The One Day Podcast (يوماً ما)

The guest of the week is one of the most active individuals in the start-up support ecosystem in the UAE today, Louis Lebbos; the co-founder and board member of Astro Labs, and the ex-founder of Namshi. Louis and his partner created Astrolabs with a mission to drive digital growth in companies and people, and they are doing that today through their educational programs, start up support services a...

This week's guest on the One Day Podcast is Amna Al Qubaisi, a 21 year old Emirati Racer. Amna is the first and youngest Emirati female racing driver to ever partake in professional motor sport locally. Inspired by her father's passion in the sport, she began her karting career at the age of 14, and soon after became the female Arab to participate in international racing competitions cla...

The conversation continues with Dr. Yazan in part 2 of “Unlocking Human Potential” and this week the conversation takes an exciting turn and dives into activating the human element at the workplace as Dr. Yazan shares strategies that businesses could take advantage of in order to make the best of their human capital. Omar gets deep with his guest and probes Dr. Yazan on topics around fear of succe...

This week's guest on the One Day Podcast is Dr. Yazan Hijazi, a brilliant mind who is here to share strategies on tapping into our human potential and unburying the creativity  we lost as kids. This conversation will be a two part episode, with the second part coming out next week. Dr. Yazan Hijazi is a man of many hats. He is a scientist, an engineer, a professor at IE University, director o...

This week's guest on the One Day Podcast is the inspirational Fida Taher, a Jordanian serial entrepreneur, and the founder of one of the largest online food recipe platforms today, Atbaki. Fida is also the managing partner of Amam Ventures, a fund that offers manageable financial solutions particularly to businesses and SME’s that value gender equality. Fida’s passion towards supporting women...

This week's guest on the One Day Podcast is Amna Al Haddad, who made history as the first female Arab weightlifter to compete in hijab. Her career opened wide doors and opportunities for her such as allowing her to partake in Nike’s Hijab Pro campaign and product launch. Those are not the only inspiring milestones in Amna’s journey since there was a bigger battle she was fighting against, and...

This week's guest on the One Day Podcast is Daniel Essa the founder and creative director of the luxury footwear brand, Daniel Essa. This Syrian entrepreneur has been making waves globally for the extremely sophisticated, minimalistic and customizable designs his shoe line is recognized for. This story is one that will inspire you to never give up or be the victim of your circumstances. It is...

This week's guest on the One Day Podcast is Hassan Al Shaikh! Hassan is a radio and TV personality. He's also a social media influencer and a content creator. In addition to all of that, he's a tech enthusiast and has been a managing partner at an IT company for over 15 years now in Dubai. Hassan's online content is inspirational and educational. He has a very unique way of exp...

This week's guest on the One Day Podcast is Scott Armstrong, Editor in Chief of “Arabian Business” Magazine. Arabian Business Magazine is one of the most recognizable and sought-after sources of business and industry news in the Middle East. Scott brings with him 30+ years of experience as a journalist, editor, and strategic communications consultant. He shares with Omar some golden nuggets a...

This week's guest is Raha Moharrak, the youngest Arab and first Saudi female to climb Mount Everest and the 7 summits of the world (highest peak of each continent).  Raha's accomplishments and bold dreams have inspired the youth of our region, and especially young girls, to dream big and go after their dreams regardless of society’s expectations from them.  Her name has made global headl...

This week's guest is Zeina El Kaissi, who's currently the regional head of public policy MENA at Amazon, and before that she held the role of Chief Digital Officer at Smart Dubai, the government entity leading the smart city agenda in Dubai.  Zeina kicked off her career as a strategy consultant right after college, working on some major transformational and reform projects in the public...

Today’s guest is Michael Lahyani, the founder of the largest and most searched for online real estate marketplace in the Middle East, Property Finder.   What started as a visit to Dubai in 2005 from Geneva eventually turned into a life and a career move as Michael saw the city as the new promised land. Recognizing a gap and a massive opportunity in the real estate marketing space, he set out to bu...