Nobody's Famous Podcast

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, Khaled is no stranger to constant change. Khaled's experience fighting on the mats alone opened his eyes to simply being someone who'll try something to do it - eventually moving on to continue to better himself.

Through his next stage in life, he ended up creating VLOGs that would inspire and show people what a day in his life looked like. Athleticism, positivity, enjoying time and simply going about their day became his way of creating content.

Finally, Khaled really hit home with a strong statement that why wasn't Ali doing the show on a full-time basis. Khaled highlighted the point that all these restrictions are in one's head and in the end, you need to work to your passion as your end goal.

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 which he ultimately won the Humorous Speech Award at DTAC in 2018.

A man of many talents, Sameer has since transitioned into life in front of the camera, having built great rapport behind the camera with his extensive work as location manager on the film 6 Underground. Sameer has always been the one to record a moment, an event, or a memory. Reaching the camera was just as natural as drinking water.

Sameer left us inspired by his charisma, eloquent speaking and infectious charm when taking us through his Journey. Jump on board and hear the story of the Biker, Photographer, Location Manager and Stand-up Comedian to be, Sameer Al Jaberi.

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 live happily without knowing suffering or rather live knowing suffering and sadness to understand true happiness.

Our End Small Talk special really came to a head when we realize that yes, small talk is a safe space, but being aware of that and using it as a gateway to bring conversations to a meaningful outcome.

Tune in as we talk everything and anything but the small talk in this witty, deep and true to the name episode.

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 the family business with his own aspirations of becoming a stand up comedian and finally, his passion for Philanthropy working alongside his father.

No stranger to laughter, Barzan hits us with the good stuff as a plethora of impersonations shines through. Whether it's a Scottish person looking for a mansion in Dubai, Dr. Phil giving advice or Jay-Z driving through Barsha to DIFC ordering Fat Burger, witness Barzan Jafar, the stand up comic you've never heard of.

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 to whether it makes a difference if he's performing to one or ten thousand people.

Enter the musical mind of one of the most humble Sudanese artists you'll ever meet and discover, if anything, his addiction to music. Whether it's jamming at home or performing for crowds, Amjad continues to refine his musical craft and continues to inspire others with his humility.

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 much as we take care of others, does meditation really help and why living on Mars isn't very different to where we are now.

In the end, Ola kept on with the hard-hitting answers and took a really personal turn, asking about the meaning of show, it's identity, and why it's important to have people in your life that push you to always be better.

"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, facing challenges and running her company all on her own through various stints of outside support. Nawal faced her darkest moments to create something she could live for.

Dive in as we discover Nawal's battle with anxiety, the power of breathing and in the end, how your lowest point can be the best that's ever happened to you.

"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 connecting individuals, Jason realized he was born to do it.

We stepped into the mind of JRJ who takes us down his own memory lane, through helping the launch of Chris Rock's movie, Top Five, owning a club in Toronto and finally to booking the biggest artists in the world.

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 retirement plan in life depends on the success of our podcast.

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!