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Cycling is a team sport, with Emilie Mikulla and Stewart Howison
Co-host Devina Divecha sits down with Emily Mikulla and Stewart Howison this week to talk about all things cycling in the lead up to the Spinneys 92 Cycle Challenge. Emily runs Mindful Body here in Dubai, and is also a certified yoga therapist and instructor, a certified orthopedic manual therapist...
Allyson Anderson Book on the energy transition as an opportunity for innovation and collaboration
We’re joined on the episode by Allyson Anderson Book, Chief Sustainability Officer at Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes develops and deploys advanced technologies to serve energy and industrial companies looking for more efficient, more reliable and cleaner solutions. They operate in 120 countries worldwide and their diverse portfolio of technologies...
“My father eats, sleeps, and breathes design.” Nakkash on its 40th anniversary as a family-run business, the future of collectible design in the UAE, and passing the baton from one generation to the next
Hashem catches up with the Nakkash family: patriarch Wajih Nakkash, his daughter Aya, and son Omar. To celebrate their 40th business anniversary, Wajih recounts how the Nakkash journey started with a showroom in Sharjah in 1983 and an avant-garde Emirati couple that approached him to design the interiors of their...
Sir Magdi Yacoub
I’m joined this week by Sir Magdi Yacoub, ground-breaking cardiologist and founder of the Chain of Hope charity. Professor Yacoub has almost single-handedly revolutionsed cardiology from his early days as a junior doctor in London in the 60’s, to retirement from his beloved NHS in 2001. As someone...
Navigating nutritional hygiene, with Glucare’s Ali Hashemi
Co-host Devina Divecha visits Glucare, an integrated diabetes clinic in Dubai to experience a full-body check-up, and speaks to its co-founder Ali Hashemi. They talk about the nutritional challenges with our lifestyles today, and how they’re expanding the success of Glucare into other aspects of healthcare. Nourish by Spinneys:...
“The thrill of the chase has always been my thing.” Ayman Fakoussa on launching The Qode, balancing friendship with business, and why he can’t let go of Excel
Diving into the joy of Guatemalan retreats and the love of Microsoft Excel, Hashem sits with Ayman Fakoussa this week to have a wide-ranging conversation. Hashem and Ayman chat about his experience growing up in Saudi Arabia before eventually moving to Dubai and embarking on a multi-faceted career that culminated...
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