Nobody's Famous Podcast

It's the BIG 30! In this episode, we didn't interview just one guest. We sat down with FOUR guests as part of the music group NM1 AKA No More One. NM1 initially started off with two members, Ahmed and Mickey. They were friends, but didn't really rap or create music together. After butting heads on the idea, Mickey started to write, and thus NM1 was born. It was after those moments that the group d...

Alaa Abi Ali was the wildcard. The rough around the edges, do it differently type person. He was dorm mates with Host Ali Rifai and through their time at the American University of Beirut, developed a lasting friendship that was only resurfaced during this show. Alaa has always been eccentric, interesting and everything if not a hard worker but also weirdly in touch with the philosophical, the eth...

What a special treat Episode 28 is! Join us in this first of its kind special episode with the co-founder of the Nobody's Famous Podcast, Alex Wheeler! Ali and Alex took the opportunity to tackle certain topics in special episodes; and for the first topic ever, it's going to be Video Games! Join us as we take a walk down two very different memory lanes from two very different gamers and their expe...

Episode 27 takes on the outspoken, self expressive, mighty and comedic Stephanie Haddad. No stranger to bottling things up, Stephanie was always considered on the fringe of how a “normal girl” should act like. She never shied away from speaking her mind and sticking to her values of self-expression, staying true to yourself and not really caring about what others might think. Fast forward a few ye...

It's not that often when you come across someone who can make you laugh in a few simple words. Funny man Shawn Chidiac - or better known through his Instagram account: "myparents_are_divorced" is that kind of guy. In Episode 26, we sat down with Shawn and he took us through the multitude of characters he's developed throughout the years, all through his personal experience through life situations....

In Episode 25 of the Nobody's Famous Podcast, we sat down with self-proclaimed philosopher and funny man Issam Atallah. Issam had since left his comfort zone in Abu Dhabi, 14 years ago to pursue his professional career wherever it took him. Whether it was Florida, Singapore, UAE or Lebanon, Issam manages to make every place his home. A podcast like no other, we talked about various topics ranging...

Naser Al Sughaiyer has an interesting journey. From realizing he doesn't fit into the corporate world to attending the "World Domination Summit" in the United States, Naser has really detached himself from a previous life. Naser takes careful account of the things he lets into his life. Not cluttering his mind with too many things and being very specific on the things he spends his time on. As a m...

Tarek was born and raised in Abu Dhabi to Lebanese/Palestinian parents and got both his education degrees in Business Administration and Hotel Management & Tourism in the same city. With over 11 years of professional experience, he has excelled in the events industry and specifically marketing B2B and B2C events in the UAE and across the region. A constant seeker to travel, Tarek has travelled to...

At the onset of the Pandemic, one would think firstly of the safety of kids and their education. One would think how on Earth are these kids going to live in a safe and healthy environment while still getting the education they need? Enter Farah Massoud. A teacher who not only focuses on the educational needs of her students, but also their overall attitude and personal states during the most diff...

Amine Najjar is a songwriter from Lebanon who has worked with some of the music industry’s biggest names. The story to create this show was a true back and forth problem, after writing a blog post almost 6 years ago, Ali said it was time for a face to face show which never materialized. But when the Pandemic hit, we had to go with a remote call. Amine has written songs with multi-platinum selling...

A half French, half Colombian, Jeannette Peyre grew up in an international home. She’s a strong 32 year old who’s found a home in Paris in the last 12 years after city-hopping across New York City, Brussels and Geneva. Jeannette works for Caron, a French perfume company founded in 1904, as a Product Manager in the Marketing Division. A company that had already dealt with a pandemic and two World W...

Born & raised in Beirut, Abdallah had a passion for building LEGO ever since he was young, which led to him graduating as a Civil Engineer from the American University of Beirut. Graduating in 2010, Abdallah moved to Qatar to work in engineering for 2 years, then decided to change industries & pursue his masters in management degree in Madrid, Spain. After graduating in 2013, Abdallah decided to j...

Our first Quarantine Series Video is now live! This series aims to continue discovering the wonderful people of our world. During these difficult times, its beneficial to keep ourselves engaged and open to the world around us and the people experiencing it in different ways than us. Our first guest is Rami Hajj Deeb and here are his own words on who he is... "This is me, Rami Hajj Deeb, in social...

Finally, EPISODE 23 is here! We sat down with Arqam Al Abri who has just burst onto the music scene, bringing with him the soulfulness and cool vibe of his spectacular voice. Reminiscent of Sam Cooke, Musiq Soundchild, Otis Redding and D'Angelo, Arqam struggled with comparing himself to such great artists and ultimately felt he wasn't worthy if he didn't sing like them. However, Arqam took the plu...

In Episode 22, which is coincidentally Mohammad Al Qadi's favorite number, we take a trip into his mind and his process into creating the first Emirati Board Game! Mohammad Al Qadi's journey into creating Conquest - Final Conqueror was not an easy one. Many moving parts such as how he wanted it to look like, marketing it and finally how it would play are just some of the variables considered. Moha...

Khalid Iskandar joins us in this hard-hitting and honest episode about finding your true potential, working on different interests in life and about the restrictions we put on ourselves to not attain our goals. Khalid has gone through many motions in life. From delving deep into architecture, studying it and eventually creating his own studio, Zkandar studio, to becoming a Jiu-jitsu competitor, Kh...

Episode 20 is here! We reached out to Sameer Al Jaberi, a natural when it comes to Media and Entertainment and Public Speaking. Through the stage fright, determination and using his first name as a hook, Sameer managed to take his first step into Public Speaking. It allowed Sameer opened up about the pressures that society puts on single people and somehow that allowed to create a speech, for whic...

In Episode 19, we sat down with Farah Bushnaq and Lyne Ismail, the founders of End Small Talk. The Nobody's Famous Podcast's premise was always to focus on great conversation. With this episode, that premise couldn't have been underlined more. We delved into relationships, fish love and why ending small talk is really important. We also came at a crossroads to determine if people would choose to l...

Barzan Jafar strikes you as someone who has all the connections but isn't quite that big on Social Media or being "out there". A reserved but determined individual, Barzan is like a race car engine. He handles many different tasks altogether while at the same time always keeping himself working at his optimum performance. In this episode, Barzan shared his accidental diagnosis of ADHD, juggling th...

It was exactly one year ago when we discovered Amjad Shakir performing on stage. The mixture between Arabic lyrics and English Melodies, the melancholic sounds of a Sudanese countryside and the modesty of a talented artist all culminated in the first full Arabic show we've ever done. Amjad explains how the people around him keep him grounded to the fame, his experience on The Voice and the answer...

The judge is in! In episode 16, Ola Al Arabi, the star, creator and writer of the new Al3ola show joined us for unique sit-down. Delving into the scary side of content creation, Ola talked about her creative process and the effort it took to publish her first episode on the shocking importance of sleep. Ola doesn't shy away from asking hard questions like why we don't take care of ourselves as muc...

"I needed to focus and educate myself on what it means to have anxiety..." In Episode 15, things got personal. Nawal El Masri is the founder and director of Exhale, a fashion brand that spreads awareness about mental health. When she went to see a nerve doctor for her recurring anxiety, the response she got was "nourish your brain". That vague answer wasn't accepted at all. She's a one woman show,...

"What is fame? I mean really, what is fame when you break it down." When Future told JRJ he should take promoting seriously, that put his career in overdrive. JRJ aka Jason Johnson broke into the music industry through promoting events. Jason started passing out flyers at the Monopoly Jam in Toronto at 17 years old. It didn't matter that he didn't have any musical talent but through networking and...

Episode 13 was our final episode to wrap up Season 1. Thomas is a very direct but lighthearted individual who is quite reserved but takes life by the horns. Who knew that 2 men would delve so deeply into their passions about the widely misunderstood Fettucine Alfredo and the crazy idea of doing a podcast in space. Tune in to find out about Thomas Kreuzer, the Italian-German "foodie" who's retireme...

If there ever was a time where we could do the movie trailer voice for the duration of the episode, this was it. Milton came to us by way of episode 7's Nathalie Rashid. A man who doesn't only do impressions but composes music, renowned for voice over and is a metal head. You don't want to miss Milton, the Dubai One Trailer Guy!