70% Arabic - 30% English

In this episode we explore the interesting success story of Lomar thobes with it's founder Loai Nasseem. No success story is complete without failures. Loai tells us his failures that led to the success of Lomar.

PS: From a fashion design point of view, the Saudi thobe stayed unchanged for decades. At the turn of the century Lomar spearheaded a cultural shift in thobe designs by making them more functional, hip, and modern. Revolutionizing a cultural dress and making it mainstream is no easy task, and that is the main reason we decided to talk to Loai.

40% Arabic - 60% English

In this episode we host Abdullah Sabban. Listen to this episode to find out how Abdullah was involved in a major international political incident.

We then talk about corporate life, self-help books & self-improvement, discipline in the Saudi workforce, and realizing dreams.

## Hosts

- Ammar Sabban

- Rami Taibah

- Khayra Bundukji

- Abdullah Al-Sabban

Links

- Saudi Plane Bound for London Hijacked http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=82384

- Imperative http://imperative.com

20% Arabic - 80% English

For the month of Movember, we decided to shed light on prostate cancer. We host Dr. Abdulhakeem Jomah and start talking about working out, supplements, and nutrition.

We also talk about the medical industry in Saudi Arabia from Hakeem's experience in Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies to his adventures in practicing medicine in the 'Karantena' district in Jeddah.

We then comprehensively talk about prostate and testicular cancer detection and symptoms. Spread awareness & save lives!

Hosts

- Ammar Sabban http://twitter.com/sabban31

- Rami Taibah http://twitter.com/rtaibah

- Khayra Bundukji http://twitter.com/khayrab

- Dr. Abdulhakeem Jomah http://twitter.com/hakeemjomah

Links

http://movember.com

50% Arabic - 50% English

We start talking about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which is a test designed to indicate psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions.

We then geek out on our very own show; MSTDFR! We talk about how the show came to be, our listeners, our stats so far, and our plans.

The gang then takes a trip down media & technology memory lane: Walkman, CD's VHS, Terrestrial TV. Leading us to a plethora of technology & society issues.

## Hosts

- Ammar Sabban http://twitter.com/sabban31

- Rami Taibah http://twitter.com/rtaibah

- May Abughazalah http://twitter.com/may_ag

## Links

- 16 Personalities http://16personalities.com

- Podtrac Podcasting Stats Software http://podtrac.com

- Steve Job's didn't let his kids use iPads http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/fashion/steve-jobs-apple-was-a-low-tech-parent.html?_r=

- Whatsapp Blocked in Saudi Arabia http://www.itp.net/602475-whatsapps-new-call-service-to-be-blocked-in-ksa

- Microsoft buys Nokia's phone business http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/03/us-microsoft-nokia-idUSBRE98202V2013090

50% Arabic - 50% English

This week we host Dr. Sari Sabban (No relation to Ammar :D) a molecular biologist and biotechnologist. Sari tells us how he got into science and the interesting journey on how he ended up as a molecular biology.

We discuss DNA, the human genome project, and protein folding. Then Sari proceeds to blow our minds with amazing biological facts: Gros Michel bananas, fecal transplantion, crowdsourcing technologies in science, anti-vaxxers, vitamin C and much more!

Links

- Red Shift CD http://www.amazon.co.uk/Focus-Multimedia-Ltd-RedShift-4/dp/B000056C0C

- Human Genome Project http://www.genome.gov/10001772

- Folding@Home http://folding.stanford.edu/home/

- Fold It Game http://fold.it/portal/

- Human Proteome Project http://www.thehpp.org/

- Seti Project http://seti.org

- The Man Who Hasn't Showered In 12 Years http://www.inquisitr.com/2400090/man-who-hasnt-showered-in-12-years-to-sell-his-secret-spray-that-keeps-him-clean/)

- Panama diesease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease

- Vaccine Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_controversies)

-Linus Pualing & Vitamin C Advocacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling#Medical_research_and_vitamin_C_advocacy

- T3rf De http://t3rfde.com

Corrections

- Sari mentioned that Cavendish bananas got extinct. However he meant Gros Michel bananas which were completely wiped out from South America due to the Panama disease.

Hosts

- Ammar Sabban http://twitter.com/sabban31

- Khayra Bundukji http://twitter.com/khayrab

- Rami Taibah http://twitter.com/rtaibah

- Sari Sabban http://twitter.com/sarisabban

30% Arabic - 70% English

Today we start with reminiscing about our online personas 15 years ago. We then talk about privacy or the lack thereof in today's world.

We also discuss ridiculous resumes we encountered. Unprofessional resumes for some reason grind Ammar's gears. Oh well.

Khayra then tells us about her struggle with learning the Arabic language.

Fun times!

20% Arabic - 80% English

In this episode we talk to WSJ journalist Ahmed Al-Omran and uber new media geek Lou Kay.

We talk about journalism in the Middle East and Saudi, the future of newspapers in Saudi, news consumption, the 'filter bubble,' WhatsApp journalism, and many other new media topics.

Oh and we geek out fonts.

50% Arabic - 50% English

We couldn't just let Reem go after one hour, so Ammar & Rami held her hostage for two more hours!

We delve deeper into particle physics for almost two hours. Then Reem tells us more about her fascination with kung fu.

30% Arabic - 70% English

In this episode we kick off trying to answer the question 'what is an Arab' and Arab identity. The discussion automagically veers to the "genie" on Twitter.

Ammar then quizzes our local theoretical physicist Reem on the science behind the flux capacitor from Back To The Future. Reem then tells us about her work at CERN and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC.) Which leads to particle physics, positrons, anti-matter and a lot of other mind-numbing physical concepts that Reem did a marvelous job explaining and graciously dealt with our stupid questions and Ammar's lame jokes.

90% Arabic - 10% English

Today's topic generally is not viewed as a geeky topic, our challenge was to geek out on it. We talk sports.

We get into a heated debate on the 'national choice' issue that many North African soccer players face during their careers. What makes Zidane, Benzema, Nasri et al choose France over Algeria or vice versa to represent on the international football stage?

We then discuss the Arab/Saudi sports and why it is extremely difficult for athletes from the region to make it on the international stage.

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Shownotes

- Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez is fast fulfilling his late father’s dreams http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/12/leicester-city-riyad-mahrez-father-dream-algeria-world-cup

- Hachim Mastour Proud To Be Moroccan https://youtu.be/iXNfmJkU2sE

- In 1994 World Cup qualifiers the Egypt-Zimbabwe match was annulled and replayed in France because of Egyptian fans violence. Had the result stood, Egypt would've qualified to the final rounds of the African qualifiers. The game in France ended 0-0, allowing Zimbabwe to advance. Rami mistakenly claimed that Egypt qualified to the World Cup only for the match to be awarded to Zimbabwe due to violence.

- Saad Shadad Al-Asmari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saad_Al-Asmari

- Hadi Soua'an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadi_Soua'an_Al-Somaily