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Youssef El Deeb

Youssef is a film-maker, photographer, writer, ad-man, broadcaster, foodie and even a sailor. A son of Alexandria, Youssef’s life has seen him move from Egypt to Canada, to Kuwait, and finally to Dubai, where he currently resides.

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Nadine Kanso

Nadine Kanso has taken the concept of what it means to be an Arab and translated it using her camera lens, calligraphy or by moulding gold into bold, strong letters to form her signature brand, Bilarabi.

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Dr. Ahmed Heikal

As chairman and CEO of Qalaa Holdings, Ahmed is well known to many in the business community across the Middle East. We talk candidly about the trajectory of his career, his appetite for risk and how he views the current phase of his career.

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Clarissa Ward

Clarissa is a multi-award winning journalist and Chief International Correspondent for the CNN. She is also the author of On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist.

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Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Sultan’s story starts out as a proud son of Sharjah in the UAE before he came to the attention of a wide audience around the world for his activism during the 2011 revolutions in the Arab World.

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Hend Sabri

Hend is the queen of our cinematic hearts, and a leading light of both the silver and the small screens.

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Bonus, with Kito de Boer

I’m continuing my conversation with Kito de Boer for this special bonus episode about his role with the Quartet,

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Kito de Boer

Kito spent nearly 30 years at McKinsey, and his exposure to the world of management consultancy as well as international political institutions has given him unique insights into what makes the world go ‘round.

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Fatma Said

Since starting out at the iconic La Scala theatre in Milan, Fatma Said tours the world as a soprano bringing beloved roles to life in productions spanning the traditional languages of opera; Italian, German, French and Russian.

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Season 2 Wrap-up

Tune in to our wrap-up episode where we discuss the highlights of the last 8 episodes and look ahead to Season 3.

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Kim Ghattas

Meet Kim Ghattas, journalist, writer and lecturer. Kim’s career has been extensive and multi-layered. Kim, who is half Lebanese

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Bobby Chinn

Bobby Chinn—celebrity chef, raconteur, comic, mimic and globetrotter—is my guest on the show this week. Perhaps best known

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Dr. Lama Al-Sulaiman

Meet Dr. Lama Al-Sulaiman; Wife, mother, business-woman and most notably, an unexpected pioneer of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.

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Hassan Al Damluji

Today Hassan Al Damluji, the Deputy Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is our guest on the show.

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Nada Debs

Today I welcome Nada Debs to the show. Nada is a Lebanese designer who has re-invented the Levantine tradition of

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Max Rodenbeck

I’m joined on this episode by journalist Max Rodenbeck, currently the South East Asia Bureau Chief for The Economist,

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Fatma & Amina Ghaly

We’re kicking off our new season with Fatma and Amina Ghaly, the two talented sisters who are the driving

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Season 2 of ‘What I Did Next’ launches August 23

We’re thrilled to back with you for a new season of What I Did Next, starting Monday. Season 2