AM / PM is a podcast from behind-the-studio with the Amaeya Media Network. We'll share how we think about podcasts, insights from our CEO & hosts from the podcast community.
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With karāma standing for geography or dignity, and sūtra being stories, KarāmaSūtra will capture the memories & musings of individuals who ultimately shape the collective fabric of our society. A narrative podcast that chronicles the communities we've grown up with.
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Tales of the Trade features our region’s pioneers & the stories behind the communities they’re bringing to life. New episodes monthly.
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CSR of One aims to be a social initiative to inspire people and communities to think beyond their own platforms and share on behalf of others. Each episode will feature people who are making strides outside their chosen careers through social & charitable initiatives around the world.
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SavvyTalk is hosted by Maha Abouelenein, who brings you communication strategies and trends for businesses, drawing from her vast experience as a professional storyteller and PR expert for the world’s largest companies. Maha has more than 28 years of experience, advising top government and corporate leaders. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Organizational Consultants, a strategic communications firm with offices in the USA, Dubai and Cairo. Maha has been managing communications fo ...
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Bonus: Ramsey Tesdell on gaps in the MENA podcast landscape
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Ramsey Tesdell shares his thoughts on some of the challenges and opportunities for the podcast landscape in the region. This episode is a continuation of my conversation with Ramsey, where he shared his entrepreneurial journey and some of Sowt’s growth plans, including their acquisitions of Finyal Media & Rising Giants Network. Learn more about you…
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How do you go from social network to podcast powerhouse? Pull up a chair and join the conversation with Ramsey Tesdell, co-founder and CEO of Sowt. Ramsey tells me about his entrepreneurial journey, why he’s an unintentional leader & lessons from their recent podcast acquisitions of Finyal Media in 2022 & Rising Giants Network last year. On a speci…
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Trailer: Ramsey Tesdell on building podcast powerhouse, Sowt
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Pull up a chair & join the conversation with Ramsey Tesdell, co-founder and CEO of podcasting powerhouse, Sowt. Available in your podcast apps May 7. If you subscribe now, you’ll also get a bonus episode on the state of the podcast landscape before everyone else! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Reputation - the single most important thing you have, with Gary Vaynerchuk
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Exciting Summer Surprise! While our podcast is taking a short break for the summer, we've got something special for you. Joining us on this episode is none other than Gary Vaynerchuk for an insightful conversation from Cannes Lions in France in June. We were both on a panel at SRMG Beach, discussing all things culture and tech. Gary delivers his tr…
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Show Don't Tell, Feel Don`t Listen, with Lynn Al Khatib
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Welcome to Season 7 of Savvy Talk, I am excited to bring you leading voices from those shaping Dubai's cultural scene. Today we are joined by Lynn Al Khatib, Head of Communication at Chalhoub Group, the largest luxury retailer and distributor in the Middle East and North Africa. She has over 15 years of corporate and brand communication experience.…
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Love is a Business - From Educator to Matchmaker, with Christiana Maxion
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Welcome to Season 7 of Savvy Talk, I am excited to bring you leading voices from those shaping Dubai's cultural scene. Today we are joined by Christiana Maxion, The Dubai Matchmaker. And as she likes to say, "I am a native New Yorker rewriting the blueprint of the Dubai dating universe". From climbing the career ladder in education to establishing …
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When you find love you find peace, with Nadine Kanso
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Welcome to Season 7 of Savvy Talk, I am excited to bring you leading voices from those shaping Dubai's cultural scene. Today we are joined by Nadine Kanso. She is an amazing designer and artist that has reimagined calligraphy by incorporating Arabic into her rings and necklaces. Nadine illuminates eye-catching letters and meaningful phrases, adorni…
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Great storytellers are great listeners, with Mohanad Al Hattab
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Welcome to Season 7 of Savvy Talk, I am excited to bring you leading voices from those shaping Dubai's cultural scene. Today we are joined by Mohanad Al Hattab, one of the most prominent and talented comic influencers in the Arab world. He finds joy and fulfillment from making people laugh, including myself. I can't count how many times he made me …
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Food is artistry and therapy, with Zahra Abdalla
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Welcome to Season 7 of Savvy Talk, I am excited to bring you leading voices from those shaping Dubai's cultural scene. Today we are joined by Zahra Abdalla, someone I personally have been following and enjoying her approach to cooking. She considers herself a modern-day Bedouin. About Zahra Abdalla Her culinary journey started with her online blog …
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Gregg Pearce | Inspiring Growth, with du | Ramadan Miniseries
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I’m joined today by Gregg Pearce, Head of du’s Small Offices, Home Offices and Small Enterprises segment — known as SoHo and SE. He is accountable for the end-to-end performance of the SOHO & SE segment, improving market penetration, and evolving the customer experience and value propositions for their clients. Gregg is an customer-focused and targ…
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Mark Azzam | Inspiring Growth, with du | Ramadan Miniseries
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Joining me today is Mark Azzam, Founder and Owner of Back to Games and Gameinox, Partner and Director at Boardgame Space Games Distribution. From a young age, Mark found himself traveling to imaginary realms inspired by elements of science fiction and fantasy. This also included gaming with his mother, where they played everything from snakes and l…
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Omar Al Mheiri | Inspiring Growth, with du | Ramadan Miniseries
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Joining me today is Omar Almheiri, founder and Chief Technical Officer at Letswork. Omar graduated in 2017 from Northeastern University in Boston with a degree in electrical engineering. Right after graduation, he was selected for the E25 entrepreneurship program at EMAAR, where he launched Letswork, an app that helps people gain access to the best…
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Asma Lootah | Inspiring Growth, with du | Ramadan Miniseries
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Joining me today is Asma Lootah Founder & Owner of The Hundred Wellness Centre. Everything started in 2002, when she discovered and fell in love with Pilates. Asma has won numerous awards for her work at the Hundred, in 2010 she was awarded the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders for the best business in healthcare by the Cr…
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Mona Mirza | Inspiring Growth, with du | Ramadan Miniseries
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Joining me today is Mona Mirza, Founder CEO of Biolite Aesthetic Clinic. Having worked in the beauty industry since the age of 18 in London UK, Mona’s experience spans over 30 years. She began her career as a cosmetologist & at the start of the beauty laser revolution in the 90’s was one of the very first licensed laser & IPL supervisors / practiti…
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Yousef Algurg | Inspiring Growth, with du | Ramadan Miniseries
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Joining me today is Yousef Al Gurg Founder & Owner of Gravity DXB, A one of a kind gym in UAE to encourage training through calisthenics, a workout technique that solely uses one's body-weight. Yousef is a former football team member of Al Wasl club and a mountaineer. Despite a back injury, he has successfully scaled Aconcagua, South America's high…
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Today we are joined by multimillionaire entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk all the way from the UAE. Known for his motivational talks and digital content creation, GaryVee has had a profound impact on people's lives all over the world and never stops motivating others with his willingness to share his own experiences. Starting off as a young business min…
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Ibrahim Al-Mallouhi | Inspiring Growth, with du | Ramadan Miniseries
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Joining me today is Ibrahim Al-Mallouhi, founder of The Espresso Lab. His early relationship with the rich world of coffee led him to a journey of diligence that combined specialized academic studies and practical experience, as he traveled to visit the most important coffee farms and international coffee shops globally. This is part of our special…
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Fatma Al Mulla | Inspiring Growth, with du | Ramadan Miniseries
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This Ramadan we teamed up with du Business for a special series called Inspiring Growth, to celebrate entrepreneurship and highlight business success. We feature eight successful entrepreneurs and innovators who shared their personal stories to help others learn valuable lessons. Throughout the show, we will focus on growth, exploring the path of h…
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Today, we are joined by the world leader in speed-reading, memory improvement, and optimal brain performance! With over 7 million podcast downloads and the the author of the NY Times and #1 WSJ bestseller, Limitless - Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, Unlock Your Exceptional Life. About Jim Kwik Jim Kwik is a business coach, entrepreneur, …
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Overcoming Anxiety, with Dr Russell Kennedy
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In Season 6 of Savvy Talk, we are bringing you conversations with experts! Today we are joined by Dr. Russell Kennedy where we explain what anxiety is, and how it recruits our brain and body to react in specific ways. And as always, we cover behavioral tools and steps that can assist and help you understand when the anxiety ‘alarm’ goes off and how…
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Living in the Light, with Dr Deepak Chopra
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Today we are joined by Dr. Deepak Chopra where we discuss how you can take control over your mental and spiritual well-being by starting with your mind and breath. He discusses his new book “Living in the Light” and how he believes the Metaverse and AI will help with wellness and longevity. Lastly, Deepak shares the core principles of Yoga - that a…
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The importance of decluttering your space and mind - Michelle Vig
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Michele Vig, an accomplished executive in corporate America for two decades, founded Neat Little Nest to pursue her personal passion of helping people free themselves from clutter and create the beautifully organized spaces they've always desired. Michele is one of only a few KonMari gold-level certified decluttering professionals and one of Minnes…
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In today's episode, I am sharing a conversation that I had with Andy Krainak during the Art D'Égypte 2022 Talks Series in Cairo. The theme of our talk was The Secrets of Building & Launching a Successful NFT/Web3 Project. Andy Krainak serves as the President of VeeFriends. Andy is an experienced digital and brand strategist with a 8+ year work hist…
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We have stories and they need to be told – Salma El-Wardany
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In today's episode, because I am obsessed with books, I want you guys to meet Salma ElWardany. Egyptian-Irish-South Asian writer, poet, and BBC radio host Salma has presented two TEDx Talks, collaborated with Edinburgh University on the Dangerous Woman project, and partnered with The British Library and The Wellcome Collection. She routinely collab…
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Web3 is unlike anything we saw before - Avery Akkineni
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On today’s episode of SavvyTalk season 5, I’m joined by Avery Akkineni, President of Vayner3, a VaynerX consultancy leading the mission to guide the world's largest intellectual property owners in navigating the next iteration of the internet, Web3. Avery is a leader, a mentor, and an investor in leading Web3 projects and communities, as well as an…
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Karen Wazen as you’ve never seen her before
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I am so happy to be joined by Karen Wazen, a person I admire so much. Karen received me in her beautiful home in Dubai. We had the chance to talk about a lot of things you don't usually see her talking about but that are a big part of her life. I had no idea about her personal connection with sunglasses -- where the inspiration and idea came from f…
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First Arab, Egyptian and African Woman to go to space — Sara Sabry
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I talked with an astronaut! Welcome to SavvyTalk season 5, new episode is out! I'm joined this time by Sara Sabry, the first Arab, Egyptian and African woman to ever go up in Space. She made history on August 4th of 2022 by flight on Blue Origin's NS-22 mission, this day forward we all stand on her shoulders. All little girls and women of the regio…
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On today's episode, I'm joined by Moroccan-born Hind Sebti, a former beauty executive at Procter & Gamble and L’Oréal and co-founder of Waldencast and the creator of Whind a globally inspired beauty brand, inspired by a drawing from Hind’s home country, love of travel, nature, and art. With Whind, Hind wants to elevate skincare to a joyful act, to …
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Entrepreneur, Nutritionist and Mother - Fayrouz Eid
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On today's episode, I'm joined by my dear friend Fayrouz Eid. A talented entrepreneur, nutritionist, and mother of two adorable kids. Her passion for entrepreneurship made her build The Wellb, a company focused on helping people find long-lasting sustainable nutrition so they can get healthier and reach their goals. We first met while I was involve…
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Art is an investment - Nadine Abdel Ghaffar
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Nadine Abdel Ghaffar is the Founder and General Manager of Art D'Égypte and is my guest for this weeks show. She is an extraordinary woman that supports and promotes the Egyptian art and culture scene in bold ways never done before - including a massive installation at the Pyramids which seemed impossible to execute. We talked about traditional art…
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TalkCast: Chirag on Talk 100.3 talking about our coverage of the Michelin Guides coming to Dubai
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In today's episode, I'm joined by Mazen Yassen, the Content Creator behind Justagoproer. Also actor, director and artist Manager. I have followed his work for about 6 to 7 years. We talked about his trajectory from the corporate world, where he stayed for 14 years, to then becoming an artist and content creator, a word that didn't even exist back t…
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Innovation, Investments, Blockchain, Family - Naguib Sawiris
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In today's episode I am sharing my conversation with the chairman of Weather Investments's parent company, the former chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding, my former boss and mentor, Naguib Sawiris, at this amazing event, RiseUp Summit in Egypt. Back in 2017, I interviewed him for his first appearance at Rise Up and once again I had this ple…
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On today’s episode I’m joined by Heba Shunbo. She’s such an amazing personality—entrepreneur, interior designer, writer, podcast host, wife, mother of twins and one of the sisters behind the bakery The Four Fat Ladies. And just in time for Mother’s Day check out her book called "Mommy's Happy Hour." Love the new cover Heba!!! We got a chance to con…
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Maha’s talk at the RiseUp Summit in Egypt
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In today’s episode, you guys will watch my talk at this amazing event, RiseUp Summit in Egypt. I shared my thoughts on how you can connect with your audience and build your brand through cultural relevance and storytelling having nothing less than the pyramids of Egypt as the background. An outstanding conference that brought together people like N…
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Sometimes there is no solution – Omar Samra | Savvy Talk Podcast Season #4
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We are launching Season 4 with a special series from newsmakers and shakers from Egypt! And then get ready we have an NFT edition, a Dubai edition and SO MUCH MORE. On today’s episode I’m joined by Omar Samra. He’s such an amazing personality—both an entrepreneur and as someone who has scaled amazing mountains and peaks in his life. He is the first…
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TalkCast: Chirag on Talk Back with Anjaan about the shows we’re featuring
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TalkCast: Chirag on Talk 100.3 about the new podcast segment
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We're excited to announce the launch of TalkCast, a daily podcast segment on Talk 100.3, a new talk radio station from the Fun Asia Network. Our CEO Chirag Desai joined morning show RJ's Vicky Sanil and Sobia Khan to talk about the new segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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We think you'll enjoy a new podcast from Amaeya Media, Tell Me More, a show for kids and adults. Join 8-year-old Spatika, who's lived in Dubai all his life, and Liz McEnaney, who've moved here recently as they uncover what the city looked like in the beginning. As fans of KaramaSutra, we think you'll love it—check it out and let us know what you th…
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We've launched a new podcast, Tell Me More, for kids and adults. Join 8-year-old Spatika, who's lived in Dubai all his life, and Liz McEnaney, who've moved here recently as they uncover what the city looked like in the beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Amaeya Media
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Alli Webb on the line between business and personal, and Raising the Bar
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I'm joined on the episode by Alli Webb, the founder of the Dry Bar, and host of Raising the Bar, a podcast she started with her brother (and Dry Bar co-founder) Michael Landeau, and now hosts with her partner, Adrian Koehler. We get into her motivation to launch a podcast out of the learnings of her entrepreneurial experience with the Dry Bar, how …
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Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, with Ramsey Tesdell and Lucas Skrobot
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Our CEO Chirag Desai was joined by Ramsey Tesdell, CEO of Sowt, and Lucas Skrobot, host of The Lucas Skrobot Show last week on Twitter Spaces to talk about Apple's announcement for podcasters to offer subscriptions within their platform, and what it means for creators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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This week, we're talking about the qualities of good managers, and how to improve your own visibility as an employee. Maha shares how the role of the manager should be like that of a coach--someone who is motivating you to perform better, and help you grow.By Maha Abouelenein
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This week, Maha answers questions we’ve received through the podcast and on Instagram over the last few weeks. On this episode, how to market a new pizza place with a shoestring budget, does Maha play tennis, can you make a ‘big’ announcement entirely organically, and a few more!By Maha Abouelenein
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This week, Maha shares her thoughts on why Clubhouse is working, the power of social audio and her tips to consider if you'd like to engage on the platform. You can connect with her on Clubhouse, where she'll be hosting more rooms over the next few weeks. You can DM her on on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/digitalandsavvy) for more.…
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A key takeaway for Maha to help get through periods like we've had last year were her relationships. Maha shares how she categorises them and recommends you get out your notebook and write down the relationships you will look after in the coming year.By Maha Abouelenein
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