<p>Week after week we bring you the&nbsp;latest and greatest music on your favorite radio station 104.2 NileFM, and while you send in your requests as well as your selections for your favorite songs, you shape Egypt's biggest chart,&nbsp;NileFM's "Hit 30 Egypt"!</p>
<p>If you want to stay ahead of the game and always be up to date on what's going to happen on the show, not to mention the charts, check out this week's hits below!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>30.&nbsp;Halsey - Graveyard</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rPgaYeq9NvI" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>29. Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Y2E71oe0aSM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>28. Post Malone ft. Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott&nbsp;- Take What You Want&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LYa_ReqRlcs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>27.Camila Cabello - My Oh My&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p>&nbsp;<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TduHf1tWDvI" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>26. Goody Grace ft. blink-182 - Scumbag&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p>&nbsp;<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/2exCe3ExZNU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>25. Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy - Take Me Back To London&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ehQcuKhO5n0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>24. blackbear - hot girl bummer</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5cPW0ggFq04" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>23. Dominic Fike - 3 Nights</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OWKzRngush4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>22. Jonas Brothers - What A Man Gotta Do</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>21. 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>20. Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/k7jeYJA9bgY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>19. Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello - Se&ntilde;orita</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Pkh8UtuejGw" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>18. Louis Tomlinson - We Made It&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XWXRh6icAzQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>17. Post Malone ft. Future, Halsey - Die For Me&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>16. Lizzo ft. Ariana Grande - Good As Hell</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WIBwOmCKhE4" 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/8u-_64S7plI" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>14. Camila Cabello - Shameless<br /></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Fp_P_e1cPOE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>13. 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>12. STORMZY ft. ED SHEERAN &amp; BURNA BOY - OWN IT</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eYwbGaSurCQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>11. 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>10. Future ft. Drake - Life is Good</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/l0U7SxXHkPY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>9.&nbsp;Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/oygrmJFKYZY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>8. Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zlJDTxahav0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>7. 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>6.&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></strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>5. 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>4. 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>3. 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>2. Billie Eilish - everything i wanted&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qCTMq7xvdXU" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>1.&nbsp;Justin Bieber - Yummy</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8EJ3zbKTWQ8" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Singer Alicia Keys is having a great year so far, and in a couple of days she&rsquo;ll be hosting the upcoming Grammy Awards, but what most of her fans wanted to know above all else is when her upcoming album is coming out, and that&rsquo;s exactly what she gave them in an Instagram post revealing her latest album&rsquo;s name, release date, and cover art.</p>
<p>Simply titled &ldquo;Alicia&rdquo; the album is set for a March 20 release and will include Keys&rsquo; recently released single &ldquo;Underdog&rdquo;.</p>
<p>The cover art features front, back, and profile pictures of the singer with colorful backgrounds, giving it a modernized version of Andy Warhol&rsquo;s pop art style.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the post below:</strong></span></p>
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<p>Her song &ldquo;Underdog&rdquo; features writing credits by fellow singer Ed Sheeran and focuses on the day-to-day issues of being overlooked and underestimated, the song is uplifting and inspirational, and a great one if you&rsquo;re looking for a pick me up.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the video below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/izyZLKIWGiA" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Keys will host the 62nd Grammy Awards for the second time in a row, who actually didn&rsquo;t think the opportunity would present itself again, saying: &ldquo;At first, I did think last year was a one-time thing, but when the opportunity came back around, there was no question about returning as host. Last year was such a powerful experience for me. Not only did I feel the love in the room, but I felt it from around the world and it confirmed the healing and unifying power of music.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The Grammys Awards are set to air January 26, 2020,</p>

Alicia Keys gives fans what they want, as she reveals information about her upcoming album "Alicia".

Alicia Keys Finally Reveals Upcoming Album Release Date & Cover Art

<p>A track off Lady Gaga&rsquo;s upcoming sixth studio album leaked yesterday and her fans are losing their minds!</p>
<p>Mother Monster&rsquo;s beloved fans have been anxious for her to release new music as it&rsquo;s been 4 years since 2016&rsquo;s &ldquo;Joanne&rdquo; dropped to mixed reviews from listeners and critics alike. The new track entitled &ldquo;Stupid Love&rdquo; was leaked via Twitter yesterday and it didn&rsquo;t take long for listeners to freak out in praise of the singer&rsquo;s return to her 80s dance pop roots that we missed from the music that followed her monumental disco tour-de-force from 2011 &ldquo;Born This Way.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">MOTHER _ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/stupidlove?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#stupidlove</a> <a href="https://t.co/YhsR8ORNtL">pic.twitter.com/YhsR8ORNtL</a></p>
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<p>From the 80s arpeggiated synth to the infectious beats, this is our favorite release from Gaga in a while. She is returning to the sound that made us fall in love with her to begin with. Complete with high vocal harmonies and a chorus that will have the most stoic listeners busting a move, the song has got us SUPER excited for her upcoming release.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579684512-lady_gaga___stupid_love__fanmade_cover__by_conquxror_ddoqtkt-pre.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="620" />Fans had a pretty good idea that this song was coming soon when source code from Gaga&rsquo;s website was leaked revealing that there was a dedicated page for the song set to launch soon. Twitter exploded with fan reactions to the news of the release, which alerted Interscope Records to the fact that people were onto them, prompting them to change the source code, but the damage had been done and fans expectations were high and stayed that way.</p>
<p>Following the source code lead, several media outlets received news that a new Gaga song was set to be released on February 7, although there was no info on the track&rsquo;s name or sound, but that coupled with the source code leak made it possible for the more tech-savvy Gaga fans to know what the name of the new song was, as well as to get a hold of snippets of it.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Xn599R0ZBwg" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>A similar leak occurred with the first single &ldquo;Perfect Illusion&rdquo; from her last album &ldquo;Joanne&rdquo; which the singer addressed in her Netflix documentary &ldquo;Five Foot Two&rdquo; expressing that she was devastated when the track was unofficially released. So many fans are refraining from listening to the "Stupid Love" out of respect for the singer's wishes, opting instead to tweet at Interscope Records to release the song on Spotify so they can finally hear it.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The singer has been more focused on her acting career in recent year with her performance in 2018&rsquo;s remake of &ldquo;A Star Is Born&rdquo; receiving widespread acclaim, earning her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, as well as the main song from the film &ldquo;Shallow&rdquo; winning the Oscar for Best Original Song. The film also received a whopping eight nominations at the 91st Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Bradley Cooper and Best Supporting Actor for Sam Elliott.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bo_efYhYU2A" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Many of the sources that leaked &ldquo;Stupid Love&rdquo; have since removed the song because of copyright infringement but we found a big chunk of it still intact on Twitter, we hope you love as much as we do.</p>

Someone leaked "Stupid Love," the single from Lady Gaga's upcoming sixth album and it's so danceable it's CRAZY!

Lady Gaga Returns To Her 80s Dance-Pop Roots In Brand New Single Leaked Ahead Of Album Release

<p>Fans wanted more from the Jonas Brothers and the band has delivered! Doubling down on their original film-inspired music video they released four days ago, they have now released a few more for fans to enjoy!</p>
<p>The first few came out as fan reactions to the music video, in which the three brothers Nick, Kevin, and Joe surprise them and ask them what they thought of the video.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the compilation below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RwMH07V_bqI" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The band also released a fan version that only featured fans dancing to the song, making the same moves and having a boatload of fun. The videos were mostly captured by fans on the video streaming site TikTok and gave everybody a shout out at the end as well.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check that one out below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5soOq7AJokM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>And finally, they released another video dubbed the &ldquo;Vegas Ride&rdquo;, which is essentially the same song, with all three brothers sitting in the back of a limo in Las Vegas singing the song, dancing, and changing seats, all while looking at landmarks in the city.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check it out below:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/O5CvygIxnIs" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Fans have been having fun with these videos, even asking for a version of the video with only the brothers' talented celebrity wives Danielle Jonas, Sophie Turner, and Priyanka&nbsp;Chopra, which we think is not a bad idea, but time will tell!</p>
<p>The original video featured the brothers and their wives, with each couple recreating a scene from a movie including &ldquo;Grease&rdquo;, and &ldquo;Risky Business.&rdquo; The video was very well-received, garnering over 17 million views in just four days.</p>
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The Jonas Brothers released four music videos for their song "What a Man Gotta Do" and fans are freaking out

Jonas Brothers Release Multiple Versions Of Their “What A Man Gotta Do” Video & Fans Are Losing It

<p>The music video for the Jonas Brothers&rsquo; song &ldquo;What A Man Gotta Do&rdquo; is out and it&rsquo;s hilarious.</p>
<p>The movies-inspired video features influences from romantic classics like &ldquo;Risky Business&rdquo; which starred Tom Cruise, &ldquo;Grease&rdquo; that starred Olivia Newton-John, and John Travolta, and &ldquo;Say Anything&rdquo; which starred John Cusack, each of which was assigned to a Jonas brother.</p>
<p>Nick and his wife actress Priyanka Chopra got &ldquo;Risky Business&rdquo; in which Nick recreates the iconic shirt, sunglasses, underwear, and socks dance, which Chopra also recreates later on.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/G2UVsyVLLcE" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Joe and actress Sophie Turner got &ldquo;Grease&rdquo; and more specifically the high school dance competition scene where they dance to impress the judges, but the hilarious part is when Turner changes from her &ldquo;good&rdquo; look to the dark version mid-song making her alter-ego feel left out.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fY5pmzmiDO8" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Finally, Kevin and his wife TV personality Danielle Jonas got &ldquo;Say Anything&rdquo; where Kevin is seen recreating the iconic boombox stereo scene, and they later started dancing in front his car.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/S5Y8tFQ01OY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The song was very well received getting over 14 million views in just three days, with fans applauding the brothers for having their wives in their music videos, saying it&rsquo;s always the best part about them.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XejVB_fba04" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>This isn&rsquo;t the first time the three brothers got their talented wives in their music videos, as last year, they did the same bringing everyone in the music video for their song &ldquo;Sucker&rdquo; which brought in over 245 million views.</p>
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Jonas Brothers release another music video features their talented wives this time with a movie twist

Every Jonas Brother Manages To Lose Their Pants In New Music Video Starring All Their Amazing Wives

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<p>If you&rsquo;re a Disney child still damaged from memories of Pinocchio and Bambi, get ready for a live-action reboot of PTSD! Disney announced they will be remaking two of their biggest movies for a whole new generation of children, so they can have horrifying dreams of being eaten by whales, or their mothers being shot by hunters.</p>
<p>Disney announced that its hiring Geneva Robertson-Dworet, the screenwriter behind &ldquo;Captain Marvel&rdquo; and &ldquo;Tomb Raider,&rdquo; as well as Lindsey Beer, the screenwriter behind &ldquo;Sierra Burgess Is A Loser,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Chaos Walking,&rdquo; to write the screenplay for a real life Bambi, well as real life as we are going to get without setting up cameras in the woods and lighting it on fire ourselves.</p>
<p>"Pinocchio" will be directed by Robert Zemeckis, the filmmaker behind "Back to the Future," and Chris Weitz the screenwriter of 2015&rsquo;s "Cinderella", who will be producing the story of an Italian toy-maker who plays god and brings one of his puppets to life.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580036449-f6d56215c9342aafdde99d867d0be819.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="418" />Tom Hanks has been rumored to be playing toymaker Geppetto, but we really don&rsquo;t know much yet.</p>
<p>Live-action reboots have helped rake in billions for Disney over the past few years, with the last "Lion King" remake totaling $1.65 billion in revenue, despite receiving poor ratings. Even 2019&rsquo;s "Aladdin" pulled in 500% more money than the budget of the film despite also receiving poor critical reviews.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580036632-maxresdefault.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />Disney has been going through its archive, dusting off the classics, and priming a new generation to consume them on Disney+, Disney&rsquo;s answer to Netflix&rsquo;s streaming dominance.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Disney has been tip-toeing around its racialized depictions in its classic movies, so maybe that&rsquo;s why they chose two classics that don&rsquo;t have any problematic issues in their source material. Disney has been forced to release &ldquo;cultural&rdquo; warning on some of its movies re-released on Disney+, as people take notice of some outdated racist stereotypes in the early Disney films. Their declaimer reads, the movies &ldquo;are being presented as they were originally created, because to do so otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.&rdquo;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580036527-dumbo-header1.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />However, a live-action version of Dumbo in 2019 saw the black crows completely edited out, after being called out for racist depictions of African-Americans. With a group of jive-talking crows, their leader is Jim Crow, a notorious racist term meaning &ldquo;Negro,&rdquo; and the name for a collection of discriminatory laws called the Jim Crow Laws, which segregated black and white Americans from using the same services for 100 years.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580035555-Screen-Shot-2017-08-27-at-21.21.14.png" alt="" width="620" height="512" />Dumbo also depicts scenes at a circus where black circus workers sing &ldquo;Song of the Roustabouts&rdquo;, which has lyrics like</p>
<p><em>"We never learned to read or write.</em></p>
<p><em>Grab that rope, you hairy ape."</em></p>
<p>Of course this was edited out of the remake, along with a scene where Dumbo gets drunk meaning that while we can't forget that the original films contained contentious issues, they can remake them as they like for today's audiences.&nbsp;</p>
<p>We highly doubt they will venture to remake "Pocahontas," the real life story being so much more horrible stuff than the racist depiction she received in her Disney movie. Some racism can be edited out, like the black-servant centaur in Fantasia, but films like "Song of the South" or "Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi" will probably stay tightly locked in the Disney Vault and for good reason.</p>

Disney set to reboot "Bambi" and "Pinocchio" for live-action.

"Bambi" And "Pinocchio" Set To Return In Disney's Latest Wave Of Live-Action Reboots

<p>After having a stellar year and snagging one of the award season&rsquo;s most respected accolades (Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series) for her new TV outing on &ldquo;The Morning Show,&rdquo; it seems superstar Jennifer Anison has not forgotten where she came from and decided to pay a visit to the set of her old TV alma mater &ldquo;Friends&rdquo; to the delight of her fans.</p>
<p>Aniston guest hosted the Ellen Show on Friday because Ellen was out getting her drivers&rsquo; license renewed, and she took some time to visit the set of &ldquo;Friends,&rdquo; which is still there at Warner Bros. studios mostly as a tour feature for fans of the famed sitcom. And since Ellen&rsquo;s show is also broadcast from there, Aniston couldn&rsquo;t resist paying a visit to Central Perk to relive some of her old days and not to mention to jump out and scare some of the set&rsquo;s visitors!</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/U51MiA0JlIc" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Central Perk is one of the main set pieces that fans remember from &ldquo;Friends&rdquo; and indeed many still visit the coffee house to pose for pictures, as they lounge on that famous orange couch and live out some of their TV dreams.&nbsp;</p>
<p>While fans were visiting the set on Friday, Aniston crouched behind the couch and jumped out to scare a number of them, giving them much more than they bargained for!</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580036327-jennifer-aniston-friends-set-pranks-jpg-1579883837.jpg" alt="" />The video shows the first batch of fans coming in and the tour guide asks them to sit on the couch to pose for their picture, and proceeds to ask them who their favorite &ldquo;Friend&rdquo; is and when they respond that it is Ross (played by David Schwimmer), Aniston jumps out saying, &ldquo;ROSS?! Really?&rdquo;</p>
<p>Aniston does this to several other fan groups who visit the set, with hilarious results each time.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580036433-aniston-usatoday.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="340" />While hosting the Ellen Show, Aniston reveals that Ellen had asked her to fill in because Ellen had to go to the DMV to renew her drivers&rsquo; license, an excuse that Aniston did not believe, as she tells the crowd. Ellen it seems, had anticipated Aniston&rsquo;s disbelief and sent a video of herself waiting outside the DMV to prove that she was indeed there, hilariously proving Aniston wrong.</p>
<p>Between the hilarious prank and the pair&rsquo;s friendship, it was a truly great episode!</p>

Fans did not know what they were in for when visiting the "Friends" set last Friday.

Jennifer Aniston Pays A Visit To The "Friends" Set & Hilariously Pranks Some Of Her Fans

<p>After announcing that he got back together with singer Jessie J last week, Channing Tatum just shut down a troll who likened her to his ex and &ldquo;Step Up&rdquo; co-star Jenna Dewan and we are here for it.</p>
<p>After Tatum posted a new photo with Jessie J on his Instagram on Friday to announce that they were back together, a troll took to the comments section to hate on Tatum&rsquo;s bae, but he was not having it and clapped back right away!</p>
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<p>The user wrote, &ldquo;Jenna looks better with you,&rdquo; referring to Tatum&rsquo;s ex-wife of nine years, to which Tatum replied, &ldquo;ain&rsquo;t nobody more stunning and beautiful to look at&rdquo;!&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t usually address s&mdash; like this. But you seem as good of a terrible happy people hating thoughtless person as any of them. Why don&rsquo;t you seriously think abut what you&rsquo;re doing. It&rsquo;s hurtful and I ain&rsquo;t about it,&rdquo; continued Tatum in the comments section.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If you can&rsquo;t not be a horrible hateful person on my page and support the infinite and untouchable beauty and woman that Jess is&hellip; please kindly get TF out of here,&rdquo; concluded Tatum, &ldquo;No one wants you here. Especially me.&rdquo;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580034501-image_5.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="736" />&ldquo;And ain&rsquo;t nobody more stunning and beautiful to look at but even more as a human than Jess,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And yeah that includes my ex. Sorry about your opinion. But what I said is facts. Just facts. Ok bye be careful with your actions it&rsquo;s what you create for yourself.&rdquo;</p>
<p>After his initial comments, the &ldquo;Magic Mike&rdquo; star returned to clarify that he meant no hate or disrespect to his ex-wife, asserting that she is &ldquo;beautiful and amazing in her own right,&rdquo; but he wasn&rsquo;t going to let some internet troll insult his current girlfriend.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And just to be super clear for the other people that love to turn shit around,&rdquo; he added in the second comment.&nbsp; &ldquo;Jenna is beautiful and amazing in her own right. But no and I mean no is more beautiful or better than anyone else.&rdquo;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580034515-image_4.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="917" />&ldquo;Beauty isn&rsquo;t measurable. It&rsquo;s in the eye of the beholder,&rdquo; Tatum concluded &ldquo;So while all you infinitely beautiful people pour over these words and try and find s&mdash; to start s&mdash; wit. I&rsquo;m gonna be enjoying my MF night with my gorgeous lady and cuddle up in her beautiful heart.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Tatum and Jessie broke up back in December and after spending a month apart decided to give their love another go this month, and it&rsquo;s good that they did, because this is real love if we&rsquo;ve ever seen it.</p>

Channing Tatum has no problem coming after anyone who dares to insult his lady.

Channing Tatum Totally Shuts Down An Internet Troll For Negative Comments On His Bae Jessie J

<p>Netflix&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Crown&rdquo; stole our hearts when it came out in 2016 and we were glued to our screens binge-watching the crazy antics of the British royal family. From the compelling storylines, to the family betrayals and beyond, we just couldn&rsquo;t get enough and we still can&rsquo;t.</p>
<p>Season 3 of the show came out late last year and was met with a larger wave of acclaim than ever before, which is why it&rsquo;s no surprise that it's forging ahead as it gets closer to arguably the most famous story related to the royals maybe ever, that of Princess Diana and her contentious marriage to Prince Charles, which is set to be the centerpiece of the show&rsquo;s fourth and next season.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579784457-diana-princess-of-wales-savoy-hotel-london-4th-may-1989-news-photo-1579615829.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="936" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579784470-spl5139675-001-1579615863.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="603" />Photos have surfaced of the shooting of the fourth season and we finally get a glimpse at 24-year-old English actress Emma Corin as she plays a 1980s Princess Diana (back when she was just Lady Diana Spencer) as she makes her first public appearances with Charles.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The show&rsquo;s upcoming season is set to cover the period from the early 1980s when she first married the Prince of Wales, Charles, Queen Elizabeth&rsquo;s eldest son.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579784303-01--GettyImages-52118364.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="943" />Corin&rsquo;s resemblance to the late Princess Diana is uncanny and the photos show her in a recreation of one of Diana&rsquo;s earliest appearances with Charles at the famed Royal Savoy Hotel in London.</p>
<p>The first two seasons covered British monarch Queen Elizabeth II&rsquo;s rise to the throne and the sacrifices she had to make to keep the country together through some of its most trying times and spanned the period between her marriage to Prince Philip in 1947 all the way up to the 1960s. The third season sees a complete change in the cast of the series, with actress Claire Foy who plays the monarch in the first two seasons being replaced by Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham-Carter replacing Vanessa Kirby as Elizabeth&rsquo;s sister, Princess Margaret.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579784365-wedding-of-prince-charles-and-lady-diana-spencer-london-britain-29-jul-1981-760x506.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="412" />The show has revealed in the past that the cast will be completely changed every two seasons to accurately depict the aging of the royal family as the story carries them into the modern day.</p>
<p>The photos also reveal that one of the fourth season&rsquo;s locations include Winchester Cathedral which is the location for London&rsquo;s St. Paul&rsquo;s Cathedral, where Di and Prince Charles really got married. We can&rsquo;t wait to sink our teeth into &ldquo;The Crown&rsquo;s&rdquo; next season, and after how awesome the third season was, our expectations are pretty high!</p>

The internet is buzzing with the first photos of Emma Corin in the role of Princess Diana for "The Crown's" upcoming fourth season.

We Finally Get Our First Look At "The Crown's" Fourth Season As Well As Princess Diana's Youth

<p>If like us, you spend way too much time on the internet, then you&rsquo;ve probably heard of YouTube channel &ldquo;Screen Junkies&rdquo; and their hilarious &ldquo;Honest Trailer&rdquo; series where they parody the stories of famous films and make us roll on the floor laughing every time.</p>
<p>They just came out with one for the most talked about comic book film of the past year, &ldquo;Joker&rdquo;!</p>
<p>The film was one of the most controversial releases of last year, with many news headlines claiming that it was glorifying violence and warning everyone not to watch, but despite the hubbub, the film went on to snag a whopping 11 nominations for the 2020 Oscars, with the film&rsquo;s lead Joaquin Phoenix leading the &ldquo;Best Actor&rdquo; race.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0fOCZS0J3qM" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The trailer touches upon many parts of the film, including the media frenzy that it caused. Not only do they hilariously break down the story of the film in 6 minutes, they also draw some pretty awesome parallels between Phoenix&rsquo;s take on the famed villain and other iconic performances by the many great actors who have previously filled those shoes including Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger among others.</p>
<p>The video hilariously describes the films as &ldquo;a period piece about psychological and social decay with the bare minimum of Batman it took to get the movie made,&rdquo; and it shows the scene where Bruce Wayne/Batman&rsquo;s parents are murdered, an act that started his career as the Caped Crusader.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9766Pb90m4c" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&ldquo;Prepare for a film the media said was too dangerous for you to see, which made audiences way more excited than regular marketing ever could have,&rdquo; continues the narration &ldquo;Cruising its way to a billion dollars on a $55 million budget because it got hyped like a cinematic fear toxin that would turn you into the Joker, even though it ended up being a mumble-core [Martin] Scorsese riff about the world&rsquo;s saddest clown.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Phoenix&rsquo;s descent into the Joker&rsquo;s characteristic madness is portrayed through the evolution of his laughs through the film that range from normal laughter, to the bone-chilling, manic laugh we associate with the Joker to cry laughing, which was a new addition that Phoenix brought to the role.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/axWt4HVT7iY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>The film is one of the most critically acclaimed in the superhero pantheon and indeed it is the first to be nominated for the &ldquo;Best Picture&rdquo; Oscar, with many people expecting it to contend with 2019&rsquo;s most successful films including &ldquo;The Irishman,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Parasite.&rdquo;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kL1aqfnIr2Y" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, a man down on his luck who struggles with mental illness throughout the film and as the trailer hilariously points out, gets &ldquo;the s**t kicked out of him&rdquo; repeatedly, leading him to become one of film&rsquo;s most insidious villains to date.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bsb9ZTmbSKQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Other films that have received the &ldquo;Honest&rdquo; treatment in the past include &ldquo;Twilight,&rdquo; &ldquo;Star Wars&rdquo; and &ldquo;Harry Potter.&rdquo;</p>

"Joker" receives the "Honest Trailer" treatment and it's nothing short of hilarious!

New Honest Trailer For "Joker" Is Totally Hilarious & A Little Disturbing

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<p>Prince William&nbsp;just earned a new royal position, as he takes on more responsibilities with the exit of his brother Prince Harry from Buckingham Palace.</p>
<p>On Saturday, it was announced that&nbsp;Queen Elizabeth II&nbsp;appointed her grandson, the Duke of Cambridge, another title: The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.</p>
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<p>So what exactly does that long title mean for the father of three, besides another wacky uniform to wear?</p>
<p>According to&nbsp;Royal U.K. website, "The Lord High Commissioner's" role is to maintain the relationship between the State and the Church, and a long-standing tradition of appointing a Lord High Commissioner originated in the latter part of the 16th Century."</p>
<p>That&rsquo;s a long way of saying nothing, the role is largely ceremonial. Prince William has to show up for a few meetings and ceremonies, but that&rsquo;s about it.</p>
<p>A press release shared with E! News also stated that Prince William will "attend the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on behalf of the Sovereign. He makes the opening and closing addresses to the Assembly, and carries out a number of official functions as the Lord High Commissioner."</p>
<p>The ceremony just holds symbolic significance of swearing allegiance to the British Crown.</p>
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<p>The news of the royal member's title comes only a week after Queen Elizabeth II announced that&nbsp;Prince Harry&nbsp;and&nbsp;Meghan Markle would lose their Royal Highness titles, but not their aristocratic titles of Duke and Duchess, or even Harry&rsquo;s title of Prince, amid their exit.</p>
<p>"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are grateful to Her Majesty and the Royal Family for their ongoing support as they embark on the next chapter of their lives," Buckingham Palace said in a statement last week about the couple. "As agreed in this new arrangement, they understand that they are required to step back from Royal duties, including official military appointments.&nbsp;They will no longer receive public funds for Royal duties."</p>
<p>The statement continued, "The Queen had said last week in a statement that Meghan and Harry had "made clear that they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives."</p>
<p>Kind of sounds like the Queen was telling her bum grandson to get a job, and not rely on the family&rsquo;s funds in what the media has characterized as Megxit; Meghan Markle&rsquo;s exit from the royal life of ceremony, obligation, and glaring media spotlight.</p>
<p>"With The Queen's blessing, the Sussexes will continue to maintain their private patronages and associations," the statement read. "While they can no longer formally represent The Queen, the Sussexes have made clear that everything they do will continue to uphold the values of Her Majesty. The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles as they are no longer working members of the Royal Family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have shared their wish to repay Sovereign Grant expenditure for the refurbishment of Frogmore Cottage, which will remain their UK family home."</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580039111-190920172824-harry-and-meghan.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" />Earlier this week,&nbsp;Harry reunited with his wife and son,&nbsp;Archie Harrison, in Canada. In photographs taken of Harry, he appeared to be all smiles as he walked off the plane. Hopefully the couple will live happily ever after in the enchanted land of Canada!</p>

Queen give a new title to Prince William as his role expands with Prince Harry's departure. 

Prince William Receives Brand New Royal Title As Harry Leaves For Canada

<p>The Cairo International Book Fair kicks off tomorrow (January 23) and we know many of you are dying to see what&rsquo;s on offer this year! Definitely one of the most important events that take place each year in Egypt, it seems that they&rsquo;re changing things up quite a bit this year with the introduction of a new smartphone app to help you navigate the massive event and make the most out of the 2 weeks of book fun!</p>
<p>The General Egyptian Book Organization (the official body behind organizing the massive event each year) announced via their official Facebook page, the introduction of the new app that is bringing the famed event into the information age, complete with maps, a search engine and a feedback section.</p>
<p>So we decided to go through the app and give you a breakdown of the many services it has to offer.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579680931-84102220_2617640378472203_7460449706020175872_o.jpg" alt="" />The app includes a search engine you can use to browse the titles on offer either by searching for the name of a book you&rsquo;re looking for or by searching for the author, either way, you will be guided to which section of the premises to head to in order to locate the book you want. The premises is huge and throughout the 2-week run around 3 million people attend in total, so you can imagine how disorienting the size of the event can be.</p>
<p>The main page of the app also includes a directory of the new books on offer and they are sorted by genre or topic although in the chaos of such a big event, you can imagine this system going a little wrong, but hey that&rsquo;s life.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579687635-WhatsApp_Image_2020-01-22_at_11.02.47_AM.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="1342" />There is a dedicated part of the app for Egyptian titles on offer at the fair, after all we should celebrate our local authors&rsquo; work because there are some pretty monumental hidden talents in our nation.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Another part of the app will offer information on the various activities planned for this year&rsquo;s round of the fair, not to mention a full schedule for the speakers set to make an appearance this year. You can save any event that catches your eye and the app will remind you when it&rsquo;s time to head over to it, helping you keep your schedule streamlined so you can make the most out of the fair.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579687650-WhatsApp_Image_2020-01-22_at_11.02.48_AM.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="1342" />The app will offer a full detailed map of the four main halls of the premises, and if you click on one hall, you will get general info regarding which books are housed there as well as which events are set to take place there.</p>
<p>Included in the app&rsquo;s services will also be a wishlist, in which you can put the books you want to buy while at the fair, so you don&rsquo;t forget, so instead of fumbling with a notebook and a pen and getting confused, a list of the titles you want to buy can be one click away on your smartphone. And by detailing that you are interested in a certain book, it won&rsquo;t just be saved on your wishlist, the app will also automatically highlight in orange the places on the map that you can find it.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579687664-WhatsApp_Image_2020-01-22_at_11.02.48_AM_1.jpg" alt="" />In addition to all of this, the app will also provide information on the various transportation options you can use to reach the fair including bus routes to the fair.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The featured nation being honored at this year&rsquo;s round of the fair is the Republic of Senegal and the featured author is famed scientist and intellectual Gamal Hamdan.&nbsp;</p>
<p>And finally, to continue improving on its services each year, the Cairo International Book Fair urges you to give feedback on your experience from this year&rsquo;s round of the fair. The app will also include a dedicated page where you can file any complaints or report any negative experiences you may have at the fair.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The app is fully available for iOS and Android devices, just head over to your Google Play Store or your App Store and search "Cairo Book Fair" and you're good to go!&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579687674-WhatsApp_Image_2020-01-22_at_11.02.49_AM.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="1342" />We are going to be there for sure and we hope to run into you guys!</p>

From maps to general information and beyong, Cairo International Book Fair introduces new smartphone app.

Cairo International Book Fair Launches Brand New Mobile App That Will Make Your Lives Much Easier

<p>An Egyptian workshop in the village of Mit El-Harun has begun to recycle the country&rsquo;s tires to create baskets, agricultural supplies, and even an alternative fuel source as an innovative means of sustainable business.</p>
<p>Mostafa El-Azab, owner of the workshop states that, &ldquo;we get used car tires that are dumped at the junkyard, and dealers bring them to us.&rdquo; Their efforts have made the small village in the Gharbiya Governorate Egypt&rsquo;s top rubber recycling hub.<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FTgZJDlp3OU" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed that Gharbiya is Egypt&rsquo;s top recycling center in 2019, largely due to the small factories and workshops it houses. Gharbiya has a 97.9% recycling rate, followed by Beheira with 97.5%, and Kafr El-Sheikh with 92.3%.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Zabbaleen sort, package, and sell all the trash they can.&nbsp;</em></p>
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<p>Egypt produces 80 million tons of garbage a year, 15 million in Cairo alone. The most active recyclers are the Zabbaleenn, the 70,000 residents of Moqattam&rsquo;s Manshiyet Nasser which handles one third of Cairo&rsquo;s garbage, recycling 90% of it.[article id=2597]With thousands of factories around Egypt, they have been celebrated for creating one of the most efficient recycling systems in the world; by contrast Western garbage collection companies only have a 20-25% recycling rate.</p>
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<figcaption><em>Zabbaleen do a lot, but there waste management is still a major national problem.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Private companies, startups, and NGOs have also tried to fill the shortfall, Men Jadeed comes to your door for recycling, while RecycloBekia collects waste from discarded computers and phones, which are highly toxic and result in injury and disease when Zabbaleen are sorting through the trash, mainly with their hands.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><em>Ministry of Environment's&nbsp;"Dawar" has you send them a picture like the one on the left, </em></p>
<p><em>and they send you back the one on the right.</em></p>
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<p>If you want to help, the least you can do it sort and separate plastics, cans, aluminum, and paper, do not dispose needles, waste from batteries, or other electronics. 40% of Cairenes dump their trash on the street, so if you see this check out the Ministry of Environment&rsquo;s app &ldquo;Dawar&rdquo; which will summon a ministry rep to clean up the reported space.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<figcaption><em>"Sell Your Garbage" Kiosk</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Last May, Egypt&rsquo;s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ordered concerned officials to design a new solid waste management system for overpopulated areas. In response, Cairo Governorate launched the &ldquo;Sell Your Garbage&rdquo; project, which set up kiosks across the city where people can sell their cans, plastic, bottles, paper, and cardboard for a more sustainably clean nation.</p>

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<p>In commemoration of Mufidah Abdul Rahman&rsquo;s 106th birthday, Google has decided to feature the pioneering feminist and first Egyptian female Lawyer for today's Google Doodle, which was drawn by Cairo-based cartoonist Deena Mohamed.</p>
<p>Mufidah's legacy as the first female graduate from Cairo University Faculty of Law in 1935, then called the King Fouad I University, and the very first married woman to graduate from Cairo University helped to blaze the trail for thousands of Egyptian women to follow in her footsteps.&nbsp;<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579506119-3093864544_996fa8d71f.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="452" />Not content with sitting on her diploma, she was the first woman to practice law in Egypt with prominent cases brought before the Court of Cassation, cases in Upper Egypt, as well as going on to become the first woman to present cases in military courts.[article id=3066]Co-founding the National Feminist Party, and the Women of Islam Society, she fought for universal suffrage in Egypt against the male=dominated Wafd party, a landmark feat of gender equality that was later achieved in 1956.</p>
<p>She defended Doria Shafik after Shafik lead a 1951 protest that secretly brought together 1,500 women from Egypt's two leading feminist groups at the time, Bint Al-Nil and the Egyptian Feminist Union, organizing a march that disrupted parliament for four hours demanding equal rights for Egyptian women.</p>
<p>The trial caused quite a commotion, with the public's imagination captured by fiery debates arguing against the forcing of traditional gender roles on women and problematic gender hierarchies. Shafik's call for a woman's army resulted in some pretty serious charges of conspiracy against the Kingdom brought against her in court and it was Abdul Rahman's efforts that got those charges overturned.</p>
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<figcaption><em>Doria Shafik on the 1953 Bint El-Nile Cover</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Google's description of the icon states that, &ldquo;this Doodle also highlights the more personal moments in Abdul Rahman&rsquo;s life, from being the young lawyer who received payment in eggs and fruits to the mother who enjoyed a rich family life with her nine children and supportive husband. Throughout her distinguished career, Abdul Rahman defended over 400 court cases, became a member of Egyptian Parliament, and never stopped fighting justice.&rdquo;</p>
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<figcaption><em>1953 protest demanding women's representation in writing the new constitution</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>In 1959 she became the parliamentary representative of the Ghouriya and Ezbekiya districts of Cairo in which she served for 17 years. She was the only woman representative of the Committee for the Modification of Status Law, which overthrew the legal system that favored the colonial foreign elite.</p>
<p>Serving on the board of representatives for the Al-Gomhouriya Bank, the Bar Association, the Council of University Unions, the National Conference of the Socialist Union, the National Union and the Postal Authority its hard to understate the legacy that she built, and her influence on Egypt as a nation. So take a moment today to celebrate this monumental civil rights icon, Google's doing it!</p>

Egyptian lawyer and feminist Mufidah Abdel Rahman featured in today's Google Doodle.

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<p>Mohamed Safwat is hoping he can serve up some inspiration to the next generation of tennis players from Egypt, to believe in their chances of making it in the sport, and proves that one must never get discouraged after setbacks. On Saturday, the 29-year-old from Mansoura made history by becoming the first Egyptian since Ismail El-Shafei in 1978 to feature in the Australian Open main draw after he won his final qualifying match against Russian world number 106, Evgeny Donskoy.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It means a lot for me and I think it will give me a good push mentally, that I can believe I can play at this level consistently; that I have the level to compete in the top 100. I think it will give me a boost along this year,&rdquo; he said, speaking to The National. Ranked world No. 172 this week, Safwat has spent more than a decade grinding to overtake the only other Egyptian to ever rank in the top 100, El-Shafei in the 1970s, and Safwat is hoping he can finally hit that milestone this season.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579437715-safwat-web.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="463" />&ldquo;I took a different path than the generation before me, I committed to what I do, I didn&rsquo;t give up on my dreams, I had a rough time throughout the years, ups and downs, and frustration and sadness but thankfully I was always surrounded by the right people,&rdquo; Safwat said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;What I&rsquo;m doing now will be good for kids back home and should motivate them that they can do it, with the right knowledge and the right people around you, you really can achieve it.&rdquo; Safwat is no stranger to making history, last August he won gold at the African Games to become the first Egyptian man to qualify for the Olympic Games in tennis.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KUHuWKsQVDc" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&ldquo;Qualifying for the Olympics was one of the things that gave me a big boost last year. Winning the African Games gave me a lot of confidence, it unlocked something in me and it was a turning point in my career,&rdquo; he said. Traveling with his personal psychologist, Safwat feels the biggest progress he has made recently was getting mentally stronger, and he was most pleased with how stable his level was throughout his Australian Open qualifying campaign.</p>
<p>He credits his unusual off-season for that. While his initial plan was to spend several weeks in Cairo training for the new year, an injury limited his practice to just four days. He says that proved to be a blessing in disguise. &ldquo;This year my off-season was different, maybe I was forced to do it. I worked more on my mind and my mental game, and I think that&rsquo;s what paid off, I&rsquo;m more stable than before, I&rsquo;m calmer, I can think clearly and see things clearly,&rdquo; he said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The time I couldn&rsquo;t work on my tennis and my fitness, I used to improve on my mental side and I think that was key. I think that&rsquo;s what I needed at this moment probably.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Safwat will face French world number 82 Gregoire Barrere in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday.</p>

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<p>Stories about Egyptians clearing out their basement and finding something a couple thousand years old have become the norm, but a hiker in Sinai came across something really really old and it predates even ancient Egypt.</p>
<p>A number of mysterious inscriptions as well as many examples of rock art have been found in the Sinai over the years, with the most recent example found last week in the Al-Zaranij area of South Sinai. It is estimated that some of the images could be 12,000 years old. The find is providing insights into the prehistoric past of the region.</p>
<p>Far older than the pharaohs, they speak of the first humans to roam the world, and who were just as desperate as us to leave their mark on the world they inhabited.</p>
<p>The site is located 30 kilometers north of Saint Catherine according to Mostafa al-Waziry, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, in a cavern &ldquo;located in a difficult region called al-Zaranij.&rdquo; &nbsp;</p>
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<figcaption><em>The cave in which the paintings were found.</em></figcaption>
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<p>They were found in a large sandstone cave measuring 3 meters high and 60 meters wide and it seems that this cave was an ancient AirBnb of the Neolithic peoples and ancient nomadic&nbsp;Bedouins.</p>
<p>The cave was used a few different times by travelers of the ancient eras and Hisham Hussein, head of the archaeological mission, states that the &ldquo;discovered inscriptions depict many different scenes dating back to different eras&rdquo;.</p>
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<figcaption><em>Painting signed by the artist's signature&nbsp;hand print.</em></figcaption>
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<p>The oldest type of rock art is found on the ceiling of the cavern. They depict animals such as donkeys and mules in a realistic way, drawn in proportion.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1580029816-hands.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="410" />There are also hand prints all over the cave, researchers state that they are from the same time period as the animal depictions, making finger painting as old as time itself. Dating back 7,000-12,000 years ago makes them the fifth oldest example of rock art scene to be found in the world.</p>
<p>The second category of rock art is relatively recent, coming from 3,500 to 2,300 BC when Ancient Egyptian civilization had already been established.</p>
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<figcaption><em>Using a special light we can see the paintings clearly.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>These are mostly stick-like red images of females and animals. Professor Darnell, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University told&nbsp;Newsweek, the &ldquo;red-painted imagery is not as commonly found as incised images and text&rdquo;. They were not made in a naturalistic way and the proportions of their bodies are distorted.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The third type of rock carvings is different from the previous two. They show people on a howdah. This is a type of bed or carriage that is carried by a camel and was used to transport members of the elite in the Middle East before Uber X. These images probably are no older than 1,000 BC.</p>
<p>Egypt has a long history of rock art but these are some of the oldest examples. Professor Darnell stated that they often reveal the &ldquo;complex tradition of human interactions with the landscape.&rdquo; The different types of images and inscriptions can help researchers to better understand the history of the Sinai. The group will continue to search for rock art and other ancient inscriptions, which is part of a wider survey of the area, which began in 2019.&nbsp;</p>
<p>We can only imagine that the ancient inscriptions are like the review page of complaints of previous occupants like, "Cave was not as advertised! There was not even a door to prevent the wildcats from stealing our food, also when I walked in someone had previously drawn on everything! Stay in the cave next door!"&nbsp;</p>

Hiker stumbles across cave paintings  in Sinai, older than the Pharaohs themselves.

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<p>Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad just launched his Spring/Summer haute couture collection and it&rsquo;s one of the most refined uses of Ancient Egyptian themes we have seen in a while.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Murad debuted the collection at Paris Couture Week which is closing today in the French capital and includes some of the season&rsquo;s (and the year&rsquo;s) most exciting and high-end collections.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Murad reveals that he was very inspired by many visual elements of Ancient Egyptian cultural heritage, from the structured silhouettes to the rich color schemes and the use of beads and sequins in the embellishment of the collection.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579766632-_FIO0053.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="930" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579766642-_FIO0060.jpg" alt="" />The collection employs a variety of color schemes from the wide range included in Ancient Egyptian aesthetics, featuring a large amount of gold, as well as some pretty elegant uses of black and white. The color scheme also includes some pretty heavy references to the crimsons, sapphires and lapis lazuli blues that have come to be associated with Ancient Egypt. Some of the looks delicately utilize hieroglyphic prints such as one number that incorporates the legendary lotus flower in blue juxtaposed with the deep red of the flowy gown and it is stunning.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579766656-_FIO0392.jpg" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579766662-_FIO0268.jpg" alt="" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579766671-_FIO0190.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="930" />The looks also included some pretty tasteful uses of red, blue and purple sequins and beads that took the shape of various hieroglyphics, tomb paintings, scarabs and eagles.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579766728-_FIO0455.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="929" />The collection includes a pretty wide range of tailoring styles that include second-skin gowns in rich fabrics like duchesse satin and chiffon, sequin-encrusted jumpsuits, belted minidresses with dramatic padded shoulders, crystal embellished jackets, sequined silk tulle numbers with slit sides and billowy, sheer chiffon trains and shimmery skirts paired with equally shimmery crop tops.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579766683-_FIO0712.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="930" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579766695-_FIO0805.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="930" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579766709-_FIO0884.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="930" />This is not the first time that the designer has referenced a specific culture in his beautiful fashion creations with some prominent examples of this being his Spring/Summer 2018 collection &ldquo;Indian Summer&rdquo; inspired by Native American culture and his Autumn/Winter 2018 collection which drew inspiration from Imperial Russia incorporating regal colors, thick fabrics and Faberge motifs.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><em>Murad's Russian-themed Autumn/Winter 2018 collection</em></p>
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<p>Despite receiving minor backlash for his use of Native American motifs in &ldquo;Indian Summer&rdquo; Murad has vehemently defended himself in the past saying that his work is meant to be an homage to the beauty of the cultures that inspire him rather than cultural appropriation, which some of his critics have accused him of.&nbsp;</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579766922-zuhair-murad-catwalk-1517239217.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="930" />
<figcaption><em>Murad's controversial "Indian Summer"&nbsp;Spring/Summer 2018 collection</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Ancient Egyptian themes have captivated fashion designers for centuries, particularly after the 1920s with the discovery of Tutankhamun&rsquo;s tomb.</p>
<p>"As a reverence to the Sun God, evening gowns are adorned with capes, with incandescent gilding and crystals, for a sensuous yet architectural effect," explains Murad on his Instagram page. What do you guys think? Do you love this collection as much as I do?</p>

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<p>Every new year we get new challenges, and while some are totally different than others, it's better to plan ahead than to get surprised with what might come out of nowhere, since it's still the beginning of the year, Aquarians, it&rsquo;s your time to shine, the year will have a lot to throw at you but you&rsquo;ll most probably flow right through and come out better and stronger than yesterday.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Work</strong></span></p>
<p>When it comes to work, dedication and focus are the name of the game, as you&rsquo;ll need to be a team player to get ahead this year, so work on your relationship with your co-workers. So things get smoother throughout the year.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Personal Life</strong></span></p>
<p>Your personal life will need a look at too, as predictions say your relationships during May to June you might have some issues, but hopefully, things will work out in the end, as for you single Aquarians out there, this is the year for you to go out there and look for that special someone you&rsquo;ve been wanting for some time. But don&rsquo;t just search for looks, try and find someone who can satisfy your intellectual needs too, because they are important to you.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579530801-shutterstock_275521547.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />
<figcaption><em>This is the year for you to get out there</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Spirituality</strong></span></p>
<p>[article id=4566]Surround yourself with good people that will push you forward spiritually as you might get tempted towards escapism, and you might try to leave stuff behind for bliss, those friends will help guide you back, and keep you centered.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Money</strong></span></p>
<p>When it comes to money, save some, as if you&rsquo;re on your own you&rsquo;ll most probably be fine in the long run, however, if you&rsquo;re in a relationship it might put a strain on it so keep a few bucks around just in case.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Health</strong></span></p>
<p>Healthwise 2020 is expected to be the year where you finally go on that diet you&rsquo;ve been meaning to go on for some time but never have.</p>

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<p>Modern Egyptian designers and craftsmen have teamed up with some of the most talented local filmmakers to present their vision, struggles, and successes in the new documentary series "Film My Design."</p>
<p>The first episode of "Film My Design" was released yesterday featuring craftsmen and designers shaking up the architecture, furniture, and interior design scene in Egypt. The inaugural episode debuted the founders of El-Warshah, Fady Nagy and Omar El-Kordy, who quit their secure jobs to create specialized handmade furniture.<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sCZYcHtfSbg" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>Completely self-taught, the former lawyer/dentist duo began by creating small pieces during their free time. After mastering the basics, they began to put all their spare money into buying new tools, better wood, and learning more advanced techniques until they got their own workshop and founded El Warshah.</p>
<p>In the seven-minute documentary, the designers explain their philosophy, "we always want to show the beauty of the wood and not the designer, it needs to be as natural as possible, and that's what makes our products unique."<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579520557-ScreenShot2019-02-23at11.00.03PM.png" alt="" width="620" height="429" />Since starting in 2019, "Film My Design" has sought to document the design process of local artists and designers as they work through their concepts and implement their production process.</p>
<p>The series is inspired by an annual event by the same name held in Zawya to discuss the designer/filmmaker collaborations in a series of panel discussions. "Film My Design" aims to &ldquo;establish a creative community of Egyptian designers and filmmakers coming together to produce design-film documentaries.&rdquo;<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lQE0D5G5X1I" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>Founded by Nada Ahmed Salem, Farah El-Rafei, and Israa Ibrahim, three women who have design management degrees from New York, Dubai and Milan respectively, they came together to explore the intersection between art, culture, and design and how it affects cultures and countries.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579526376-sinai_sun.png" alt="" width="620" height="349" />Their 2019 event at Zawya (which was the precursor for the docu-series) attracted a lot of attention and featured artists working in the Sinai who design unique fabric prints by using the sunlight to create random prints on fabric.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579526389-Sequoia-34.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />Other designers featured durng the event included Alexandrian architecture firm ENCODE, whose work has been featured all over Egypt, most prominently in the Zamalek-based restaurant Sequoia.</p>

El-Warshah featured in the first "Film My Design" episode bringing together Egyptian craftsmen and filmmakers for exciting collab.

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<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>

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<p>Rumors have been circulating since last year that Apple was going to release a &ldquo;cheaper&rdquo; version of the iPhone for almost $399, but nobody knew when or what it would look like, however, according to the latest report by Mashable, we might be getting this new phone pretty soon.</p>
<p>Apple used to have a cheaper device dubbed the iPhone SE but it was canceled two years ago and had a small form factor, however that seems not to be the case with the new phone as according to the reports the device will be more akin to the iPhone 8 including a 4.7-inch screen.</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579778904-iphone-se-100795727-large.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" />
<figcaption><em>The Old iPhone SE</em></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>According to Bloomberg, the phones are set to be assembled to functioning devices starting from next month, so that means that the phones will most likely get announced as early as March, and hopefully, start shipping too.</p>
<p>This new phone will fill a gap for people who want a new iPhone but still can&rsquo;t afford the high-end one and don&rsquo;t want to switch to Android, so they could stay within the Apple ecosystem.</p>
<p>Apple released their last phone the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro back in September, while also introducing several new features and new things, but the $699.00 to $849.00 for the 11, and $999.00 to $1,449.00 for the 11 Pro were a bit too much for a lot of people.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Check out the unveiling of the latest iPhones at the 2019 Apple Keynote event:</strong></span></p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-rAeqN-Q7x4" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>

Apple might release a new budget phone as early as next March.

A Cheaper iPhone Might Be On The Way As Early As Next March

<p>Where does Egypt stand on digital currency like Bitcoin? It&rsquo;s not standing still, 2019 saw the beginning of the government and Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) moving forward to adopt cryptocurrency laws without suffering their unpredictability.</p>
<p>The government has been highly cautious to allow freely traded Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency, explaining that unregulated digital currency could be used for terrorist financing and tax avoidance. A concern that was famously echoed by Grand Mufti Shawki Allam, calling Bitcoin an unacceptable interface of exchange, and an unlawful form of trade.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579527946-c500b4823df018d1656a1ad7b6fe1250.png" alt="" width="620" height="926" />However, with the drafting of the Bank Act last year, the CBE created guidelines and regulations for cryptocurrency by requiring those who sell, advertise, or operate trading platforms to obtain licenses before doing so. The Banking Act allows the CBE full control in determining the rules for private bank account holders to trade digital currencies.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><em>Rise in the amount of local Egyptian Bitcoin sales&nbsp;</em></p>
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<p>The CBE is looking into potentially issuing a digital currency version of the Egyptian pound with Sub-Governor Ayman Hussein saying last December that the CBE was working on President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi&rsquo;s directive to transition Egypt into a cashless society. A digital currency would increase efficiency and security in transactions across nations and banks.</p>
<p>Tunisia was the first MENA country to launch a digital currency, the eDinar, to facilitate trade and exchange. Israel and the UAE are also looking into their own digital money in order to link mobile apps for payment anywhere.[article id=4746]Perhaps though the biggest incentive for Egypt is to include the informal sector in the economy. The informal sector in Egypt comprises half the economy, and is untaxed, unbanked, and unregulated. Its formal inclusion with mobile banking and e-payment service has been a major goal of the government since 2015.</p>
<p>Its inclusion would increase Egypt&rsquo;s GDP by more than 40%, and while only 14% of the country has a bank account, 100% have a mobile phone. Thus the best way to increase the financial inclusion of the unbanked population is through their phone, why Fawry and other financial tech companies have been growing at a fast pace with governmental support.</p>
<p>While countries and central banks around the world initially saw cryptocurrency as a competitor to national currency, and potentially destructive, the international mood is beginning to shift their conception towards adopting cryptocurrency. Digital currency makes online transactions easier and cheaper, and corruption-free. Seeing as we are moving into an age where $6.6 trillion moves across borders daily, it&rsquo;s important for the government to be able to quickly track exchanges, and shift policy when needed.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Central Bank of Egypt moves forward with digital currency infrastructure.

Betting On Bitcoin? Egypt To Release Their Own Crypto-Currency In The Near Future

<p>Photo-sharing platform Instagram just removed the IGTV button from the main feed page on the app and it&rsquo;s because users are not using it.</p>
<p>Yeah, you&rsquo;re the ones to blame. According to Mashable, the feature itself hasn&rsquo;t been removed from the application, as you can still find it on other pages if they have IGTV videos, or on the Explore page, they just removed the quick access button on the main page.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579524122-Image_Courtesy_of_Tech_Crunch.png" alt="" />&ldquo;As we&rsquo;ve continued to work on making it easier for people to create and discover IGTV content, we&rsquo;ve learned that most people are finding IGTV content through previews in Feed, the IGTV channel in Explore, creators&rsquo; profiles and the standalone app. Very few are clicking into the IGTV icon in the top right corner of the home screen in the Instagram app&rdquo; a Facebook company spokesperson tells TechCrunch.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We always aim to keep Instagram as simple as possible, so we&rsquo;re removing this icon based on these learnings and feedback from our community,&rdquo; they continued.</p>
<p>The service was first introduced back in 2018, however, with the rise of TikTok, the feature and independent IGTV app failed to get the intended numbers of users set by Instagram and its mother company Facebook, with the IGTV app garnering 1.1 million downloads compared to the 80.5 million downloads TikTok got in the same period of time.</p>

Instagram is removing the IGTV button on the main feed sicnce users are not using it at all

Instagram Removes IGTV Button From App Because Nobody Is Using It

<p>In a blogpost released by Justin Schuh, Director of Chrome Engineering, it seems that Google Chrome wants to phase out third-party cookies in the upcoming two years, as a way to keep the internet a more private place for everyone.</p>
<p>First, let&rsquo;s explain what third party cookies are, they are essentially tools used by websites to remember who users are when they visit them more than once, it records certain preferences and with it they can change certain things like ads that will be more tailored to those users.</p>
<p>As per Mashable, cookies are also &ldquo;one of the primary ways digital advertisers keep tabs on your online whereabouts. When you visit a website whose advertisers use cookies, they'll be able to track you as you visit other sites that also use their cookies,&rdquo; that&rsquo;s why you think that there are certain ads that keep popping up on different websites.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579168131-shutterstock_630855698.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="437" />Now that we know what cookies are, Chrome is essentially trying to phase third party cookies out of their platform within two years, something Apple&rsquo;s Safari, and Mozilla&rsquo;s Firefox have already done, but still, they have advertisers in mind so they wouldn&rsquo;t completely destroy websites and platforms that depend on these cookies as their main income, so they have worked with users, publishers, and advertisers and developed tools to &ldquo;mitigate&rdquo; workarounds.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Users are demanding greater privacy--including transparency, choice, and control over how their data is used--and it&rsquo;s clear the web ecosystem needs to evolve to meet these increasing demands. Some browsers have reacted to these concerns by blocking third-party cookies, but we believe this has unintended consequences that can negatively impact both users and the web ecosystem,&rdquo; wrote Schuh.</p>
<p>&ldquo;By undermining the business model of many ad-supported websites, blunt approaches to cookies encourage the use of opaque techniques such as fingerprinting (an invasive workaround to replace cookies), which can actually reduce user privacy and control. We believe that we as a community can, and must, do better.&rdquo;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579168153-shutterstock_1214577229.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="620" />&ldquo;Chrome will limit insecure cross-site tracking starting in February, by treating cookies that don&rsquo;t include a SameSite label as first-party only, and require cookies labeled for third-party use to be accessed over HTTPS,&rdquo; he explained.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This will make third-party cookies more secure and give users more precise browser cookie controls. At the same time, we&rsquo;re developing techniques to detect and mitigate covert tracking and workarounds by launching new anti-fingerprinting measures to discourage these kinds of deceptive and intrusive techniques, and we hope to launch these measures later this year.&rdquo;</p>
<p>In closing Schuh stated: &ldquo;We are looking to build a more trustworthy and sustainable web together, and to do that we need your continued engagement.&rdquo;</p>

Google released a statment stating that Chrome is working to phase out 3rd party Cookies In the next 2 Years

Google Chrome To Phase Out 3rd Party Cookies In Next 2 Years

<p>Its 2020, and that means its officially the future, and while we were able to prevent SkyNet from becoming self aware, and launching a genocidal war against humanity so far, we have only now just begun to see artificial intelligence become developed enough to find its way into every corner of our lives.[article id=3676]AI is taking Egypt and the MENA region by storm and in 2019 and early 2020 it is apparent that Egypt is becoming more and more aware of AI's capacity to transform the country.</p>
<p>Far from Elon Musk&rsquo;s doomsday prophecies of AI posing an &lsquo;existential threat&rsquo; to humanity, it seems that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE see it for its revolutionary potential to enact positive changes.</p>
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<figcaption><em>PwC Info-graph with AI benefits to MENA region</em></figcaption>
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<p>According to a PwC report, AI has the ability to contribute $16 trillion in the next ten years with the highest impact set to be in personal health and transportation. AI can help you know if you're sick, increase company sales, traffic and road efficiency, counter fraud, save costs, and much more than that.</p>
<p>When Joseph Stalin said, "mo&rsquo; humans mo&rsquo; problems," he might have been onto something. Unlike Stalin though, we don't have to actually remove humans as much as replace them with robots to reduce our problems.[article id=1265]Robots follow a set protocol, which can help reduce corruption and mismanagement. Robots have a hard time fudging data for the benefit of an individual without leaving a trail. Thus mitigating human nature to make mistakes.</p>
<p>Egypt is working hard to catch up with the rest of the world, and we can see this in a major shifts in governmental public education. Far ahead of Egyptian private schools, Egyptian public schools now offer AI specialized departments.</p>
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<figcaption><em>First Lady Entissar El-Sisi meets with Saudi-national Sophia&nbsp;</em></figcaption>
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<p>In December 2019, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi announced a national AI strategy, the government would launch departments and whole universities specializing in advanced sciences, with the first department established in Kafr El Sheikh University. Menoufia University is scheduled to open their own AI department this year, and by 2030, the government's plan is to launch another 89 technology schools nationwide.&nbsp;</p>
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<figcaption><em>Elves has become one of the biggest new travel agencies in the world</em></figcaption>
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<p>AI is no longer the privileged of large corporations or western governments anymore, its now becoming commonly used in apps from all over the world.</p>
<p>Egyptian app Elves is able to handle thousands of clients across the world, each with different needs, all with a work force of only 30 mainly due to AI and machine learning. Using intelligent computer bots to search the internet for every detail concerning flight, transport, lost baggage, or scheduling a meeting.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Created in 2017, Egyptian company Avidbeam was selected among the top 20 most promising companies of 2019 in big data and analytics.[article id=3921]The national plan for AI and fourth industrial revolution technology was discussed at a Pan Arab summit in December, which set on a regional development strategy, and that's where things get interesting.</p>
<p>The UAE has made AI and new tech the driving force for its future development. The UAE is the only country in the world with its own governmental ministry dedicated solely to AI.</p>
<p>Since its launch in 2017, the UAE has achieved 33% growth in AI tech per year since becoming the center of the UAE's 2071 strategy, aiming to become a world leader in science and technology.</p>
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<figcaption><em>The UAE debuts its first new collection of AI police and city guides.</em></figcaption>
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<p>The importance of AI was best summarized by the worlds first Minister of Artificial Intelligence, Omar Sultan Al Olama, &ldquo;Whoever is going to lead in the Artificial Intelligence race will lead the future. This technology will change the world." A lesson he says the Arab world learned the hard way.</p>
<p>He strikes a comparison between Europe's adoption of the printing press, the mass production of books, while it was banned by the Ottoman Empire. The scholars and theologians jealously guarded their position as educated elite over the masses; their ability to read and interpret the Quran gave them a lot of political and social influence. The printing press was a major challenge to their rule, and thus they lobbied to ban the technology.</p>
<p>As he says, this caused a major reversal from science producer and leader to science repression. By the time Napoleon invaded Egypt, he had to import an Arabic printing press from the Pope, one that used in Rome to spread propaganda, because unfortunately, Egypt itself did not possess one. This lead a major reversal of the region from an exporter and producer of technology to a dependent importer of science from the West. &ldquo;Today we are still paying the price,&rdquo; Olama warned.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>But don't fear about AI making humans completely obsolete, Elves founder Kareem El-Sahy says that what makes Elves different from companies that rely solely on AI is that humans manage the bots, &ldquo;There was a lot of hype around bots and then a little disappointment,&rdquo; Elsahy said. &ldquo;Pure bots are still failing a lot. It will eventually fail to understand your intent. Where we&rsquo;ve gotten lucky or smart is using the humans.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Philosopher Slavoj Zizek jokes that AI will never understand some of our more subtle and ridiculous intentions hidden in our wants and desires, "Will a robot be able to tell the difference between cafe without cream, coffee without milk, and black coffee?" The point, robots wont be able to understand every nuance and difference that is seemingly the same.</p>
<p>Humans are complex, we are not computers, and AI will never be able to compute us completely. Without understanding human intentions, flaws, and unsaid desires, robots will never be smart enough to interpret our stupidity.</p>

Egypt develops a new technology vision around artificial intelligence.

Egypt Is Becoming Increasingly Aware Of Artificial Intelligence & Its Potential To Develop The Nation

<p>Google is always looking for something new and innovative to add to its huge platform, and with the latest updates that the Google Translate app received, the tech company has now unveiled new features to the Google Assistant during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) yesterday.</p>
<p><strong>New accessible devices and easier connectivity</strong></p>
<p>Google worked on making more devices accessible to the Google Assistant, and make it easier for users to connect to it, as the Google App will send you a push notification telling you that the new device is compatible with the assistant.</p>
<p><strong>Users can finally set up scheduled orders</strong>[article id=4645]Users have been asking for this feature for a long time, as now you can give orders to the assistant to do certain features at a certain time, and if you have other devices connected, you can set things up to get ready for you when you want them to, like have the smart lights turn on when you get home from work and more.</p>
<p><strong>Digital Sticky-Notes!</strong></p>
<p>Everybody uses sticky notes so they wouldn&rsquo;t forget something, or leave someone a note, well now you can do that on Google displays by simply saying "Hey, Google leave a note that says&hellip;.&rdquo; and a note will be ready for anyone to read.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1578481010-uploads2Fcard2Fimage2F11368702F38515130-17c9-4be8-8392-1abafda14a08.png2Ffull-fit-in__950x534.png" alt="" width="620" height="238" />Speed Dialer</strong></p>
<p>When using Google Displays, the Google Assistant will now have speed dialers, where you can assign a single word to a contact so that anyone using it will be able to call them faster, for example, people can say &ldquo;Hey Google, call Mom&rdquo;, or &ldquo;Hey Google, Call Babysitter&rdquo; and it will directly call them for you.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1578480999-uploads2Fcard2Fimage2F11368732F5353c8cf-2cb6-4a67-b726-0535bed619c0.png2Ffull-fit-in__950x534.png" alt="" width="620" height="461" />"It wasn&rsquo;t for you, Google"!</strong></p>
<p>Sometimes the assistant thinks it was being talked to, as it will start replying and recording what you&rsquo;re saying for analysis, now, users can tell the Google Assistant &ldquo;Hey Google, That wasn&rsquo;t for you&rdquo; and the device will automatically stop recording and delete what it had, keeping users&rsquo; minds at ease.</p>
<p><strong><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ZaqZcDOoi-8" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Your device can now be your personal interpreter</strong></p>
<p>If you&rsquo;re traveling to a country where you don&rsquo;t speak the language, now you can let your Google assistant do the talking for you, all you need to do is open the assistant and say &ldquo;Be My Interpreter&rdquo; it will as for the language you want to talk with, and it will translate and read out what you&rsquo;re saying in that language.</p>
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A list of the new features Google Assistant got

Google Assistant Is Adding Some Pretty Cool New Features In 2020

<p>Samsung Electronics&rsquo; just unveiled their brand new robot &ldquo;life companion&rdquo; Ballie and it&rsquo;s small, yellow and really adorable. Everyone was quick to point out Ballie&rsquo;s uncanny resemblance to BB-8, the rolling robot from 2015&rsquo;s &ldquo;Star Wars: The Force Awakens,&rdquo; as well as Disney&rsquo;s &ldquo;Wall-E.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Hyun-Suk Kim, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics introduced the Ballie at the CES 2020 keynote speech detailing the company&rsquo;s vision for a new line of robotic life companions that can be hooked up to any smart home and assist users with whatever their hearts desire. During the speech, Kim introduced Ballie by having it follow him around on the stage, which is apparently all it can do as of right now.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/c7N5UDZX7TQ" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Samsung is branding the robot as a product that can help enhance the health and well-being of their customers.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Kim&rsquo;s reveal was accompanied by a video that showcased what Ballie can do, and it is seen it opening blinds in the morning, assisting people with exercises, playing with the family dog and cleaning up spilled food by sending instructions to a smart vacuum.&nbsp;</p>
<p>There has been no info released yet as to when you can get your hands on a Ballie of your own, and a disclaimer on the screen behind Kim during the speech warned users that the features of Ballies they purchase may differ from the ones displayed by the prototype in the video.&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4t66KO0uE7Y" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>&ldquo;We believe AI is the future of personalized care,&rdquo; Sebastian Seung, chief research scientist at Samsung Electronics, said in a statement. &ldquo;We see on-device AI as central to truly personalized experiences. On-device AI puts you in control of your information and protects your privacy, while still delivering the power of personalization.&rdquo;</p>
<p>It seems like there is quite a way to go for Ballie but who knows in the future it might contend with Alexa or Google.</p>

Samsung reveals their brand new robot "Ballie" at CES Event.

Samsung Unveils New Robot Life Companion "Ballie" & It's Really Cute

<p>Google always tries to improve upon its apps and services as time goes on. Their famed &ldquo;Google Translate&rdquo; feature has been an important asset in any tourist&rsquo;s arsenal, and now Google has developed it even further.</p>
<p>The first new feature is called &ldquo;Interpreter Mode&rdquo; with which two people can have a conversation without even knowing the same language, all users have to do is say &ldquo;Be my (Language you want) interpreter&rdquo; in Google&rsquo;s Assistant on your phone and your phone will become your very own interpreter.</p>
<p>Users will be given the choice either to write the words you want to interpret manually via keyboard, or they can just speak into the mic, and the assistant will write and read out the translation in the other language, chipping away at the language barrier between the two people conversing.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1577883179-22164868-0-image-a-13_1576173375024.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="741" /><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1577883204-22164868-0-image-a-13_1576173375024_1.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="746" />The second feature is in Google Lens, adding translation features for things people who do not know the language can&rsquo;t read, all users need to do is launch the app, and choose the translate button on the bottom left, after that choose the &ldquo;From Language -to Language&rdquo; at the top and point it at the text.</p>
<p>Google Lens will overlay the text it sees with the translated words, showing the user what it means, helping them read what&rsquo;s written in front of them and make their decision accordingly, not only that but users can use the text to search for what&rsquo;s written and find out even further information.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1577883247-maxresdefault.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />The final addition will come in Google Maps where users will be able to make the app read out the location and direction to that location with a selected language to help travellers convey where they want to go if they&rsquo;re in a taxi, or on foot, the new feature will also be able to translate reviews for restaurants and other destinations to give users the best recommendations.</p>

Google is adding more translate features in other apps helping travelers around the world.

Google Translate Is Getting A Major Facelift Introducing New Integrated A.I. Features

<p>Google is always working on something new for its users, and while there are features that are getting developed as we go along, there are some that will be going the way of the dodo this year.</p>
<p>According to Forbes, there are some features Google is killing off this year, including &ldquo;Google Hangouts&rdquo;, &ldquo;Google Cloud Print&rdquo;, &ldquo;Google Hire&rdquo;, and &ldquo;Fabric&rdquo; so if you have anything important on them listen up.</p>
<p><strong>Hangouts</strong> is expected to shut down in June, with it transitioning into another new app called Hangouts Chat and Meet, this isn&rsquo;t new as the original app was supposed to shut down some time ago but has been seeing some delays, but it seems summer 2020 you&rsquo;ll have to shift to the new platform.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1577882407-622905.png" alt="" width="620" height="195" />Cloud Print</strong>, the service that helped people print stuff using cloud-aware printers via cloud print-enabled apps is going to get shut down by the end of the year, and Google is recommending either to use Chrome&rsquo;s native printing system or a third party app.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1577882428-google-cloud-print-hero.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />Hire</strong> was built for small companies, and has been rolling out new features within it for some time since its launch two years ago, but alas it will be shutting down in September.</p>
<p><strong><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1577882448-123124.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="379" />Fabric</strong> was originally bought from Twitter back in 2018, to be used for mobile app development, however, Google seems to have found Firebase, another tool it acquired back in 2014 to be more effective, so by the end of march it&rsquo;s merging the two together.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1577882468-1231233.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="463" />Google isn&rsquo;t new to changing up its scene of apps and features, as it tried to get into the social media market with &ldquo;Google+&rdquo; back in 2011, but was later shut down in April 2019, after failing.</p>

Google is killing off Hangouts & other features in 2020

Google To Deactivate Hangouts & More Features In 2020

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<p>Egyptian&ndash;American actor Rami Malek has been announced among the first batch of presenters slated to present awards at the upcoming 92nd annual Academy Awards ceremony.</p>
<p>The Oscars ceremony is going hostless for the second year in a row, so they will depend on several icons of Hollywood&rsquo;s star power to present the awards to the winners, and the first batch of presenters announced this year are all Oscar winners from last year's round.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pcAXX2vFmh0" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Malek won the award for &ldquo;Best Actor&rdquo; for his role in &ldquo;Bohemian Rhapsody&rdquo;, and will be joined with Mahershala Ali who won &ldquo;Best Supporting Actor&rdquo; for &ldquo;Greenbook&rdquo;, Olivia Coleman who won &ldquo;Best Actress&rdquo; for her role in &ldquo;The Favorite&rdquo;, and finally Regina King who won &ldquo;Best Supporting Actress&rdquo; for her role in &ldquo;If Beale Street Could Talk&rdquo;.[article id=4691]Producers&nbsp;Lynette Howell Taylor&nbsp;and&nbsp;Stephanie Allain released a statement about the announcement saying: "We love the tradition of having the previous year&rsquo;s Oscar-winning actors on stage to celebrate the achievements of their peers and are thrilled to welcome back these four great talents."</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zAGVQLHvwOY" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Things are getting heated up at this year&rsquo;s Oscars as &ldquo;Joker&rdquo;, &ldquo;1917&rdquo;, and &ldquo;Once Upon a Time in Hollywood&rdquo; were the ones with the highest amount of nominations, With "Joker" getting 11 nods, and the other two earning 10 nominations each in total.</p>
<p>The Oscars ceremony is set to take place on February 10, 1:30 AM Cairo Local Time (CLT).</p>

Rami Malek will be among the celebrity presenters at the 92nd annual Academy Awards ceremony in February.

Rami Malek Will Be Presenting At The 2020 Oscars Next Month

<p>Japanese fashion label Comme des Garcons just made a bunch of people pretty angry for some of their wig choices at their most recent Paris Fashion Week men's runway show.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The new line, which debuted last weekend in Paris featured their models wearing wigs that were styled with cornrows, a hairstyle that has been stirring a great deal of controversy lately because of its potential to insult Africans and African-Americans who may see it as cultural appropriation.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">You know comme des garcons planned that shit right? You know they did that off the notion that this would indeed make the internet drag them?<br /><br />They followed the bad press is still press formula and y'all are still shocked? <a href="https://t.co/hLUPwF8nsY">pic.twitter.com/hLUPwF8nsY</a></p>
&mdash; D'ana del barrio (@itscovl) <a href="https://twitter.com/itscovl/status/1218602443233288199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I don't know what's worse, the cornrow lace fronts on white models at Comme Des Garcons Homme Plus or <a href="https://twitter.com/wwd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wwd</a> calling them "primitive chic". Either way white people in fashion clearly haven't learned anything from the past decade of racist debacles. <a href="https://t.co/f8BD1qAHl2">pic.twitter.com/f8BD1qAHl2</a></p>
&mdash; Louis Paul Pisano (@LOUIS_via_ROMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/LOUIS_via_ROMA/status/1218562524251140099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I've read 4 COMME des GARCONS HOMME 2020' show reviews so far and NONE of the critics mentioned anything about the hair being culturally insensitive.. this industry doesn't give a shit, they don't want to challenge anything that may mess up their front row seat _</p>
&mdash; Shelton Griffith (@flyrebel) <a href="https://twitter.com/flyrebel/status/1218916733207138304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
<p>The runway show began receiving massive amounts of backlash on various social media platforms, particularly on Twitter, with many users going as far as to accuse the brand of styling wigs that way on purpose to garner attention for their new line, even if it is negative attention.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It didn&rsquo;t take long for the hairstylist behind the show to come out on his personal Instagram account and apologize for the incident as well.The brand responded pretty quickly when they saw how people were reacting and explained that the wigs were meant to be modeled after the braided wigs of the Ancient Egyptians and not the traditionally African cornrows hairstyle.&nbsp;</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/B7d_RujHnx3/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dear all, My inspiration for the comme des gar&ccedil;ons show was Egyptian prince A Look i found truly beautiful and inspirational. A look that was an hommage. Never was it my intention to hurt or offend anyone , ever. If I did I deeply apologize. Julien d&rsquo;Ys</a></p>
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<p>&ldquo;The inspiration for the headpieces for Comme des Gar&ccedil;ons menswear FW &rsquo;20 show was the look of an Egyptian prince. It was never ever our intention to disrespect or hurt anyone &ndash; we deeply and sincerely apologise for any offense it has caused.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Ancient Egyptians royals wore their hair in dreadlocked or braided wigs that were fashioned to emulate hairstyles worn by the Nubian&nbsp;peoples, who were at various times incorporated into the Egyptian kingdom. The wig partly resembles the modern&nbsp;Afro&nbsp;hairstyle, but is most typically represented as a built-up series of layers of tightly curled plaits.[article id=4622]This isn&rsquo;t the first time in recent months that celebs or models have come under fire for sporting the cornrows hairstyle with reality star and cosmetics mogul Kylie Jenner coming under major fire lately for styling her hair that way in a collaboration from last year.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Cultural appropriation has become one of the most contentious issues to be addressed in the public sphere in recent years with many people on both sides of the issue.&nbsp;</p>

Avant-garde fashion frontrunner Comme Des Garcons claims they were using Ancient Egyptian wigs in most recent Paris Fashion Week runway show.

Fashion Label Comme Des Garçons' Use Of Ancient Egyptian Wigs In Runway Show Receives Massive Backlash

<p>As the old proverb says, a happy wife is a happy life! And when it comes to our nation's marriage crisis, high divorces and low annual marriages, is it any wonder that Egypt is the 19th most unhappy country in the world (according to a 2019 World Happiness Report)? With almost half of all marriages ending in the first 5 years it begs the question, what makes an Egyptian wife happy?[article id=4561]That is exactly the focus of a survey conducted by the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies which asked 3000 Egyptian wives between 18 and 30 years old that very question.</p>
<p>Attempting to uncover the age old question "what do women want?", they looked at what makes Egyptian women happy. If you're a guy stressing about what makes you a good husband the answer might relieve some of your anxieties and misconceptions.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Emotional Openness</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579170445-WhatsApp_Image_2020-01-16_at_12.23.11_PM.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="309" />According to the report, the single most important aspect in marital happiness is a good partnership.</p>
<p>Egyptian wives wanted equality in decision-making to know their opinion is valued. Couples that discussed, planned, and made choices together endured the test of time. Egyptian wives want equality in decision-making which means a husband should not just dominate the situation and direction of the group, either the couple or the family.</p>
<p>This does not necessarily mean trust or romance as those are more temporary, and why they did not rank particularly high on the survey. The report acknowledges that parents and society tell girls to be cautious, and not to put too much trust in men, but the ability to be a good team is something that lasts.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The high priority given to open, honest communication indicates the lack of manipulation, gas-lighting, and stonewalling from either partner. If you can talk it out, listen to your partner without a defensive reaction, you'll overcome any hurdles that come your way.</p>
<p>Communication and emotional openness had double the importance of economic and financial security. So guys, if you wanna keep your wife happy, be emotionally open, respect her needs, and maintain good communication. Or else you'reheading for some problems.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Sex Lives</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579171257-maxresdefault_7.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="452" />Linked to emotional openness, sex and sexual compatibility were ranked very important in determining marital bliss. The report stated that it did not ask wives on the specific details of the couple's sex lives, the only question asked was how often they "discuss" their sex lives; every day, once a week, or rarely at all.</p>
<p>Those that discussed it every day were by far the happiest. So make sure that you and your wife have a lot of...talks about sex. Talk about it all night!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Finances</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579171290-WhatsApp_Image_2020-01-16_at_12.19.07_PM.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="296" />The findings show that Egyptian women don't need no sugar daddy, or a money-making provider. Having their own independent wealth from the husband and having household assets are ranked extremely important.</p>
<p>Your paycheck or prestigious position doesn't mean much, in doesn't even matter that their man is working or not. IF the money is there, and it was spent responsibly, that's all that matters to your wife, so if you think all women are just gold-diggers that want a fat wallet, you're wrong.</p>
<p>What's more important than the position or salary of the husband is that money is going to the house and the good of everyone. Assets mattered, gold for the future, a house in a good location, a family car, washing machine and other appliances all increase the wealth of the home.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Money was only important if a couple lacked it, happiness for poor and working class women increased exponentially with every increase in house income, but after the 800-1000$ salary threshold, money didn't matter so much in determining marriage fulfillment.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Education</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579171381-YYYY.jpg" alt="" />Say what you want about education, but it matters a lot in marriage happiness. Women without any education had much lower happiness and fulfillment than those with a high school and/or a university education.</p>
<p>Having a university degree means a wife has more knowledge of the world outside the house, and means she probably has more friends from school. It also probably has a lot to do with determining if the husband is taking their wives opinion and decision-making advice into account.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Children</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579171483-maxresdefault_8.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="348" />More children, more problems was also among the findings of the study, as the number of children increased, so did marriage unhappiness. With less time to devote to leisure time and couples activities, and more sacrifices for the kids, wives became more and more dissatisfied. Remember these are young wives surveyed, 18-30, so having kids could put a major stress on the marriage and wife's well being.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Time</strong></span></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579171556-WhatsApp_Image_2020-01-16_at_12.19.07_PM_1.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="363" />The issue of children links to how much responsibilities and burdens a wife has, and how much leisure time she has to spend with herself, her friends, and on social outings.</p>
<p>If a wife has a job, then comes home to a lot of chores, cleaning, cooking, child care, then has things to do outside the home like shopping, taking the kids to school, tutoring, or extracurricular lessons she will have low happiness. If she's working, she better not be cleaning and cooking as well.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The In-Laws:</strong></span>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579171776-maxresdefault_9.jpg" alt="" />Having the in-laws around can help a young wife deal with all these responsibilities, a higher proportion experience greater happiness if they have someone to help, but this goes away as the couple matures. If he's still living with his parents after a few years of marriage, its a deal breaker ladies!&nbsp;</p>
<p>Of course its implied that for this to work the couple's parents have to be in support of the marriage in the first place, after all if a wife has to hang around a mother-in-law who didn't particularly like her she was not happy.</p>
<p>The survey found the lowest levels of happiness where the time between the engagement and marriage was particularly long and drawn out.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>In Conclusion:</strong></span><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1579171582-WhatsApp_Image_2020-01-16_at_12.20.09_PM.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="302" />So, what qualities do husbands need to be the best, strongest and most successful man in the relationship? Not much it seems, age difference between wife and husband didn't matter, neither did his education level, his career, his annual earnings, his time spent with friends, they don't even need to do any household chores unless the wife was over-burdened by responsibilities.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Love and the emotional bond of the couple, plus not struggling economically were the biggest determinants in marriage survival. You must be able to communicate without fighting, you must not repress what you want to say, and you must be able to listen to the needs of your partner and put in the work to address them. Many individuals in couples don't want to hear how they are wrong or not doing enough, many people find it easy to yell, scream, be passive aggressive, and cry to get what they want. You're a team, a partnership through the struggle and demands of life. If a wife and husband cannot help each other through life, and instead dump problems on one another, their union will not last.</p>
<p>So if you're avoiding talking to your wife, are continuously disregarding her opinion, and you don't let her go out, expect to hear from her lawyer!</p>

What Egyptian women want in a marriage and how to make them from divorcing you.

Solving The Eternal Mystery, Here's How To Make An Egyptian Wife Happy In The Marriage

<p>Have you had an Egyptian 200-pound note that no one would take because its all taped together? Or wondered why gum is a more desirable alternative to single pound notes? All that will change as the government moves to phase out paper money and metal coins for plastic Egyptian pounds. More specifically a light weight, durable, and environmentally friendly polymer that will make it almost impossible to forge and fake the currency.</p>
<p>The announcement from Central Bank governor Tarek Amer comes after the United Kingdom recently released their new polymer 50-pound note, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will start with the 10 EGP and see how it goes from there.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1578919353-5474158159_364e3664a5_b.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="383" />The CBE has moved to crack down on counterfeiting, and the new plastic pound will have special designs and grooves to prevent any fake currency from making it into circulation.&nbsp;</p>
<p>You might be wondering why Egypt is converting cash from paper to plastic with the environmental issues in industrial plastic production, but researchers have found we might be drinking a credit cards worth of plastic every week with the level of pollution in oceans and drinking water resources.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1578831265-38302-imf.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="224" />Egypt has launched a major campaign to ban plastics in the Red Sea and South Sinai governorate, with plans to expand to the North Coast and Alexandria. So why the move to plastic currency? When we heard about the flotation of the Egyptian Pound, we do not want to imagine its flotation in the Red Sea, but it turns out that replacing paper production with the new polymer will help to reduce global warming and energy consumption by 30%.[article id=3787]As the above picture from the International Monetary Fund explains, the printing, transportation and production of money, which must be replaced if it get too much wear and tear, incur a major cost on the environment and greenhouse gases. Polymer plastic lasts twice as long as paper money, is half the weight, and is easily produced with far less energy, meaning it pays to be green when making those greenbacks.&nbsp;</p>

Egypt Central Bank to ditch paper Egyptian Pound for new polymer plastic currency.

Egypt To Ditch Paper Money For More Durable Plastic Banknotes

<p>2019 was another record setting year for the MENA region with a total number of 564 deals made with new startups to develop and finance their vision.</p>
<p>According to the 2019 MAGNiTT Venture Investment Summary, for the first time ever Egyptian entrepreneurs overtook the UAE and won the highest number of deals made with financing and development agencies, with an average of $2 million in each deal made.</p>
<p>Egypt comfortably leads Africa with double the funding of South Africa, the next highest African nation, while Egypt and the UAE remain the main centers of startups in the MENA region, with Saudi Arabia trying to keep up. How has Egypt been able to compete with Gulf countries that have access to far more funding and institutional resources?[article id=3776]Maybe just that, Egypt&rsquo;s lack of finance and wealth of resources has motivated the youth to problem-solve in more creative ways.<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1578910342-g.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="621" />Egypt has some big problems which require innovative, unique, and big solutions to address. Ahmed El Alfi, Chairman of Sawari Ventures and founder of MAGNiTT stated in the report that, &ldquo;local entrepreneurs are becoming more mature and they are solving larger scale problems in the country and beyond.&rdquo; As the number of Egyptian entrepreneurs increase, and the ecosystem develops into different industries, this allows the Egyptian entrepreneur scene to tackle larger and larger issues facing the country.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1578910482-e.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="623" />64 startups reached the final round of development, compared to 57 successful startups in 2018, and analysts expect startup funding to break the $1-billion mark this year. Since 2011, Egypt has seen 60% growth in the number of startups it houses. Impressive for an industry that was nonexistent just 10 years ago.</p>
<p>Industries that saw the most attention were in transportation, with big Egyptian names such as Swvl expanding around the world, renewables such as Agrimatic Farms which addresses the strain on the nation&rsquo;s water and land capacity, and Information and Communication services like the Egyptian advertising startup Adzily which took in the largest amount of funding in the initial stages of development.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/nrpassets/uploads/embeds/1578910937-VC-transations-Africa-1000.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="692" />Whether in a consumer industry or not, Egyptian startups have become successful due to their struggle to overcome so many obstacles. Who knew that all Egypt&rsquo;s issues would inspire such well-designed and executed solutions.</p>
<p>As Egyptian entrepreneurs continue to build upon gains made in the last decade to develop the capacity for Egyptian youth to start, develop, and own their own businesses rather than following their parents in their business, or going into a governmental job. Now is the best time to bring your creative vision to realize your goal of independence and pride in building something from the ground up. So startup your creative energies and get down to business!</p>

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