The One Day Podcast (يوماً ما)

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 sector here in the UAE. One of the many prestigious government entities that she has worked for includes The Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (the ruler of Dubai). 

During her time at Smart Dubai, Zeina was involved in the launch of launching several city-wide complex strategies such as the Dubai Blockchain Strategy, and the Dubai Paperless Strategy. Zeina delves deep into the best ways to establish winning strategies whether that be at a city or a corporate level. She emphasizes the importance of pursuing daring visions.

Given her diverse and rich professional background, Zeina shares the real secret behind her ability to shift careers, be agile in no time and without compromising on impact and value.  We talk everything strategy, innovation, public policy and impact!


In this episode, Omar Almajali takes you behind the scenes and into the minds of his inspiring guests to tell you the untold story of their success while also sharing the tips, hacks, and habits that can help you on your own journey toward success.

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 build one of the most powerful Proptech companies in the Arab World. His journey, however, was not the smoothest as Michael had to weather two crises and make hard decisions along the way, but it was worth the fight.  

Enjoy listening to this episode as the host, Omar Almajali, takes you behind the scenes and into the minds of his inspiring guest to give you the untold story of their success while juicing out all the tips, hacks, and habits that can help you on your own journeys of accomplishment.