Dubai Works Business Podcast

Shahriar Khodjasteh arrived in Dubai from Australia with his family in 1996, in 2001 he started his own retail business, his story captures and optimizes the past 20 years of commerce in Dubai, from the early days of new malls and theme parks, to consumer trends like skateboarding and cycling, to overcoming a Global Financial Crisis amongst others, Shahriar tells us his fascinating story.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Kris Fade is a household name in the UAE, host of The Kris Fade show on Virgin Radio for the past 10 years, the most popular radio show in the UAE. He is omnipresent on all the major events in Dubai, from hosting the Papel Visit to being MC for Dubai Fitness Challenge and The GOV Games. Last year, he launched Fade Fit Kids health food snacks, he tells us the inspiration behind the idea, what his motivations are and how he juggles entrepreneurship with a hectic media schedule and family life.Listen to the full DUBAI WORKS podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud and Anghami.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Many great organisations have contributed enormously to the retail growth in Dubai over the past two decades; Apparel Group is one of them. Apparel Group is a global fashion and lifestyle retail conglomerate, based out of Dubai, with almost 2,000 stores, in 14 countries representing over 75 brands including Tim Hortons, Tommy Hilfiger and ALDO. In this episode, Apparel Group's chairman Nilesh Ved tells us how the group is run, why retailers need to innovate, and how Dubai has enabled the company to grow.Listen to the full DUBAI WORKS podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes and Anghami.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Chances are you've seen some of Mohammed Harib's work before; this creative Emirati talent was the man behind the characters of FREEJ- which has now been a success in Japan. He's now taken on a directorial role for the upcoming comedy film Rashid & Rajab, shot entirely in Dubai. In this week's Dubai Works podcast, he discusses his story and how the film industry has taken shape in Dubai.Watch now or listen to the full podcast episode on iTunes, SoundCloud and Anghami.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

In January this year HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoom released his 8 principles of governance, included at no. 3 was that Dubai is a business capital.Attracting and sustaining Foreign Direct Investment into the City is key to that. The Person in charge of managing the investment, is Fahad Al Gergawi, CEO for Dubai FDI, in this episode he tell us how Dubai ranked 1st globally in the TOP FDI Performers Report in 2018. Listen to the full podcast on SoundCloud, Anghami and iTunes.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

There is a Prosthetic Arts Centre in Dubai, the only one of it’s kind in the region, and it has a claim to fame of being involved in an Oscar win. This week Yasmine Abdullah, the executive manager from The Omniyati Prosthetic Arts Centre, Omniyati meaning my desire in Arabic, joins us to shed more light on what cosmetic prosthetics actually is. Listen to the DUBAI WORKS podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud and Anghami.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Every so often we come across a service in Dubai that we didn’t know excited, that reminds us of the wonderful people and initiatives that have started here. Assia Riccio had a background in training and personal development in the corporate world, two years ago she set up an organisation in Dubai, Elvolvin Women, it sets out to improve the employability of unemployed women from developing countries, though vocational training and international work experience..Listen to the full podcast on SoundCloud, Anghami and iTunes.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Khadija Al Marzooqi has been involved in Dubai media outlets from Radio, to print to her current role as Editor In Chief of Dubai Post, she discusses the role of the publication and the media trends affecting how we will consume news in the future.Listen to the full podcast on SoundCloud, Anghami and iTunes.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

The Arab Media Forum is an annual conference held in Dubai that brings the region's media community, along with the international ones to integrate and start a dialogue depending on a theme point. In this week's episode of Dubai Works, we compiled all the interesting perspectives shared by leaders of the industry.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Marwan Bin Eisa, cites attending the Cross Fit games in The US over the years as inspiration for an idea, following input from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed, he is now the director of the Gov Games in DubaiThe inaugural event took place Last year, this year it’s back again, we sat down with Marwan, and with His Excellency Saeed Harib, Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council to talk about what makes this event special and how it continues to evolve.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Jana Jihad is a twelve-year-old Palestinian girl, who grew acclaim a few years ago as the world youngest journalist as a result of social media reporting of the atrocities taking place in her village. At the Arab Media Forum, she shares her inspiring story, her hopes, dreams and the terrible events she has witnessed.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

The food industry is something we all have a connection with, as we are all like to eat. What goes into establishing a food business however, it an entirely different story,, it is very complex and challenging in any part of the world. Mustafa Koita is the founder and CEO of Koita foods, an organic food company, which he set up in Dubai in 2013, he tells us his entrepreneurial journey and why we should be skeptical about the color of Strawberry Milk!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Art Dubai is an annual event that takes place on the 2-23rd of March this year. It’s artistic director, Pablo Del Var, who previously oversaw the ZONA MACO fair in Mexico and La Conservera in Spain, tells us what is special about this year’s show, how it has evolved over the past 13 years, and how the perception of Dubai as an Art capital is changing around the world.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Etesham Abdul is the founder of Junkbot, a company that provides toolkits to make robots, the catch here is that toolkits are for children and the robots are made from junk. Since launching 3 years ago, over 10,000 kids have used their products and their aspiration is to become Lego of the Middle East--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

JLT is known in Dubai for its residential community, many small businesses, restaurant choices and amenities, but it’s freezone, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, or DMCC, is the largest in the world. It’s Chairman, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, explains how that had been achieved, what is being done to maintain the status, and what the future holds.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Colm Mcloughlin first came to Dubai in 1983 on a 6 month contract, 35 years later, as the executive vice chairman and CEO of Dubai Duty Free he has since presided over the extraordinary growth to being the largest Duty Free in the world with over $2 billion in revenue in 2018. They also have an extensive leisure offering in including the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship and Irish Village,. We caught up with Colm during the 2019 tournament to chat all things tennis and the business of Duty Free.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Dubai has a sustainability agency towards 2021, there are also events such as WETEX,the annual Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition put on by DEWA that supports this initiative. But what else is happening in this space, how are companies, Dubai residents contribution, and are their any startups making a difference. Shawn Green from SPRUDEL - a planet friendly water company joins the show to discuss these topics.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Samer Hamadeh has been involved in businesses in Dubai since moving here from Beirut in 2003, whether movie productions, corporate events, nightly life or restaurants. He has been associated will much-loved venues like Republique, Stereo Arcade and most recently Akiba Dori. Samer tells us the inspiration behind the concepts, the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur and what makes Dubai Design District the perfect location for Akiba Dori.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

Dubai has an ambitions space exploration agenda, much of which stems from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, with initiatives like the Khalifa Sat, Emirates Mars Mission 2021 expedition and the Mars City development. Omran Sharaf is the Project Director for Emirates Mars Mission. He discussed the strategy behind these projects, and sheds light on all the incredible milestones achieved to date.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message

To say that Nahkeel’s imprint is on the city of Dubai would be an understandmen, literally meeting Palm in English, Nakheel are the master developers Of the Palm Jumeirah, the group has a wider portofilio across dubai, including Ibn Battuta Mall, Dragon Mart and many other community developments, their Chief Commercial Officer, Aqil Kasim joined the podcast to tell us how the company bring these projects to life, and shds light on some of the mroe recent plans on both the Palm and Deira Islands--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dubai-works/message