Your Onion

My next guest loves the glitz and the glamour of the fashion industry and has the energy and fun to embrace that world.

Please join me as we explore the world of Harriet Gyamfuah. You won't be disappointed.

My next guest is a prolific entrepreneur who, over 30 years or more, has built an empire that takes care of the society in Qatar.

Abdurahman EP is the founder and Chairman of Care n Cure group of companies.

An active and well-dynamic person, he also is the president of the Qatar Indian Association, a sports organization that aims at spreading sporting values to the Indian community here in Qatar.

He was also my first guest on Doha Heat podcast way back in 2014, after he successfully launched the first BNI chapter here in Qatar.

When you meet people through business networking, you are generally only introduced to the person in the suit or dress representing this company and their position.

What fascinates me is the real person behind all that, who has a passion that fills their spare time to the max. My next guest is Julia George, a Country Manager for a retail outlet by day and a bikini sculptor by night.

My next guest showed up in my world around 2011. He showed me an art world made up of precious stones and emeralds. Patric Rozario is an inspirational artist, always looking for ways to wow his audience to appreciate his art and introduce art in all areas of our lives.

When we look back to the time when education led to full-time work and hobbies were just fun to fill our spare time. Do we sometimes wonder what if it was the other way around?

Some people have been fortunate to follow their hobbies into full-time passion and work.

Others went the education, full-time work route to jump to their passion/hobby, which became their dream job.

Fiorella Otero did just that.

I've known my next guest for the last 11 years, a previous host on Your Onion and guest John Shanlian, Founder & Managing Partner of The Hub Group. He reveals himself as a proud Canadian / Armenian serial entrepreneur, real estate expert, and someone who hates bosses, even himself sometimes.

This week is Qatar Sustainability Week, a National Campaign which aims to engage the community in a wide range of sustainability-oriented activities, raising awareness among the wider community and showcasing the progress Qatar has made in the areas of sustainability. 

Before, when I thought about sustainability, I, like most people, thought about the environment and recycling. With my next guest Dr. Sadriya Al-Kohji that perspective changed, as you will hear in this podcast.

Born in Qatar, moved to the US, lived there until the age of ten, then moved back to Qatar.

In the words of Asmaa Al-Kuwari, that was a huge culture shock !!!

Join me as I discover the internal and external struggles that Asma had to deal with to fit in with her family and culture back in Qatar and how she rediscovered her true self at University and beyond.

With over 28 years of experience in a range of leadership and management roles within Further & Higher Education across the UK and the Middle East, Richard Hollywood has been driving transformational change achieving performance and sustainability improvements and growth.

But this wasn't the reason for being my guest today. This man achieved what I only dreamed of as a teenager, and that was to work in a music recording studio. 

I had to have him come in and tell his story.

A wise and beautiful soul who has been on a life journey giving to others and cats, at times forgetting to look after herself.

Join me as I peel away Beverley Crowther's layers of life to reveal a shining star.