was captioned: "When you break something it tends to heal stronger 'specially when you're my Girl.</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8uAKfBAE8-/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">When you break something it tends to heal stronger specially when you're my Girl__ my lioness broke her metatarsal bone on her foot doing what she loves which is dancing _ Wishing her the best recovery so she can jump, run, and dance her butt off __ #stronger</a></p>
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<p>"My lioness broke her metatarsal bone on her foot doing what she loves, which is dancing.&rdquo;</p>
<p>With a boyfriend like the one she has, it&rsquo;s unlikely the break will effect Britney from dancing on stage or off any time soon. So don&rsquo;t doubt she will hit the dance floor at least one more time.</p>
<p>Sam met Britney as her personal trainer, and since starting to date the pair have discussed their desire to tie the knot.</p>
<p>Unlike Kevin Fedderline or Justin Timberlake, this relationship doesn&rsquo;t seem toxic. Alright, last pun, we promise.</p>

Britney Spears and boyfriend Sam Asgari share pictures of the singer's newly broken leg.

Britney Spears Suffers Broken Bone But Promises To Be Stronger Than Yesterday

<p>Netflix&rsquo;s first season of &ldquo;The Witcher&rdquo; was a huge success, filling in the hole that HBO&rsquo;s &ldquo;Game of Thrones&rdquo; (GoT) left in most of fantasy epic fans&rsquo; hearts everywhere, and to everyone&rsquo;s glee it was picked up for a second season with news that more seasons would be coming down the pike later on. And like any other show, a new season means new characters, and we&rsquo;ve got the news on who the confirmed new characters are.</p>
<p>According to the latest confirmed news, there&rsquo;s going to be a mix of characters introduced in the 2nd season, adapted from the books, the games, as well as entirely new characters created specifically for the show.</p>
<p>The first on the list is &ldquo;Lambert&rdquo; who will be played by actor Paul Bullion from &ldquo;Peaky Blinders&rdquo;, a fellow Witcher to main protagonist Geralt, however, and while he is an ally and had the same upbringing as Geralt, he is a jealous character, and holds resentment to him, so much so that they&rsquo;ve been rivals several times, Lambert has appeared in the books and the games, and plays a key role in them.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582098470-Lambert.jpg" alt="" />Secondly, we have &ldquo;Nigel&rdquo; played by actor Kristofer Hivju who played &ldquo;Tormund&rdquo; in &ldquo;GoT&rdquo;, little is known about him as there is no character of that name in the games or the books from which the show is being adapted.<br />From his character synopsis which reads: "he is a charismatic, witty and funny man, who comes from an aristocratic family and has been cursed for the crimes he has committed in the past,&rdquo; we can compare him to a character that Geralt meets in the story &ldquo;A Grain of Truth," named &ldquo;Nivellen&rdquo; who had the same back story.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582098481-Nigel.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="576" />Another character that will be coming in the next season adapted from the books is &ldquo;Co&euml;n&rdquo;, played by &ldquo;Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation&rdquo; actor Yasen Atour, who helps train Geralt&rsquo;s ward, &ldquo;Ciri&rdquo;, in the art of sword fighting he appeared in the novel &ldquo;Blood of Elves&rdquo; where played a significant role, and we think he&rsquo;ll have a similar role here.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582098585-MV5BYjRmMTE5NjktNjE3OC00YmQ0LTk1M2MtNGIzYzU5OWQ2YjQwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTgzODg0MTc._V1_.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="409" />Last of the confirmed cast characters is &ldquo;Violet&rdquo;, a brand new character made new for the show and doesn&rsquo;t have a game or book counterpart, she will be played by Carmel Laniado who appered un 2020&rsquo;s &ldquo;Dolittle&rdquo;, her character synopsis reads: "a young girl whose playful and whimsical demeanour is a front for a smarter and more sadistic character," and according to IGN will appear in at least in three episodes.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582098557-CarmelLaniadoPremiereUniversalPicturesbibTcIK3QC9l.jpg" alt="" />The last character that we&rsquo;re sure is coming to the show but has yet to be cast is &ldquo;Vesemir&rdquo; who plays Geralt&rsquo;s father figure with rumors that &ldquo;Star Wars&rdquo; star Mark Hamill wanting to play the role.</p>
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<p>The world is currently in the throes of the coronavirus epidemic and while we are all worried to death of what this means for us, we can sometimes forget to think of the people who are being hit hardest by the outbreak.</p>
<p>A new heart-wrenching film was posted to various social media platforms detailing the story of a Wuhan-based couple who are attempting to navigate their marriage in the wake of the horrible epidemic that is sweeping across China like wildfire.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The film was made by filmmaker Tang Hai, who lives with his wife Ting Lee in Wuhan, China, the infamous epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic. Lee is a nurse who through her work taking care of infected individuals ended up contracting the illness herself. She was placed under a strict quarantine in her home, until she recovers.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CbXyHGrXAsY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The pair have a son together, who they sent away from Wuhan when the disease began spreading. The film shows Lee as she navigates the strict quarantine that she has been placed under that forces her to stay in her bedroom and not have access to the rest of the house.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Hai reveals that he made the film to document their struggle together as well as to make her feel better and less alone in her struggle. In the film, Hai dutifully makes all her meals, cleans up after her and decontaminates the house while she recovers.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/27X8gztR38E" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>He has to wear protective clothing whenever he enters the room she is in, but he doesn&rsquo;t let fear of the disease stop him and in the video you can see him scrubbing the surfaces down in her room to make sure any traces of the pathogen are gone.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the series, Lee is seen wearing a protective face mask whenever Hai is in the room with her.&nbsp;</p>
<p>There have been studies that prove that social support is very important for someone&rsquo;s immunity and the will required to get over an illness. Hai intuitively knows this and makes his wife&rsquo;s favorite meals everyday to make sure she is happy, which would help her recover. He reportedly spends as much time as he can with her to make sure she is not sad or alone in her time of need.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ZGnzJ2clYlY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The series shows the parents speaking to their son via video call, who reportedly has not been told of his mother&rsquo;s illness yet.[article id=4937]Hai posts a new video of the couple&rsquo;s journey together each day, and each day he tries to remain optimistic as he cares for his wife. In some of the videos, he is seen buying her flowers, and he is all smiles whenever he is around her.&nbsp;</p>
<p>He states in one of the videos that all he wants to do is get back their normal lives together and that he will continue doing his best to make sure she comes out of this happy and healthy.</p>
<p>The pair&rsquo;s Youtube channel&nbsp; is an inspiring guiding light in the middle of all this darkness, and reminds us that no matter what it goes up against, love will conquer all in the end.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>One of the richest humans in the world, Amazon&rsquo;s Jeff Bezos announced that he is launching a global initiative called the &ldquo;Bezos Earth Fund&rdquo; to help in the fight against climate change and announced that he is committing $10 billion as a start.</p>
<p>The Amazon founder took to Instagram to make the announcement where he said he wanted to work with others so they can find new ways to help protect the planet and take a collective approach with big and small companies to save the Earth.[article id=4952]His post featured a picture of the globe in space with the caption: &ldquo;Today, I&rsquo;m thrilled to announce I am launching the Bezos Earth Fund. Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet. I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;This global initiative will fund scientists, activists, NGOs &mdash; any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world. We can save Earth. It&rsquo;s going to take collective action from big companies, small companies, nation-states, global organizations, and individuals. I&rsquo;m committing $10 billion to start and will begin issuing grants this summer. Earth is the one thing we all have in common &mdash; let&rsquo;s protect it, together. &ndash; Jeff,&rdquo; he continued.</p>
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<p>The post was received with mixed reactions, some hailed the businessman for his work, and philanthropy, while there were others who criticized him for the working conditions Amazon employees go through and the low pay they receive day-by-day.</p>
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<p>Bezos&rsquo; donation to the fund is considered by the website Recode, which cites records from "The Chronicle of Philanthropy", to be the second-largest charitable donation of its kind, falling just behind of Warren Buffett&rsquo;s promise to give the bulk of his net worth to the Gates Foundation in 2006 which rounds up to $43 billion.</p>
<p>Still, Bezos is no pushover, as the business mogul has a net worth of over $130 billion, so the amount he&rsquo;s giving away isn&rsquo;t going to hurt him that much, but will still help a lot of people.</p>

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<p>Forbes has released its annual list of the &ldquo;Middle East's 100 Power Businesswomen,&rdquo; and this year we have 11 Egyptian women taking spots. This makes them the second-highest number of nationals on the list, coming in after 23 Emirati businesswomen.</p>
<p>The range of industries these Egyptian women excelled in vary from law, petroleum, information and communication technology, and logistics, consisting of a diverse group of founding members, CEOs, and managing directors, there is no stopping these women from breaking glass ceiling, and we are honored to list them here.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check them out below:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Mona Zulficar</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Rank:</strong> 24</p>
<p><strong>Field:</strong> Law</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> Founding Partner and Chairperson</p>
<p>A founding partner at Zulficar &amp; Partners Law Firm, she has over 30 years worth of experience in law, and her role within drafting governmental legal legislation as an adviser and her position in the National Council for Human Rights had made her highly influential as an expert and key figure in Egypt.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581943416-111.jpg" alt="" width="369" height="496" />Pakinam Kafafi</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Rank:</strong> 31</p>
<p><strong>Field:</strong> Oil &amp; Gas</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> CEO</p>
<p>Kafafi has been the CEO for TAQA Arabia for seven years now. Under her leadership, the company generated revenues of more than $370 million in 2018, signed a joint venture agreement last year with BP to establish a new companies and industries in Egypt.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581943447-2.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="447" />Elham Mahfouz</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Rank:</strong> 33</p>
<p><strong>Field:</strong> Banking &amp; Financial Services</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> CEO</p>
<p>Mahfouz has maintained a position as the CEO to the second oldest bank in Egypt, Commercial Bank of Kuwait, which in 2018 achieved $370 million in revenues and a net profit of $210 million.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581943487-3.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />Farida Mohamed Farid Khamis</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Rank:</strong> 40</p>
<p><strong>Field:</strong> Retail</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> Senior Vice Chairman</p>
<p>If you live in Egypt, you most probably have a rug from their company. As sisters, Yasmine &amp; Farida Mohamed Farid Khamis are both Executive Board Members of one of the largest machine-made rug and carpet manufacturers in the world, Oriental Weavers.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581943693-Yasmine-Mohamed-Farid-Khamis-1.jpg" alt="" />Hend El Sherbiny</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Rank:</strong> 53</p>
<p><strong>Field:</strong> Healthcare</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> Group CEO</p>
<p>Dr. El Sherbiny&rsquo;s post as Group CEO to Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH) has helped the company become a leader in consumer healthcare, not just in Egypt but in several countries including Jordon and Sudan, serving seven million patients in just 2018.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581943591-4.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="511" />Mervat Zohdy El Sayed Soltan</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Rank:</strong> 60</p>
<p><strong>Field:</strong> Banking and Financial Services</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> Chairperson</p>
<p>The first female chairperson in Export Development Bank of Egypt&rsquo;s history, Soltan has been an effective leader, under her leadership the bank increased its assets to more than $3.2 billion and generate revenues of $138 million.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581943646-4D5A6907.jpg" alt="" width="555" height="370" />Reem Asaad</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Rank:</strong> 69</p>
<p><strong>Field:</strong> Technology</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> CEO</p>
<p>After getting experience in information technology and financial services abroad, Asaad pushed the Raya Contact Center to the forefront, administering services to clients including Forbes Global 2000 companies in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and North America in 25 different languages. Recently she&rsquo;s moved on to become Cisco Middle East &amp; Africa&rsquo;s Vice President, with the same goals in mind.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581943726-xReem-1234.jpg.pagespeed.ic.cNO9mh7Mku.jpg" alt="" />Hoda Mansour</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Rank:</strong> 75</p>
<p><strong>Field:</strong> Technology</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> Managing Director</p>
<p>Mansour may be the best thing that happened to SAP Egypt in 2018. With her as Managing Director the company, SAP has recorded its best performance since its establishment 10 years ago, with the company expanding in its cloud business.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581943762-aee-500x330.jpg" alt="" />Abir Leheta</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Rank:</strong> 81</p>
<p><strong>Field:</strong> Logistics</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> CEO</p>
<p>Leheta is the CEO of Egytrans, which has more than 350 employees and eight branches in strategic locations, including main ports, airports and transport centers. Egytrans leading in the field of transport and logistics across Egypt.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581944006-Abeer-Lehata.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="355" />Noha El Ghazaly</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Rank:</strong> 92</p>
<p><strong>Field:</strong> Investments</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> Managing Director</p>
<p>El Ghazaly led Pharos to build a new pipeline of over $1 billion in transaction value across equity and debt transactions. Noha is the Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at Pharos Holding for Financial Investments, and their success is all thanks to over 10 years of investment banking experience, courtesy of Noha.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581943873-Noha-Ghazaly-Pharos-web.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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<p>Virgin declared Egypt the fastest growing startup scene in the world since beginning its meteoric rise less than a decade ago, with the regions leader the United Arab Emirates (UAE) maintaining its lead with a high degree of foreign investment. But in a report released by Wamda, we get the proof for Egyptians as the true leaders of startups and the entrepreneurial spirit in the region.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581937834-gg.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="418" />Wamda, the leading startup research platform, found that the UAE and Egypt lead the region in startups, with 35% and 26.5% of startups founded in the UAE and Egypt respectively. They lead all other MENA countries comfortably, with only Jordan reaching the double digits with 10.4%, followed by Lebanon&rsquo;s 5.9%, and Saudi Arabia with 4.7%.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581938620-t.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="652" />One indicator that Egypt leads, however, is in the nationality of a startup&rsquo;s founder. Despite being a leading country in startups, UAE nationals are not the founders of their companies. Indians, Pakistani, Palestinian, Syrian, and British nationals have founded more companies in the MENA region than Emirati nationals. However, by far Egyptians lead, with 25.7% of all startups founded by an Egyptian citizen.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Egypt also leads as the country with most incorporation and registrations indicating a lot of institutional and governmental support for making a business. This is in line with the government's strategy of providing an eco-system where the private sector has backing to develop and lead in economic growth.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581937878-gghh.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="479" />The report found that &ldquo;the university drop-out with just a few hundred dollars making their way as an entrepreneur is more a myth than a reality in the region with the majority of founders aged 25 and above and educated to university level.&rdquo; So, the report maintains that dropping out of university to follow your entrepreneurial dreams will put you at a disadvantage to the majority of founders who have corporate and managerial experience.</p>
<p>Despite this, there&rsquo;s a pretty even split in those who have prior experience in founding a startup, and those who have never tried before becoming a founder. So, risk for success is still just as much a part of entrepreneurship as it has ever been.</p>
<p>Leading industries in the startup scene are E-commerce, marketplaces, and financial technology are the leading fields. However, the growth of educational, healthcare technology, and software are picking up quick.</p>
<p>The gender split it heavily in favor of men, with only 25% of founders being female. So far youth are ready to make the leap than the older generation as more than 60% of founders are under 35.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581937914-gghhhh.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="254" />The report found that the almost half of founders earn a salary between $10k-$20k, 20% earn between $20k-$40k, and only 10% earn more than $100k meaning that startups tend to be at a small and medium level. This is maintained by the number of people on a team, with 30.5% just composing the founder, an additional 26% who are run by a duo, and 99.5% of startups have less than 20 people on a team.</p>
<p>When looking at financing, despite all the talk about venture capitalist founders helping startups, only 6.3 get their initial investment this way. 46.3% are funding their own startup, with 23.8% depending on friends and family for their initial investment.</p>
<p>What can we gather from all this? With good managerial experience and education, institutional support and desperation for the Egyptian youth to escape unemployment or traditional employment paths, Egyptians are standing out from their neighbors in creativity, risk-taking, and the hard work needed to be your own boss.</p>

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<p>In a report published by the 2020 Times Higher Education's world university rankings, Aswan was ranked Egypt&rsquo;s number one university, practically tied with Mansoura University. The two leading universities were then followed by Suez Canal University, Kafr El-Sheikh University, Cairo University, Beni-Suef University, while Benha University, Ain Shams University, and American University in Cairo (AUC) ranked in the top 1000, but at the bottom. The report looks at the quality of teaching, research, international research influence, industry and technology contribution, and international outlook.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581933107-3544740.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="311" />So, how did Aswan rank first? Its average score wasn&rsquo;t so much higher than Mansoura, but the two were noticeably better than any other Egyptian University. In terms of teaching, Cairo University leads, followed by AUC. In fact, Aswan had a mid-level teaching score.</p>
<p>So, again, how? Citations is how. Looking at 77.4 million citations in 12.8 million journal articles, article reviews, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters published over the last five years, Aswan ranked highest. This means that Aswan is the university contributing most to &ldquo;the sum of human knowledge&rdquo; with research that has stood out, been picked up and built on by other scholars and has been shared around the global scholarly community.</p>
<p>In fact, Aswan ties with seven other universities in terms of citations in number 1 in the world, higher than the citations of Sanford, Harvard, and Oxford. Meaning that the research Aswan does cannot be reproduced anywhere else in the world, its a primary source for other universities in geology, archaeology, paleontology, renewable energy, and environmental sciences. It pretty hard for Oxford to make primary research in solar sciences for example.</p>
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<figcaption><em>Rankings based on citations</em></figcaption>
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<p>While AUC&rsquo;s research has a high reputation, and makes money, it&rsquo;s not used globally. In fact it's five times less than Aswan. Meaning it&rsquo;s research is just not as groundbreaking, unique, or influential as Aswan&rsquo;s. The report states that a high research score is influenced by economic and national circumstances making it, according to the report, &ldquo;controversial&rdquo; as an indicator in terms of judging the quality of the research. AUC recently ranked top Egyptian university in employment after college, but its reputation proceeds its quality in terms of contributions to knowledge, research, innovations, technology, and benefits to industry and economy. This is how national and economic circumstances can skew an academic institution's quality.</p>
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<figcaption><em>Aswan has access to unique paleontology resources</em></figcaption>
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<p>We can see how this affects things with the institution&rsquo;s contribution to industry income. This means that the university is contributing to innovations, inventions, and consultancy, transfer of knowledge to industries and institutions outside academia. On this score Mansoura, Alexandria University and Aswan have far more contribution to knowledge, industry, and technological innovation than AUC.</p>
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<figcaption><em>Aswan is at the center of the most intense solar energy exposure points in the world, making it ideal for research and development.</em></figcaption>
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<p>That has made Aswan in the top 200 universities in terms of global impact. Aswan leads in research pertaining to engineers, wastewater treatment, pollution, plant physiology and biochemistry, geology, archeology, paleontology, and renewable energy. In 2015, when the government wanted surveys of faults in roads as a result of their expertise in geography they called Aswan, not AUC.</p>
<p>Why does it matter? Is this just a random report? No, The Times is the world leading provider of higher education data. It&rsquo;s used by institutions and governments to determine funding, laws, and regulations. For example, the Egyptian government uses the Times ranking to determine funding for expansions, and partnership agreements with other universities. The report ranks the top 200 universities of the world in order, with Oxford claiming the number 1 spot, the best in the world. This puts Aswan and Mansoura in a higher rank than US University of Wisconsin and University of Central Florida, or UK University of Brighton.</p>
<p>So, check out the rankings of the university your planning on attending before you assume, you might be surprised which school is actually better for you.</p>

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<p>Have you guys ever been to the pyramids without seeing a bunch of adorable tourists positioning themselves in front of the Sphinx to get those far off perspective photos of them kissing it? We know we haven&rsquo;t!</p>
<p>And it&rsquo;s certainly not the only place in the world where tourists attempt to execute those kinds of shots, after all, we are sure you&rsquo;ve all seen photos of people attempting to hold up the leaning tower of Pisa on their backs.</p>
<p>But a new collection of photos just landed in our lap and we are truly impressed with the creativity people are employing to reimagine the famed shot of the Sphinx.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030695-86279710_10219928417456038_1307378398405853184_o.jpg" alt="" />We just picked up a new hashtag that is sweeping across Facebook &ldquo;#this_is_wonderful_Egypt has brought together some of the best poses that many tourists have come up with involving the Sphinx.</p>
<p>From feeding it Moltos to posing so it looks like the Sphinx is kissing their hands, each pose is more creative than the next and we are delighted that with the reimagining of a touristic aspect of Egypt that has been a little overdone in the past.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030714-86776627_10219928427896299_3133467268529258496_o.jpg" alt="" />Egypt's tourism industry is almost back to its former glory amid the government's massive efforts to revamp the sector that has been slumping since the political turmoil left over by the Arab Spring.</p>
<p>And with the imminent opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) we are delighted to see that we have not become irrelevant and that people are coming down to see our amazing heritage sites.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the photos below:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030726-86969550_10219928418016052_5893276943561785344_o.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="467" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030736-86870194_10219928419376086_953939526663798784_o.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="520" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030748-86499883_10219928420776121_4732367551403655168_o.jpg" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030757-86757853_10219928421656143_3451117384679555072_o.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="620" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030767-86870219_10219928422096154_5245498624380502016_o.jpg" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030782-86651970_10219928424856223_320355009243906048_o.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="465" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030797-86806965_10219928423656193_8954975849740763136_o.jpg" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030806-86999420_10219928425656243_6695904561934106624_o.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="620" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582030946-86732418_10219928433256433_6701418561207795712_o.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="772" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582113332-8d4f66_6523272.png" alt="" width="620" height="308" /></p>

Tourists from all over the world are reimagining the famous "Kiss The Sphinx" shot.

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<p>Many girls in the world today grow up thinking of nothing else but their wedding day, that magical occasion when they will marry the love of their life and live happily ever after. And there&rsquo;s no surprises that many of those same girls grow up idolizing a Disney princess or other and fantasize about the day when they will find and marry their Prince Charming (or Eric, or Florian or Philip).</p>
<p>So to help women everywhere live out their childhood fantasies in style, Disney has paired up with Allure Bridals to launch an entire line of wedding dresses designed around some of the most celebrated princesses in the Disney pantheon.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582020174-image_3.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="876" />Aiming to be inclusive of all shapes, sizes, princess choice as well as budget, Allure Brides took to their social media to announce the collaboration with Disney and you can imagine how happy people are with this news. Allure launched gown designs inspired by nine of the most iconic princesses and they are Cinderella, Ariel, Aurora, Snow White, Tiana, Jasmine, Rapunzel, Belle and Pocahontas.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The first collection is titled the &ldquo;Disney Fairy Tale Weddings Collection&rdquo; and will be launched at New York Bridal Fashion Week next April. The collection will feature 16 different designs inspired by the 9 different princesses, so it looks like they&rsquo;re making each princess&rsquo;s style into a couple of different designs that are set to utilize different fabrics, styles and silhouettes.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582020190-image_4.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="878" />&ldquo;So many brides grow up admiring their favorite Disney Princess characters and are inspired by their journeys, gowns and stories of the classic films. Our design team worked tirelessly on each of these incredible gowns, as each dress features intricate detailing specifically inspired by the timeless characters known and loved by all of us.&rdquo; Allure Bridals CEO Kelly Crum said in a release.&nbsp;</p>
<p>To make sure that women of every shape and size can benefit from the collection, each design will be on offer in sizes that range from 0 to 30.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582020205-image_5.jpg" alt="" />&ldquo;We are honored to work with Disney on this collection and see the romance of it come to life,&rdquo; continues Crum.</p>
<p>After the collection debuts on the New York runway, they will be fully available in stores as well as online, so if you&rsquo;re a Disney princess fanatic in Egypt, don&rsquo;t worry, you can get your hands on one of these gorgeous designs as well.</p>

Every little girl can now live her Disney princess fantasy on her wedding day with brand new bridal collection.

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<p>Valentine&rsquo;s Day is tomorrow and we are sure your news feeds are flooded with suggestions on what to do on the famed day of love and what to buy your significant other, but we want to take things in a different direction, we want to suggest practising a little self-love this year.</p>
<p>The great poet and musical artist Akua Naru once said, &ldquo;self-love is the very first romance,&rdquo; and we couldn&rsquo;t agree more. No romance can work out for you until you are successfully loving yourself first.</p>
<p>So in celebration of the day of love here are some ways for you to love yourself more and trust us, you will be much happier and better off for it.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Have Fun By Yourself:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9wiVx5cG9m0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>One of the most important things you must do for yourself is enjoy your own company, after all how can you expect other people to enjoy your company if you don&rsquo;t? Now this could be anything from going to the cinema by yourself every once in a while to taking a small trip once a year to reconnect with who you are. You&rsquo;ll be happier and healthier for doing this and this is a huge part.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Forgive Yourself For Past Romantic Mistakes:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/p-at-yS6eaU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Each year, at this time, it seems that we can&rsquo;t escape the spirit of Valentine&rsquo;s Day and anyone who is single at this time year is cursed with having to remember the people they have fallen in love with in the past. And with that comes the deeply problematic rumination over what we could have done to avoid our breakups. This year, we suggest you put an effort into forgiving yourself for your past mistakes that may have resulted in heartache, because we are all human, and love is about forgiveness, so how can it be a day of love if we can&rsquo;t practice a little compassion towards ourselves.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Surprise Yourself:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QqhvAM7vRlw" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>A good way to spend your Valentine&rsquo;s Day this year is to engage in some activities that you don&rsquo;t usually do, and who knows you might surprise yourself. If you&rsquo;re an introvert, go into a public place for a walk, might just be what you need to shake off your blues. And if that&rsquo;s what you like doing, why not just stay at home and read a book or meditate. We are multi-faceted beings and when we neglect the lesser explored parts of who we are, we get sad and things stagnate.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Say &ldquo;No&rdquo; To People Who Use You:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/FtPRrn5nwAo" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>This one may not apply to everyone, but many of us have suffered an inability to say &ldquo;no&rdquo; to things that are emotionally draining for us and we end up worse off for it. This year, it might be useful to love yourself by giving yourself something you really want and not needlessly sacrificing for people who don&rsquo;t care what you want and have made it a habit to take from you without matching or giving.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Make A List Of Your Accomplishments:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rQCcRArv4wY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>It&rsquo;s sometimes hard for us to remember that we are special and it&rsquo;s all too easy to be too self-critical and lose sight of what we are good at. So maybe a good exercise for Valentine&rsquo;s Day this year is to make a list of the things that make you special, the things you are proud to have done in your life. These could be as small as one time when you did a really good job at organizing your sock drawer or something as large as climbing Everest, it doesn&rsquo;t matter whether others will see it as a worthy accomplishment, all that matters is that you think it&rsquo;s special.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Have A Self-Care Day:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/w0iVTQS8ftg" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>In the chaos of our work lives, social lives and relationships, we can often neglect to take care of ourselves and what we need sometimes is just a day of pampering ourselves. Head over to a hotel for a day use of their spa services, or head to a bakery and buy yourself your favorite dessert. Who says you need to be in a relationship to eat chocolate covered hearts? Romance exists in every shape and form, and sometimes the best place to direct it is towards yourself.</p>
<p>Your mind maybe telling you that you will never be happy without someone else, especially at this time of year, but we are here to promise you that that is not true, give yourself a break and remember that at the end of the day all you need is your own love, your own forgiveness and your own compassion towards yourself, the rest will follow. Happy Valentine's Day!&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Living in Egypt for some time now, I&rsquo;ve tried just about every Egyptian dish I could get my mouth around. From the Egyptian cuisine starter pack of Shawarma, Kushari, and Feteer to the initiated secrets of Fasikh, Makhasy, and La&rsquo;hmet Ra&rsquo;s, I&rsquo;ve sampled, experimented, and went back for seconds for just about everything (except the makhasy).</p>
<p>One dish I can never eat enough is the humble fava bean, fuul is my absolute favorite. I&rsquo;m crazy about it. A fool for fuul, one could say. I wish I could eat it every day for every meal, but alas, too much of a good thing has a heavy burden, literally with the butter, oil, and ghee tossed in every self-respecting fuul chef&rsquo;s recipe. Like many people&rsquo;s demands for all-day McDonald's breakfast, the only reason I assume it isn&rsquo;t sold on the streets all day and night is it might be a major health hazard.</p>
<p>Trying fuul from as many restaurants, areas, and places I can, has made me into something like a self-professed fuul connoisseur. So much so that people in college referred to me as &ldquo;The Fuul,&rdquo; it was also my nick-name in high school before I came to Egypt, but I can only imagine people could see my true destiny.</p>
<p>Allow me to impart my foolhardy wisdom of the best and the worst, the most foolish, and the most foolproof, fuul this fool has gotten full on in Cairo. Ok, I&rsquo;ll stop on the puns.</p>
<p>Let&rsquo;s start with the worst, and the beginning, of the journey of &ldquo;The Fuul.&rdquo;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>American University in Cairo</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581840196-aucff.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="291" />So, when I first came here I thought I hated fuul. Why? Because the worst thing imaginable was the fuul I had on my first day of classes in AUC. It was the type of industrially produced fuul of an institution that can only be described as taking a condescending look on the perceived "local" character of the Egyptian bean.</p>
<p>Despite, or maybe weirdly because of, the &lsquo;elite&rsquo; institution and its removal from Cairo, I relocated to the uncolonized deserts of New Cairo, AUC did teach us about the authenticity of the fuul.</p>
<p>Around since the Pharonic times, and cooked around the steaming bathhouses of medieval Cairo, fuul is just about the most Egyptian meal one could name, with the exception of Molokheya, I don&rsquo;t recognize the statement of "Jew&rsquo;s Mallow" as the name of the swampy green broth.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Shabrawy, Gad, Zooba, and El-Tor</strong></span>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581840209-shabr.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />Maybe the next most likely introduction came from fast-food restaurant Shabrawy, Gad, and other chains like Zooba and El-Tor, after leaving the AUC dorms in Tegmaaa, I went all the way to&hellip; Rehab. A little compound, Rehab didn&rsquo;t have much in the way of Egyptian food. Like AUC it was heavily dominated by western cuisine, and I didn&rsquo;t travel a thousand miles to eat at McDonalds and Dominos (they are at least better here than in the US).</p>
<p>While it was there that I fell in love with kibda and shawerma, the fact is their fuul just doesn&rsquo;t cut it.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581840223-IMG_5019.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />This goes for most chain restaurants, from Gad, to El-Tor, they just can&rsquo;t seem to get it right. Either they make it boring, or they try and re-invent the wheel. Zooba's claim to making the fuul healthy and vegan was sacrilegious, so much so that recently they stepped back from the move towards healthy fuul in their US chains.&nbsp;</p>
<p>After the chains, I continued my search for the best fuul in all the wrong places.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Sequoia</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581840236-Sequoia_1_8.2.10-1024x683.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />Part of it was a morbid fascination, the other honest curiosity, but I had to know, what does EGP 85 fuul taste like? Sequioa is known for some good food, many people love it, but I will never be able to get the bad taste of their rip-off fuul out of my memory. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>During a friend&rsquo;s birthday party, we were dragged there for who knows what reason, it&rsquo;s Nile side view is impressive, but was it worth it? The question still haunts me, I&rsquo;ve never been back since that faithful maiden voyage, but a quick glance at the menu reveals that Sequoia also recognized this, and removed the EGP 85 fuul from their menu.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Fuul Cart</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581840250-maroos.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />We come to it at last, the place that made me fall in love with fuul itself is where it was originally brewed. Since the 1900s the fuul carts have been serving Cairenes their staple breakfast, and their time on the frontlines of Egyptian breakfast service has made them experts.</p>
<p>Some people are put off by the look of the cart, or don't want to struggle to the front of the crowd shouting for their order. The lack of Westernized organization, and aesthetic appeal, might be a reason you avoid the fuul cart, which might be why a ritzy place like Zamalek just got their first fuul cart recently. But the fact they aren't focusing on the look means they are focusing on the actual food and that's why you're there, right.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582012262-economy.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="369" />This theory holds up for my all-time favorite cart on the corner of Saad Zaghloul Street in Mounira, or Mahroos in Garden City, it is absolutely true for the cart on Youssef El-Gendy next to the Greek Campus. They don't look super inviting, but they aren't trying to convince you through modern designs, flashy lights, and elaborate color schemes. (*cough* Zooba *cough*)[article id=4773]Neither are they convincing you this isn't Egyptian, like El-Torr which feels the need to highlight how much this isn't Egypt for you to eat fuul. They don't rely on "fusion" or an "experience," they are just focus on how to make a classic classically well.&nbsp;</p>
<p>My experience around fuul revealed to me something about class division and gentrification that I was quite well versed in after my childhood trips to New York City. High-class and ritzy areas serve up the experience of eating authentically, but within the sanitized context of fine dining. Just as the move in New York towards gentrified hamburgers, BBQ ribs, and other working class specialties, Egypt is no different with its whitewashed fuul, a&nbsp; re-imagining of fuul that completely removes it from its context. When one removes the imagined belief that this fuul from AUC and Sequoia represents the elite fuul of the country, one is left with a sub-par creation of inferior quality to the average fuul cart.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582012278-11340318646_2e5d123bb6_b.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="609" />Industrially produced fuul for the masses doesn&rsquo;t fare much better, just like McDonalds and KFC in the US, these places generally just produce the most basic quality meal for the cheapest price for the most amount of people. Without interest in making a product of quality, all you get is nothing special. Your belief that the brand represents the best representation of the working class specialty is what gets you there, but it&rsquo;s just a illusion of the real thing.</p>
<p>Finally, and just like the US, if you&rsquo;re going to get working class food, go to a working class place. The less special and flashy it looks, generally the more promising it is. The rule of thumb previously mentioned for dirty looking fuul carts is the exact same rule Americans have about BBQ. If the place isn&rsquo;t dingy, poorly lit, and looks like the floors have been cleaned too much, it&rsquo;ll have bad barbeque. Particular to America, if it&rsquo;s in a neighborhood that a part of you is afraid to be in, you&rsquo;re in the right place.</p>
<p>So, my advice, even if your nose goes up a bit when passing that fuul cart next to your work, don&rsquo;t pass it up thinking you&rsquo;re getting anything better from chains, or fine dining, they don&rsquo;t understand or care to make it good, only the fuul cart can.</p>

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<p>The day of love is almost upon us, and while it can be difficult to find that special gift for your significant other, we got you the nine things you should absolutely avoid at all costs, so if your gift falls under any of the following categories, get another one and quick!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Clothes</strong></span></p>
<p>Nobody wants clothes, and while yes, a Kashmir scarf can be a great gift for winter, it&rsquo;s not for Valentine&rsquo;s Day, steer clear from anything of the sort, not even matching underwear.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581424883-lyc-campaigns-1600_0_bigissuenorth.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuffed Animals</span></strong></p>
<p>Besides being a clich&eacute;, you&rsquo;re two adults so act like it, besides she most likely has one from her childhood that will be her favorite anyway, so avoid unless you win her one at a carnival or something, but still even then you&rsquo;ll have to get another gift.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581424917-stuffed-animals-flower-shop-cheyenne-wy-82001.jpg" alt="" /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Self-Help Book</span></strong></p>
<p>People don&rsquo;t like to take advice, and when you get them a self-help book, you&rsquo;re basically telling them, &ldquo;this is what I don&rsquo;t like about you, and you need to work on it&rdquo;, doesn&rsquo;t sound good, does it?!</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581424926-Essential-Books.jpg" alt="" /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Keychains</span></strong></p>
<p>Unless there are car keys or keys to something more important, don&rsquo;t even think of getting a keychain, unless they&rsquo;ve been obsessing over an expensive one they can&rsquo;t find and you did.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581424934-1.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="514" /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Gag Gift</span></strong></p>
<p>Valentine&rsquo;s Day is all about the romance, and not about the laughs, and while you might find the perfect gag gift for that inside joke you share together, either get something else along with it, or gift to them at another time.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581424967-4a5d6beb55bae48317276988b68ed33c.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="826" /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fake Flowers, Fake Jewelry, Fake Anything</span></strong></p>
<p>Always bring the real thing, as it gives out the impression you&rsquo;re honest, fake stuff, will just make you either look fake like your gift, and cheap, and you definitely don&rsquo;t want that.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581424976-IMG_3101__60802.1548124629.jpg" alt="" /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Perfume</span></strong></p>
<p>Never get your significant other a perfume you like, or a celebrity fragrance, unless you&rsquo;re 100% sure of what scent they like then avoid at all cost.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581424984-1_1.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="514" /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Electronics</span></strong></p>
<p>Again, it&rsquo;s the day to celebrate love, electronics don&rsquo;t scream intimacy, love, or admiration, they&rsquo;re mechanical and devoid of sentiment, maybe on their birthday but not Valentine's Day, and for the love of god stay away from any kitchen appliance unless you want to get kicked out of the relationship.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581424995-CR-Electronics-Inlinehero-cyber-monday-electronic-deals-1119.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nothing</span></strong></p>
<p>The worst thing you can do is forget to get them anything at all, so if this happens RUN! Because you&rsquo;ll be busy trying to make it up to them for some time.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581425015-1_2.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="442" /></p>

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<p>It looks like phone companies are leaning into flip phones and &ldquo;foldables&rdquo; as Samsung announced their new foldable device, along with the new &ldquo;S&rdquo; successors during its &ldquo;Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2020&rdquo; event, and we&rsquo;re digging the new designs.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Galaxy Z Flip:</strong></span></p>
<p>The first device to get unveiled at the event was Samsung&rsquo;s new foldable device, the new &ldquo;Galaxy Z Flip&rdquo;, but unlike its predecessor the Galaxy Fold, this one fold horizontally into a phone rather than a tablet that folds into a phone similar to the newly released Motorola Razr phone, that pays homage to popular flip phones of the past.</p>
<p>The 6.7-inch device folds in half at the middle with an internal ultra-thin foldable glass screen, unlike the Razr&rsquo;s plastic one, making it smoother to the touch and less prone to scratching. On the outside of the device there&rsquo;s an extremely small screen used to barely show you your notifications, which is interesting, as the Razr has a much bigger screen on the outside making it better at displaying notifications, which you can actually read.</p>
<p>The Z flip also has the Razr beat with its flagship internals including a Snapdragon 855+ chipset, 8GBs of RAM, running Android&rsquo;s 10.0 operating system, the device also features 256GBs of storage, two main 12 Megapixels rear cameras, one of them having an ultrawide lens, the 10 Megapixels front camera sports a punch-hole design like the previous Samsung Galaxy S10 devices.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Foldable phones is an iPhone moment for the smartphone industry similar to the transition from a keypad, non-touch form-factor to capacitive slate touch form-factor when the iPhone was launched ten years ago,&rdquo; Neil Shah, partner and vice president of research at Counterpoint Research, told CNBC.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the device below:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Sx9ibZLwVNE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Samsung S20 &amp; S20+</strong></span></p>
<p>The new phone in the Galaxy S series, Samsung moved on from the 10s to the 20s, with the S20 having 6.2 inches Dynamic AMOLED display, while the S20+ sports a 6.7 inches display, both devices have the Snapdragon 865 chipset, 12GBs of RAM, and running Android&rsquo;s 10.0 operating system.</p>
<p>The devices start with 128GBs of storage which is expandable using Micro SDXC memory cards, they also have three main rear cameras the first is a 12-megapixel wide camera, the second is a 64-megapixel telephoto camera, while the last being a 12-megapixel camera with an ultrawide lens, there&rsquo;s also a 10 Megapixels front camera which has a punch hole design like the previous Samsung Galaxy S10 devices.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check them out below:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ZdC9soHxVC8" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Samsung S20 Ultra</strong></span></p>
<p>Another new addition to the lineup this device is beast of a phone, having a 6.9 Dynamic AMOLED 2X capacitive touchscreen, with the same chipset as its smaller brothers, but with 16GB RAM if users opt for the 512GB storage version.</p>
<p>What really shines on the device really is actually the cameras with a whopping 108-megapixel main camera, 48-megapixel telephoto lens that can do 100x zoom, a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera, and a 0.3 Megapixel depth of vision camera. On the other hand, there&rsquo;s also a 40-megapixels front camera making selfies shine like never before.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/x0Kv_QRWR-I" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Check out the full event below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/MIQdJkoTh48" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>

Samsung unveils the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+, S20 Ultra and Z Flip.

Samsung Announces Brand New Flip Phone Of The Future 

<p>A South Korean channel released a documentary, about a grieving mother who&rsquo;s been reunited with her dead daughter through the power of virtual reality (VR), and it&rsquo;s absolutely heartbreaking.</p>
<p>The video featured the mother Jang Ji-sung, wearing a VR headset and a pair of gloves, in a green-screen room where through the device, she can see, hear and talk to her daughter Nayeon, and you can see the pain and grief the woman is going through.</p>
<p>Via the device, Ji-sung, talks to her daughter as the virtual girl shows her mom some of her toys as well as play together, and even celebrate Nayeon&rsquo;s birthday, the girl even makes some wishes including for her father to stop smoking, her siblings to stop fighting, and for her mom to stop being sad, all of whom were in attendance.</p>
<p>According to&nbsp;Aju Business Daily, the production team took eight months to build the virtual version of Nayeon, including her actual voice.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the video below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uflTK8c4w0c" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Viewers have pointed out how they understand how hard it is to move on when a loved one passes on, but they thought that whole process was a bit creepy, comparing it to an episode of the show &ldquo;Black Mirror&rdquo; especially episode &ldquo;Be Right Back&rdquo; where a grieving woman is able to get her husband back via an emailing system that evolves into chat, then calls, and finally an android that resembles him, but she later finds out that it&rsquo;s a representation of the person only and not him so her feeling of him evolves into resentment.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ld9m8Xrpko0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Others also pointed out that this kind of process would impact the grieving process, especially the steps of denial and acceptance which help the grieving person move on. Technology continues to develop at massively quick rate and each day it seems that things like this keep happening. We understand where people are coming from with their criticism of this experiment, on the one hand it is sweet that a mother can get to speak with the daughter she lost one last time but on the other hand it is terribly cruel to remind her of her loss in such a visceral way. We kind of understand the "Black Mirror" parallel.</p>

A grieving mother talks and plays with her deceased daughter through the power of VR technology.

Grieving Mother Reunites With Her Deceased Daughter Through VR & It's Heartbreaking

<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked people to delete Facebook over the weekend saying it was &ldquo;lame&rdquo;, something he already did himself two years ago.</p>
<p>The request came in the form of a tweet, responding to actor Sasha Baron Cohen&rsquo;s own tweet in which he criticized the social media platform stating that it needed to be regulated by governments and not run by an Emperor, comparing it to water, and electricity resources that are not run by one person.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t let 1 person control the water for 2.5 billion people. We don&rsquo;t let 1 person control electricity for 2.5 billion people. Why do we let 1 man control the information seen by 2.5 billion people? Facebook needs to be regulated by governments, not ruled by an emperor!&rdquo; wrote the actor. The tweet was responded by Musk who simply wrote: &ldquo;Delete Facebook It&rsquo;s lame&rdquo;.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DeleteFacebook?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DeleteFacebook</a> It's lame</p>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1226132778967687170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>The post was received with criticism of its own as many considered government regulation on the platform to be an infringement in free speech, on the other hand, there were others who agreed with Musk as the website has been looked into for some time as scandal after scandal shows that users&rsquo; data isn&rsquo;t as safe and as private as people might think, something which Musk took to heart as he deleted his own account and the pages of his companies from the website.</p>
<p>While Facebook has come out several times saying that its users&rsquo; information is safe and that it doesn&rsquo;t allow calls to violence or hate speech on its platform, things aren&rsquo;t going as smoothly as they claim.</p>

Elon Musk responds to Sasha Baron Cohen's tweet telling him Facebook is lame and people should delete it.

Elon Musk Asks People To Delete Facebook 

<p>&ldquo;Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare&rdquo; players rejoice, as many features from the upcoming season have been leaked, and we can finally take a look at the beloved character, Ghost, who will be making an appearance in the next season, as well as a couple of new weapons!</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581253056-COD2.jpg" alt="" />According to IGN, and EuroGamer, the leak appeared when Reddit users found information regarding the next season which was released accidentally on the official &ldquo;Call of Duty&rdquo; website.</p>
<p>With it they could finally confirm that Ghost is coming back, as well as two new guns being introduced: the&nbsp;&ldquo;lightweight, maneuverable and full of potential&rdquo; Grau 5.56, and the &ldquo;hard-hitting and long-range SMG,&rdquo;&nbsp;Striker 45. As well as confirming the rumors, that the long-awaited multiplayer map &ldquo;Rust&rdquo; is also making a return.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Rust returns! <a href="https://t.co/Ydjg4Pb2iX">https://t.co/Ydjg4Pb2iX</a> <a href="https://t.co/sMTTg3gdQX">pic.twitter.com/sMTTg3gdQX</a></p>
&mdash; Call of Duty News (@charlieINTEL) <a href="https://twitter.com/charlieINTEL/status/1225957243314753537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>People were hoping for the character&rsquo;s return ever since the game was originally launched, and in the after-credits scene, the character of Ghost was teased after his real name Simon Riley was mentioned to be on the new anti-terrorism unit &ldquo;Taskforce 141&rdquo;.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581253065-cod1.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="235" />The game was originally released back in October but releases new updates in the form of seasons, that have new skins, game modes, and more to keep players interested, and this one is an exciting addition for sure!</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zu3wZ-_IKrM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&ldquo;Call of Duty&rdquo; games are known for their &ldquo;boots on the ground&rdquo; blockbuster-like feel, where players feel like they&rsquo;re playing as a character in a film rather than just a means of entertainment. The new season will be available for players on February 11.</p>
<p>Ghost was a character that was introduced in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2", and was quickly a fan favorite, however, after the game was rebooted for the new generation of consoles, he was nowhere in sight, and fans have been asking for him for a long time, so it's nice to see that the character is getting refreshed for a brand new audience.</p>

"Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare" is bringing back Ghost and Rust after a leak revealed information of what to expect in season 2.

“Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare” Season 2 To Introduce Ghost, 2 New Weapons & Much More

<p>Yup, it seems like even Facebook is not safe from hackers, and we don&rsquo;t mean users account we mean the company itself as it&rsquo;s official Twitter account just got hacked!</p>
<p>The hack was carried out by the group OurMine, which took over the social website&rsquo;s account on Twitter, posting the same text &ldquo;Hi, we are OurMine. Well, even Facebook is hackable but at least their security better than Twitter,&rdquo; over and over again.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the since deleted messages below:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581247571-uploads2Fcard2Fimage2F11912662Fb350efb4-77bf-4267-aa4e-466f73f02c74.png2Ffull-fit-in__950x534.png" alt="" width="620" height="631" />Of course, the accounts were locked as soon as Twitter was made aware of the situation, after which they worked with Facebook to resolve the situation and return the account to it&rsquo;s original user.</p>
<p>"The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform. As soon as we were made aware of the issue, we locked the compromised accounts and are working closely with our partners at Facebook to restore them," said a Twitter spokesperson.[article id=4826]Facebook itself confirmed the situation, as after the issue was resolved, it posted &ldquo;Some of our corporate social accounts were briefly hacked but we have secured and restored access,&rdquo; still fans were not happy, and were afraid, and rightly so, about their accounts and privacy.</p>
<p>The social media company has been going through several privacy issues and scandals the past couple of years, and it looks like it&rsquo;s not stopping anytime soon.</p>

Hacker group OurMine just hacked Facebook's official Twitter account.

Facebook's Official Account On Twitter Just Got Hacked

<p>Ever wondered what life was like in the ancient times before Wi-Fi, talking computers, and Instagraming your experiences? How did people ever know if they were really happy or not? Amazon takes us to the ancient past before it all happened, to Ancient Egypt to be exact in a new creative advertisement for the trusted personal assistant, Alexa.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9OpYaKXjBwY" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Before there was a computer we called upon for our desires, there was Horus, Ra, and the scribe who chiseled the demands on the walls of the temples. Things have gotten a lot more convenient since then, but some things never change, like that guy who jumped in on the order in the last second!&nbsp;</p>
<p>Life before Alexa was the most watched commercial of this year&rsquo;s Super Bowl, with another ad featuring Ellen DeGeneres imagining the court of Queen Elizabeth, Medieval Europe, and the Wild West (that blowing into jar jam was pretty lit).</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/trfbpONj3dk?start=2" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Just like their time, we also speak in a complex pictographic language, they called in hieroglyphs, but we just call them emojis. That makes our time able to connect most with theirs, millennials look upon the walls of Luxor and say &ldquo;ah, yes, cat with heart eyes, praying hands, dog headed mermaid, very informative ancient wisdom, oh wait that&rsquo;s their DM&rsquo;s&rdquo;</p>
<p>The ad really makes us reflect on the lives of the ancient Egyptians, like how did they get their pizza deliveries? What happened to spelling mistakes (are there spelling mistakes with hieroglyphs?), and how did Alexa get there in the first place? Does Amazon have an insight on the aliens and their dealings with the Egyptians? Someone ask Alexa!</p>

New Alexa advert shows what life was like in Ancient Egypt before Alexa and it's hilarious!

Life In Ancient Egypt Is Really Hard Without Alexa In New Amazon Commercial

<p>Prankster or artist? That&rsquo;s the debate on the nature of a Berlin-based performance artist who was able to create an artificial traffic jam on a bridge that was visible to no one, no one except Google Maps and its users of course.</p>
<p>Using 99 second-hand phones in a little push cart, Simon Weckert created his Google Map Hacks art piece, pushing the cart at walking pace it made it appear on Google Maps as if 99 cars were in a major traffic jam, unable to move very much.</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k5eL_al_m7Q" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&ldquo;Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red, which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being stuck in traffic,&rdquo; Weckert wrote.</p>
<p>In his statement, Weckert referenced an article by the German anthropologist Moritz Ahlert: &ldquo;Google&rsquo;s map service has fundamentally changed our understanding of what a map is, how we interact with maps, their technological limitations, and how they look aesthetically."</p>
<p>&ldquo;What is the relationship between the art of enabling and techniques of supervision, control, and regulation in Google&rsquo;s maps? Do these maps function as dispositive nets that determine the behavior, opinions and images of living beings, exercising power and controlling knowledge? Maps, which themselves are the product of a combination of states of knowledge and states of power, have an inscribed power dispositive.&rdquo;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580909317-ggggggggggggggggg.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />Basically his point is that maps have a huge power in the story of our lives, what is important on a map and how that determines how we live because maps influence our choices more than we know. Weckert is highlighting our dependence on our phones for knowledge, when they are so easily manipulated.</p>
<p>One of Weckert&rsquo;s virtual traffic jams ran directly past Google&rsquo;s Berlin offices, billion dollar satellites and data processing tools failed when a simple look out the window would have served people better.</p>
<p>On the other hand, it&rsquo;s just an elaborate prank. Of course we can&rsquo;t depend on looking out our window to know the faster route when you&rsquo;re avoiding actual traffic, or it&rsquo;s just some yahoo with 99 phones in a cart.</p>
<p>A Google spokesperson made a statement along these lines: &ldquo;Whether via car or cart or camel, we love seeing creative uses of Google Maps as it helps us make maps work better over time.&rdquo;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580909365-a1efa53b-3018-4db0-ab1d-8c31acf5a023-620x372.png" alt="" width="620" height="372" />The performance was done just a few days before the 15th anniversary of Google Maps&rsquo; founding, and the latest example of a prankster exploiting the dependence on &ldquo;crowdsourced&rdquo; information in much of Google&rsquo;s data collection.</p>
<p>In 2015, the company had to shut off the Map Maker feature, after a series of foolish antics such as one user making a virtual park in the shape the company&rsquo;s Android logo urinating on Apple&rsquo;s apple trademark.</p>

German artist causes virtual traffic jam on Google Maps using 99 phones in a small push cart.

Google Maps Has 99 Problems But Traffic Ain't One After This Artist's Epic Prank

<p>Looks like Mark Zuckerberg is not looking for a &lsquo;Like&rsquo; from us anymore, he announced to an investor conference that he was no longer looking to make people happy, but to just simply be understood.</p>
<p>Despite being a billionaire business mogul, it&rsquo;s a lesion that we all can relate to, but while that might mean you don&rsquo;t go out with your friends when they want you to, or go along with everything they like even though it&rsquo;s not you, for a person at the head of the biggest media tech company in the world it means something a little different.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Facebook&rsquo;s previous approach of seeking to be liked meant it didn&rsquo;t always communicate its views clearly, &ldquo;because we were worried about offending,&rdquo; he said on a conference call to discuss quarterly results.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580386298-5d849b072e22af474c072372.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />
<figcaption><em>Zuckerberg and Facebook seek understanding from world leaders for help running his company</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>"People have to know what we stand for,&rdquo; he said, explaining that what Facebook stands for is fighting censorship and assisting people in building communities on the social media platform, but it also meant targeted digital advertising based on your preferences.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think private companies should be making these important decisions by themselves&rdquo; about what kind of content is harmful and how to handle elections. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not enough for us just to make principled decisions. They also have to be seen as legitimate. That is why I have called for clearer regulations from our government. Until we get them, our industry will continue to face a very high level of scrutiny.&rdquo;[article id=4521]Despite resisting government regulation for decades, tech companies are pushing the government to regulate digital businesses to help after coming under severe attack from users and governments for what many see as data manipulation and disregard for privacy.</p>
<p>The call from Zuckerberg comes after California, and other states, filled in the absence of national regulations with their own, stricter taxes and regulations of privacy and data sharing.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580386196-3324594_041018-kgo-ap-mark-zuckerberg-congress-testify-img.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />
<figcaption><em>Zuckerberg testifies before Congress about regulation.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Regarding the upcoming presidential election, Zuckerberg said &ldquo;there&rsquo;s a lot that we&rsquo;ll have to be watching out for this year,&rdquo; the lack of regulation lead to Facebook getting national blame after the last US Presidential election when the social media platform was flooded with fake news, pushed by foreign governments to influence the national election.[article id=4419]On the business side, he said Facebook&rsquo;s priorities include continuing to build out private, more intimate social spaces, like private messaging and disappearing Stories, helping users with privacy.</p>
<p>Facebook is also working to roll out platforms for e-commerce, so that companies who use Facebook as a platform can have a bigger infrastructure, and also can pay the tech company.</p>
<p>So looks like Zuckerberg isn&rsquo;t waiting for the notification that we like him, but that we share our understanding and acceptance of him, just as he messages a value of understanding and accepting us.</p>

Zuckerberg seeks understanding from users and regulators as he moves forward with new Facebook strategy

Mark Zuckerberg Does Not Want You To Like Him, Only To Understand Him

<p>Looking to battle Uber, Swvl, and Careem, new Egyptian transport service Halan sets itself apart from the others by using a home-field advantage; tuk-tuks.</p>
<p>With 7.5 million users, its quickly growing by using Cairo&rsquo;s traffic congestion, narrow winding streets, and lack of urban infrastructure to its advantage, clearly one of the weak points when considering its competitors.</p>
<p>This protection from competition in Egypt&rsquo;s more rugged areas has been the reason for its initial success.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580127109-tuk-tuks.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="412" />Announced on January 25th by CEO Mounir Nakhla, Halan is now the third highest funded Egyptian startup behind Swvl and Vezeeta after securing $20 million in its second round of funding.</p>
<p>Halan is also considered one of the fastest-growing start-ups in Africa, growing by 55% last year, and it has achieved one million app downloads since its launch in 2017.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580127127-66343.jpg" width="620" height="373" />
<figcaption><em>With its access to the most inaccessible areas, Halan won the 2019 Robusta&nbsp; e-commerce award</em>&nbsp;</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Nakhla further explains that while the price of Uber and Kareem continue to increase the prices of Halan are quite low in comparison, and depending on the location Halan will be able to deliver to you in a fraction of the time.</p>
<p>This has given Halan the ability to easily spread to Sudan, with future expansion plans for the rest of Africa.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not only a ride-hailing app&mdash;it&rsquo;s a big part of our business, but we also have e-commerce; we provide services to businesses including logistics and deliveries,&rdquo; says Nakhla. &ldquo;Our aim is to be a Pan-African super app for people in under-served communities. We&rsquo;re trying to provide many services on a single app.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Nakhla is the founding partner of Mashaweery, Egypt&rsquo;s biggest transportation company specializing in motorcycles, mopeds, and tuk-tuks, making him extremely knowledgeable about how to use light-weight transportation for the best results.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580127152-WhatsApp-Image-2018-12-03-at-11.36.45-AM-min.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="394" />Halan&rsquo;s biggest challenge is not how to get more customers, but how to get bigger and more advanced as demand increases for transport and delivery that&rsquo;s cheaper and faster that its competitors. Since Glovo exited Egypt this month, there&rsquo;s only room for more growth.</p>
<p>One problem for Halan to overcome is the legal grey area that tuk-tuks are currently parked in.</p>
<p>Egypt has 3 million tuk-tuks on the street, while only 99,000 are licensed. Tuk-tuks are not even technically legally permitted in Cairo, but if you haven&rsquo;t noticed, this prohibition is near impossible to enforce.</p>
<p>Speaking to Arab News Col. Emad Hamed, an officer in the Public Traffic Department, stated that tuk-tuks are problematic, but a reality as they are used &ldquo;in a massive and random manner.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Specifically, they have access to areas that are just inaccessible to normal cars, both in the city and in the country-side.</p>
<p>Halan can help correct some of the issues with tuk-tuks by providing users with the tuk-tuks license plate, and name which helps keep the mini-car legal.</p>

Egypt's Halan Rides Into 3rd highest Funded App on the back of the Tuk-Tuk

Halan Competes With Uber And Careem For Ride-Hailing Supremacy

<p>Ever wondered what happened to Vine videos? They were all the rage a few years ago, and certainly we were used to seeing the signature short-form videos whose contents ranged from comedic to artistic all over our social media feeds. The service, which was owned by Twitter was discontinued in 2017 to the dismay of users everywhere making the way for TikTok to become the short video powerhouse it is today.</p>
<p>But Vine is not done however and have received a makeover becoming Byte, a new service that launched on Friday and it looks like TikTok has some pretty stiff competition.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Like TikTok and Instagram (to a lesser extent), Byte is aimed at users who want to make viral videos that will take the internet by storm. Users can make posts that are up to 6 seconds long which can be shot with your smartphone camera, or uploaded from your gallery and edited however you want.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">dear friends,<br /><br />today we're bringing back 6-second looping videos and a new community for people who love them.<br /><br />it's called byte and it's both familiar and new. we hope it'll resonate with people who feel something's been missing. <a href="https://t.co/g5qOIdM8qG">https://t.co/g5qOIdM8qG</a></p>
&mdash; byte (@byte_app) <a href="https://twitter.com/byte_app/status/1220863425498185728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s both familiar and new. We hope it&rsquo;ll resonate with users who feel something&rsquo;s been missing,&rdquo; reads a tweet posted by the new service on Friday.</p>
<p>Like any budding tech service, Byte has not launched the full extent of their features as of yet and many aspects of Vine and indeed of TikTok are noticeably absent in the new app, such as the ability to block unsavory accounts as well as follower counts. Byte users also can&rsquo;t share profiles they like yet, which makes it difficult to know which profiles to follow for the best content, a feature that made Vine the success that it was.</p>
<p>Users took to Twitter to report that prevalence of Spam bots since the app&rsquo;s release, particularly spam bots that request follow-backs and likes, a fact that prompted co-founder Dom Hoffman to tweet, &ldquo;good morning, let's squash some spam bots,&rdquo; on Friday.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7D8KQWthS9A" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The service is currently available in 40 countries including the United States, Canada, parts of Europe, Russia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan. Byte is currently not available in mainland China, because it is the home of TikTok, which as it stands is Byte&rsquo;s main rival when it comes to short-form viral content.&nbsp;</p>
<p>China employs stricter laws when it comes to social media and that can make it difficult for Western services such as Byte to find equal competition.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Byte was originally announced back in 2017 when Vine halted operations, it was going to be called V2 but ended going through an entire brand overhaul.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580039889-Screen_Shot_2020_01_24_at_4.35.56_PM.0.jpg" alt="" />What do you guys think? Are you going to give it a go, or are you happy with TikTok?</p>

Byte is the new heir apparent to Vine, bringing some competition to TikTok.

Watch Out TikTok! Vine Is Finally Making A Comeback With New Short-Form Video Platform "Byte"

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Geekdom

<p>IF you are a sports fan, each and every Saturday we have a brand new show just for you! Ahmed will keep you up to date on the latest national and international sports, with reviews predictions and all the sports news he can fit in 2 hours along with keeping Egypt&rsquo;s hit music on the go! The Saturday Sports Show with Ahmed, every Saturday from 9 AM.</p>

Saturday Sports Show

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

Homegrown 

<p>We're taking you BACK on Friday mornings! Back to the best old school hits from the 80&rsquo;s 90&rsquo;s. 7 AM &ndash; 11 AM</p>

Throwback Friday

<p>Every Saturday for 3 hours&nbsp; Top of the 90&rsquo;s will deliver you the best of the music that the 90&rsquo;s had to offer along with stories about and from your favourite artists that have never been told before! Join Scott Robinson from 5ive every Saturday from 6 PM and get ready for the nostalgia ,90s hits, and guilty pleasures.</p>

Top of the 90’s

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

Hit 30 Egypt

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

Fully Loaded Weekends

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

Mixalicious

<p>New Year new Moe! 2020 is all about the new evening show with Moe, all live, all featuring you! Weekday from 7 to 9 pm.</p>

Evening Show

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

Two Hour Take Over

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

Fully Loaded

The Big Breakfast Show

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<p>The Ministry of Transport just snagged a pretty fancy milestone indeed and it&rsquo;s all because of Cairo&rsquo;s metro.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Egyptian Company For Metro Management &amp; Operations (ECMMO) has just been awarded the ISO 9001 certificate for their stellar management of one of Cairo&rsquo;s main transportation systems, especially for the public.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582102295-2020_2_18_14_28_1_560.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="900" />This marks the first time that an ISO certification has ever been awarded to our metro services, and since they launched back in 1987, this has been a long time coming. It is also the first mode of public transportation to receive the international accolade and it&rsquo;s no surprise considering it is an integral part of many Egyptians&rsquo; daily commutes.</p>
<p>Minister of Transport Kamel El-Wazir has stated with joy that this milestone is an international recognition of the efforts that have gone into improving Egypt&rsquo;s public transportation sector, which had been subject to some criticism in the past.</p>
<p>The ISO 9001 was awarded to Egypt&rsquo;s newly revamped metro system by the Syndicate of International System Certifications (SIS) which reviewed the new operations over the course of the last year that saw a great deal of the metro&rsquo;s Line 3 completed with new stations opening up in Heliopolis as part of the Phase 4 development project.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582102305-1571559174-maxresdefault-875x323.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="228" />The ISO 9001 is awarded to operations that fulfil the certification&rsquo;s criteria in several important areas, including quality of service, speed of service and of course health and safety requirements, areas that the Cairo Metro has excelled in according to SIS inspections by foreign officials.&nbsp;</p>
<p>El-Wazir&nbsp; indicated that last year, he issued directives to the leaders of the ECMMO to undertake the necessary measures towards obtaining the ISO certificate in the field of maintenance so that the ISO certificate is comprehensive for all maintenance and overall operations. And now that the directives have been accomplished, it has placed the metro company in the ranks of international companies operating in the field of public transport operation and maintenance.[article id=4615]Last year, the metro launched a brand new mobile app through which commuters could book tickets, enquire about changes or maintenance operations and get the latest updates on Metro delays or construction work. The app also allows users to buy bulk tickets as well as offering the possibility of paying for your ticket through the use of credit/debit cards.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582102410-250-2505997_file-cairo-metro-cairo-metro-map-2016-hd.png" alt="" width="620" height="1053" />Line 3 of the metro is set to be fully completed in 2022 and will cover a distance of around 15.8km or 10 stations in total. Upon its completion, it will carry passengers from the Haroun El-Rashid station all the way to Cairo International Airport and will see new stations opened in Heliopolis Square, Alf Maskan, Gesr El-Suez, Haykstep Bridge, Ring Road, and Ismailia Desert Road.</p>
<p>The pricing on the new line will be a little different from what we&rsquo;re used to with rides of up to nine stops costing EGP 5; rides up to 16 stops costing EGP 7; and rides exceeding 16 stops costing EGP 10.</p>

Cairo Metro has been singled out by international experts for its high quality operations.

Cairo Metro Just Got Awarded The Prestigious "ISO 9001" Certification

<p>Egypt has overtaken Spain as the top orange exporter of the world. Last year Spain saw its market dominance slip, and this year they have come up second to Egypt for the first time in history.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582099623-801b978c-39cf-4d21-a3ee-c925fd19d99c-780x405.jpg" alt="" />Oranges make Egypt about a $1 billion dollars in export revenue a year, a figure that has been growing at a pace of 17-20% annually since 2017.</p>
<p>Brazil, India, China, Mexico, the US still are the top producers, but as most of their citrus goes into domestic consumption in the case of the US, China, and Brazil or is difficult to find export destinations as in the case of Mexico, Egypt&rsquo;s cheaper oranges have flooded markets around the world, crowding out other large producers like South Africa.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582099792-Fresh-Egyptian-Orange-Export-Quality-navel-Orange.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="620" />Exports of Egyptian oranges have accessed markets around the world, with Egyptian citrus finding their way to the store shelves of Uruguay, Myanmar, and Japan and Egypt has exported more oranges to Russia than all other EU countries combined.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1582099709-unnamed_2.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="381" />The government has worked to expand the amount of farmable land by a million acres, representing more than a 15% increase in Egypt&rsquo;s total farm land. The increased land available, prioritizing crops with a lower water requirement, and cheaper labor than Europe has made Egypt a major producer and exporter of citrus, potatoes, onions, garlic and grapes.</p>
<p>Egypt faced issues in 2017 when Saudi Arabia, Kenya, and Sudan banned Egypt&rsquo;s fruit exports due to high degree of pesticides used, which violated international health and safety standards.</p>
<p>However, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Safwat al-Haddad announced in 2018 that changes have been made and Egypt is now conforming to international standards.</p>

Egypt becomes the world leading exporter of oranges.

Egypt Just Replaced Spain As The Largest Exporter Of Oranges In The World

<p>Do you guys remember the good old days when the same handful of channels were on every TV in the country and we were all forced to watch the same media all over Egypt? Before the glory days of satellite TV and the internet, we would all wait for our favorite shows every night and the next day in school we would be sure that everyone in our circle knew what happened on last night&rsquo;s episode of &ldquo;Hercules: The Legendary Journeys&rdquo; or &ldquo;Xena The Warrior Princess&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s no surprise then that we as a nation probably had very similar crushes on the 80s and 90s Western celebs that dominated our screens way back when, and we are going to amp up the nostalgia with this list of the most crushed-on celebs in Egypt. Especially by those of us who witnessed the golden age of 80s and 90s cheese.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Kevin Sorbo as Hercules:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581939940-BeFunky-collage_10.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="442" />Whether it was his luscious curls of blond hair that breathe new meaning into &ldquo;I woke up like this,&rdquo; to his ability to inexplicably lift trees from their roots and throw them at bad guys, there was not much to turn you off in Kevin Sorbo&rsquo;s somewhat misguided portrayal of the Greek demigod. He charmed our hearts for years and years and we 90s kids have not forgotten. The women wanted to be with him, the men wanted to be him and we still can&rsquo;t get enough.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Lucy Lawless as Xena The Warrior Princess:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581939958-BeFunky-collage_11.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="443" />We can&rsquo;t mention Hercules without mentioning Xena, and not just because their two shows enjoyed the occasional cross-over to the delight of viewers worldwide. She was the definition of badassery with that metal frisbee that she used to decapitate bad guys. Not to mention her battle cry which sounded suspiciously like a zaghrouta, so she was already packaged for an Egyptian audience in a very unintentional yet serendipitous way. From her battle costume and the men that lusted after her both on screen and off, we would be remiss not to mention her as one of the ultimate bombshells of the 90s.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Zen Gesner in The Adventures of Sinbad:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940063-BeFunky-collage_12.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="443" />Another show that capitalized on the 90s obsession with mythological stories, this one is taken out of one of the most important Arab texts ever &ldquo;The Arabian Nights (Alf Leila W Leila)&rdquo;. Aside from the politically incorrect undertones of having a white guy play an Arab hero, this show was a hit with Egyptian audiences, due in no small part to the importance of Sinbad as an Arab hero featured in many of the bedtime stories we heard in the region growing up. And Gesner was undoubtedly one of the 90s&rsquo; quintessential dreamboats in that role. From the sailor outfit that featured a gratuitous amount of chest hair to the way he stood up for the downtrodden, Gesner&rsquo;s Sinbad gained the affections and infatuation of many an Egyptian youngster.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Charmed Ones in Charmed:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940098-BeFunky-collage_13.jpg" alt="" />Another fantasy addition, this was one of the biggest household TV shows to ever make its way into the Egyptian media circuit. Following the lives of three sisters, who just happened to be witches, and also happened to be extremely attractive, the show gave its audiences everything they wanted, from sex appeal to fighting demonic forces, the power of three was setting us all free for many years. The fascination with the Charmed ones even made its way into the advent of MBC 4, which would go on to become one of the region&rsquo;s primary sources for Western media.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Chuck Norris as the iconic &ldquo;Walker, Texas Ranger&rdquo;:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940186-BeFunky-collage_14.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="443" />Definitely one of the quintessential portrayals of 90s masculinity, there was no challenge too big for Walker as we followed his adventures week by week. A big selling point for the Egyptian audience was the moralistic way in which Walker presented himself, refraining from consuming alcohol and regularly practicing martial arts (he even taught his community martial arts in several of the episodes), not to mention his uncanny ability to beat up 20 guys without breaking a sweat. He became a role model for men all over the region and the ladies didn&rsquo;t mind him too much either!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>David Duchovny &amp; Gillian Anderson in the X-Files:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940227-BeFunky-collage_15.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="443" />This was definitely one of the more bizarre shows that garnered popularity with the Egyptian audience, considering alien stories aren&rsquo;t really our cup of tea, but both of these actors would go on to become massively attractive throughout the region. Their chemistry on-screen was off the charts and it made us all want to get into a car and drive around solving mysteries too.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Monica Bellucci:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940306-bettinarheims_monicabellucci_articlejpg.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="622" />This wasn&rsquo;t so much due to her starring in any particular film or TV show, but then again all you need to do to crush on her is just look at her, she doesn&rsquo;t need a movie or a show to catch our eye and several generations of Egyptian men were falling on their faces nationwide everytime her name was even mentioned. She haunted everyone&rsquo;s dreams and enchanted everyone&rsquo;s hearts. I mean, come on, she&rsquo;s still hot today and she is 55 years old. One of the most seductive sirens of all time, she definitely isn&rsquo;t a choice exclusive to Egypt, after all the whole world was losing their minds!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy The Vampire Slayer:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940374-BeFunky-collage_16.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="443" />This is a show that needs no introductions, going on to become one of the most watched series in television history. And aside from the demon-fighting, vampire-slaying elements of the show that made us wait with bated breath every week, Gellar was the ultimate high school sweetheart with her pure face, blond hair and low-key (yeah, right) kung-fu chops. She was everyone&rsquo;s screensaver for years when computers started to be a thing and it continues to be streamed in massive numbers each week in Egypt.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>David Boreanaz as Angel from &ldquo;Buffy The Vampire Slayer&rdquo; &amp; "Angel":</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940431-BeFunky-collage_17.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="443" />For every Juliet there will also be a Romeo and indeed for every Buffy there will always be an Angel. The ultimate romantic pairing from the show, he stole the hearts of everyone who wasn&rsquo;t already infatuated with his vampire-slaying love interest in both series they were featured in. We don&rsquo;t think he gets the credit he deserves for making the sensitive bad boy archetype a HUGE thing among international audiences. Before there were the Salvatore brothers from &ldquo;Vampire Diaries&rdquo; there was Angel and he was the ultimate suave nightcrawler.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Ronn Moss as Ridge Forrester on &ldquo;The Bold and the Beautiful&rdquo;:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940613-BeFunky-collage_18.jpg" alt="" />This one was every soap opera fan's life. There was not one woman in all of Egypt who didn't wait to watch Moss&rsquo;s portrayal of the suave fashion magnate Ridge Forrester on one of the longest running soap operas of all time. From the 80s hair, to the expensive suits and the way he sold some pretty heinous fashion crimes (like red button-down shirts to name just one) he stole the hearts of women all over the world. But in Egypt, he held a special place in our hearts and still does.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Salma Hayek:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940687-BeFunky-collage_19.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="443" />Which brings us to the one of the most important names of this list, and not just because she has Arab roots. Hayek was one of the 90s most attractive leading ladies for sure, with her roles in &ldquo;Desperado,&rdquo; &ldquo;From Dusk Till Dawn&rdquo; going to become cult classics everywhere. It wasn&rsquo;t just her film roles that caught the attention of every man in the entire world. Her latin vibes made her different from many of the women coming out of Hollywood at the time and contributed to her being cemented as one of the most alluringly attractive women to ever grace our screens.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>David Hasselhoff in &ldquo;Baywatch&rdquo;:</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940792-BeFunky-collage_20.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="443" />When it comes to 90s dreamboats, few have come close to the ubiquity enjoyed by David Hasselhoff and his role as the speedo-wearing Mitch Buchannon in &ldquo;Baywatch.&rdquo; Despite the show being famously terrible, with ridiculous plots that ranged from shark attacks to earthquakes and even serial killers, what saved the show for sure was its abundance of semi-naked people running on the beach (sometimes for lengthy scenes that were plain confusing.) The show would go on to be the most watched series in the whole world, and this is due in no small part to Hasselhoff and the next person coming up on the list.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pamela Anderson in &ldquo;Baywatch&rdquo;:</span></strong></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581940854-BeFunky-collage_21.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="443" />And last but not least, you can&rsquo;t mention &ldquo;Baywatch&rdquo; without mentioning Anderson and her gigantic talent on the show. I mean, that show didn&rsquo;t have a shortage of gorgeous women gracing the screen for the entire duration of every episode, but Anderson was definitely the most iconic. In a role that brought her international recognition, Anderson became one of the 90s&rsquo; sexiest women ever because of her run on &ldquo;Baywatch,&rdquo; and the Egyptian audience was watching too, trust and believe.</p>

We are amping up the nostalgia with this list of the celebs we crushed on most during the 1980s and 1990s.

From Hercules To Xena Here Are The Quintessential Celebs Egyptians Were Crushing On In The 80s & 90s

<p>Has the deeply controversial art form of mahraganat music run its course in Egypt?&nbsp;</p>
<p>After a brief halt in the struggle between so-called public morality and the relatively nascent art form of mahraganat, the Musicians&rsquo; Syndicate has just come out with its harshest ruling yet on the right of mahraganat musicians to continue expressing themselves in the same mode, a mode that has garnered a huge following in the past few years as well as going on to become one of Egypt&rsquo;s defining cultural movements of the 2010s.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/cmkqa9pFg7Q" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Following a now controversial Valentine&rsquo;s Day concert at Cairo Stadium that featured a performance by one of the genre&rsquo;s biggest names nationwide Hassan Shakoosh and his collaborator Omar Kamal, the Musicians&rsquo; Syndicate is backtracking on their earlier decision to be more inclusive of mahraganat performers and have issued a blanket moratorium on any more performances by such artists at the nation&rsquo;s cafes, restaurants and nightlife venues.</p>
<p>During Shakoosh&rsquo;s Valentine&rsquo;s Day show last Friday, he sang one of his most celebrated songs to date &ldquo;Bint El Giran (Girl Next Door)&rdquo; the original version of which includes some lyrical allusions to drug use. Shakoosh reportedly was going to play a censored version at the show, but because of a mix-up, his sound guys ended up playing the version with the original lyrics which angered the syndicate greatly, particularly since he is one of the very few mahraganat artists who has auditioned for the syndicate and been given a tentative permit to continue performing his songs, and indeed you don&rsquo;t get to perform at Cairo Stadium if you don&rsquo;t have the syndicate&rsquo;s favor in some way.&nbsp;</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581931204-287752_0.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="445" />
<figcaption><em>Hassan Shakoosh</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Claiming to be acting on an alleged nationwide unanimity when it comes to the mahraganat culture and its promotion of less than savory lifestyles, the Syndicate under the leadership of Egyptian singing veteran Hani Shaker has denounced the effect that such songs have had on the Egyptian public when it comes to discussing nationwide morality and the glorifying of certain class-related stereotypes surrounding the issue.</p>
<p>Mahraganat as a cultural movement has been defying definition since it began, from the varied mix of aesthetic elements that go into making the music part of it, to the political/sociological elements that define the movement beyond the aesthetics, opinion has been divided around it. Made up of zar rhythms, heavy electronic elements (a LOT of autotune) and suggestive lyrics that shine a spotlight on some of the nation&rsquo;s more censored issues, such as the widespread use of certain narcotics to the topic of premarital sex and courtship rituals.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581930010-288108_0.png" alt="" width="620" height="445" />
<figcaption><em>Hassan Shakoosh and Omar Kamal</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>At the core of this crackdown on mahraganat is a belief that media has more power over people than many of them are willing to admit, and that it is the syndicate&rsquo;s responsibility to curb this effect.</p>
<p>The statement continues that the syndicate cannot continue to validate a cultural movement that they deem as immoral, asserting that it takes more than a good voice to justify the existence of a musical genre and that a large responsibility towards the audience comes with the territory of being a successful artist. They are critical of how mahraganat artists don&rsquo;t consider their responsibility to be role models for their followers, by spreading more ethical ideas and using words that don&rsquo;t violate national customs and traditions, as well as not encouraging listeners to use illicit substances and engage in immoral acts overall.</p>
<p>Shakoosh and Kamal issued an apology right after the incident, and took to social media to explain the mix-up, but it seems that their apology fell on deaf ears in light of the syndicate&rsquo;s chosen course of action.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XJhXWZMwwdA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>&ldquo;Bint El Giran&rdquo; has been a massive nationwide hit since it came out in late 2019, going on to garner over 70 million views on Youtube and going on to achieve trending status in under a month of being online.[article id=513]Many are of the opinion that this ban on mahraganat performances will not be as effective as the syndicate hopes it will be, considering the definition of the term &ldquo;mahraganat&rdquo; which means festivals, and refers to the large celebrations held in Cairo&rsquo;s working-class neighborhoods, where this music is generally played. So while yes this is a setback for the genre and the larger cultural movement to gain mainstream legitimacy, it is a far cry from actually stopping mahraganat from continuing on the path of success it has been enjoying in the age of the internet that has helped it along tremendously.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CqjZPnmcBCA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Since the massive rise in the popularity of the genre, many Egyptians celebs like Mohamed Ramadan and Donia Samir Ghanem have attempted to join in by contributing their own takes on the genre. This fact is referrred to in the syndicate's warning which expresses concern that more legitimately famous people getting on the mahraganat train can only serve to glorify it further, which ultimately is something they want to avoid at all costs.</p>

Hany Shaker and the Musicians' Syndicate crack down on mahraganat following Hassan Shakoosh's Valentine's Day performance.

Musicians' Syndicate Issues A Nationwide Ban On Mahraganat Performances After Valentine's Day Debacle

<p>Over the weekend, Egyptian authorities announced that the first case of coronavirus has made its way past our borders. Many are naturally panicked at the news but it seems to have been handled quickly and effectively.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In a joint statement released on Friday, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a Chinese national working in Egypt was revealed to have the dreaded infection, and after spending two days in Egypt, he returned to China, but not before spreading the infection to a co-worker of his, who is also a Chinese national working in Nasr City.</p>
<p>Anyone who comes in through the airport, particularly from a heavily affected area like China, is kept on the authorities&rsquo; radar for a period of 14 days, to ensure that they don&rsquo;t develop any worrying symptoms during the virus&rsquo;s incubation period which was revealed by the WHO to be around 2 weeks. When authorities followed up on anyone who may have come in contact with the man in question, they found that he did in fact spread the disease to one other person, who was quickly quarantined.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581846009-602x338_cmsv2_76e45318-15a2-5b87-b0d2-fee1fd269fa7-4476330.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />The infected individual has been confirmed to be a manager at a private company headquatered in the same building complex as one of Cairo&rsquo;s largest shopping centers in Nasr City. When he arrived he was not suffering from any of the preliminary symptoms that would have otherwise led to his being quarantined at the airport. He visited the company&rsquo;s premises for two days, as well as his Egyptian home, which he shares with some his co-workers in Nasr City. This first man who brought the infection in reportedly returned to China right away.[article id=4816]After following up on the situation, the Ministry of Health found that one of his roommates was indeed infected, which led ministry officials to move the second man to El Homeyat hospital where the diagnosis was confirmed, before he was moved to the quarantine area in Marsa Matrouh.&nbsp;</p>
<p>After the case was confirmed, the ministry proceeded to decontaminate all of the areas that the man in question had visited over the two days when his infection had gone unnoticed, from his home to the floors that he frequented at the company&rsquo;s premises.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581846019-70080.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="373" />As of Friday, the second man, who is a more permanent resident of Egypt will be in quarantine for 17 days, which is 3 days more than the WHO recommends to ensure that the infection is completely gone. He has been given all the necessary treatments and is reportedly in very good condition.</p>
<p>The ministry revealed that after the 17 days of quarantine, he will be tested again, and if all traces of the virus are revealed to be gone, he will be allowed to return to his work and normal life. Officials have also revealed that anyone who came in contact with this individual has been sequestered to their homes while they remain under observation. Despite testing negative for the virus, the ministry will continue monitoring their condition until they are 100% sure that the infection will not hold.</p>
<p>Dr. Hala Zayed, the Minister of Health revealed that it is very fortunate that the original Chinese citizen who has since returned to China did not have any serious symptoms, and was at a stage where the infection was not in full swing, which reportedly makes it less able to be transmitted to other people, according to details revealed by the WHO.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uUEg2pUZEtc" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The ministry has revealed that the quarantined individual lived with 3 others in his residence, adding that there are 6 people that he comes into regular contact with and a further 8 people whom he deals with in an irregular manner. All of the individuals in question have been rounded up and placed under strict observation until any concern has passed. However, preliminary tests for the virus came out in negative which is good news according to the ministry and why the other haven&rsquo;t been quarantined as well.</p>
<p>Since news of the case came out, the mall in question has vehemently denied that the individual was related to them in any way. Rumors began circulating since the announcement of the case that the infected individual works in one of the stores in the mall. The mall then announced that they are taking all of the necessary preventative measures recommended by the ministry and that mall is fully operational and safe for visitors, insisting that any info claiming that anyone inside the premises has contracted coronavirus is false and should be treated as such.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1581846031-000_1OM6FW.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />The PR representative for the mall revealed during an interview with &ldquo;El Watan,&rdquo; revealed that the Chinese individual was an employee of a separate company that rents offices in the corporate towers of the mall, and that the ministry proceeded to fully decontaminate the floors in question, which are very separate from the shopping area frequented by visitors.[article id=4865]Further details revealed that it is very fortunate that the floors in question house that company only, meaning that the chances that other employees or individuals being exposed to the virus are very low indeed.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The PR rep underscored how the administrative office buildings are in an entirely different building from the mall and that the infected individual never set foot in the mall at any time during the time he was infected.</p>
<p>Even the air vents for the admin building don&rsquo;t connect in any way to the mall&rsquo;s main premises and were closed off right away and successfully decontaminated. The ministry is taking no chances when it comes to coronavirus and we applaud the quick and effective way they dealt with the situation.</p>

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