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The Habibis is three game developers drinking some good Arab Tea for what should be about fourty minutes, inshallah, each week, inshallah. Fawzi Mesmar, Osama Dorias, and Rami Ismail discuss games and media and life as Arabs living all around the big world.

The Habibis


    • Jan 17, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 39m AVG DURATION
    • 176 EPISODES


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    Pilot Leaderboard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 59:38


    The 3 Habibis dive into everything from flying planes and wild airport stories to movies, gaming and life lessons from aviation. It's a rollercoaster of laughs, deep thoughts, and unexpected twists.

    The Habibis Game of the Year 2024 - Packing Up The Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 62:57


    Fawzi, Osama, and Rami try to beat Fawzi's AirBnB checkout time as they discuss their favorite games from an incredibly tough year for the games industry.Note that there are spoilers for the original Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth between 42:23 and 45:00.

    Rebirth or Remake

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 69:41


    The Habibis reunite to share laughs, stories, favorite games and what's been keeping them hooked. Stick around for an exciting surprise reveal! 

    Suhoor Bites #04 - Fawzi's Favorite Anime Movies #9

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 4:53


    Every day for the entire Holy Month of Ramadan, one of the Habibis will release a short 5-10 minute "Suhoor Bite" episode to join you for your Suhoor. This year, Fawzi Mesmar will use his Suhoor Bites to describe his top 10 anime movies of all time. Today, #9.

    Suhoor Bites #03 - Osama & the Snoring Contest

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 4:29


    Every day for the entire Holy Month of Ramadan, one of the Habibis will release a short 5-10 minute "Suhoor Bite" episode to join you for your Suhoor. This year, Osama Dorias will use his Suhoor Bites to sit down and tell some fun anecdotes from his life.

    Suhoor Bites #02 - Rami & Maged Hamdy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 11:44


    Every day for the entire Holy Month of Ramadan, one of the Habibis will release a short 5-10 minute "Suhoor Bite" episode to join you for your Suhoor. As every year, Rami talks to Muslims, Arabs, or those who grew with or around Ramadan. For the first episode, the story of Maged Hamdy and the sprinkle.

    Suhoor Bites #01 - Fawzi's Favorite Anime Movies #10

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024 4:48


    Every day for the entire Holy Month of Ramadan, one of the Habibis will release a short 5-10 minute "Suhoor Bite" episode to join you for your Suhoor. This year, Fawzi Mesmar will use his Suhoor Bites to describe his top 10 anime movies of all time. Today, #10.

    One Piece of Advice

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 98:11


    Osama and Rami celebrate Fawzi's GDC Ambassador Award, and the Habibis catch up on what they've been up to, and what they've been playing and watching.

    The Habibis Game of the Year 2023 - Part 2: Inshallah

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2023 31:16


    How many Habibis does it take to make a Top 10 games of 2023 list? Three Habibis, it turns out: one to make the spreadsheets Fawzi can copy-paste into, one to correct Fawzi's copy-pasting skills, and one Fawzi.Happy New Year, everyone

    The Habibis Game of the Year 2023 - Part 1: Cliffhanger

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 90:03


    The Habibis start on the impossible task of creating a Habibis Top 10.

    Unsammy Valley

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 42:36


    Fawzi, Rami, and Osama try to figure out what they would sound like as Pokémon.

    Talking Smack About Egyptian Kebab / We're Reasonable People Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 73:03


    Rami recounts the story of how Fawzi turned the entire country of Portugal against Egyptian kebab (this may be an exaggeration).

    Time Travel Episode: devcom

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 34:29


    Fawzi & Rami visited devcom at the end of August, and caught up with Ahmed Salama to talk about devcom, gamescom, and games industry.

    All The Time Today, Folks!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 58:13


    Habiback III: Maximum Inshallah

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 64:14


    Creators & Guests Rami Ismail (رامي) - Host Osama Dorias - Host Fawzi Mesmar (فوزي) - Host catch up and exchange stories of (busy) lives, travel, games, and to hear Osama get very excited about reading e-mails about Osama.

    100/100

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 64:05


    The Habibis look back at 100 episodes of doilies, agent Smith, segues, and inshallahs.

    Mom Keeps Me Humble (Anisa-Rated)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 47:28


    Note: as this is an episode featuring Anisa, there is cursing as the edit-time to remove the cursing would exceed the full lifespan of the universe.Fawzi & Rami are joined by Osama Dorias-representative Anisa Sanusi. We talk about the BAFTAs, Ramadan, and wearing suits in a Starbucks.

    Amr Diab

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 68:03


    The three Habibis talk about a topic that cannot be avoided, the eternal truth of Arab culture: Amr Diab.

    If I Mess Up The Intro, Does That Mean I Will Not Mess Up The Outro?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 55:14


    Osama and Fawzi spend almost an hour talking about time, Tunic, Pinnochio, and board games - all in anticipation of the big question of the week: if Osama messes up the intro, will that free him from the outro curse?

    I Prefer Nic Cage

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 47:21


    Agrabah Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 53:46


    Rami & Osama cry-laugh about settings inspired by Agrabah.

    The Chin or The Glare

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 73:20


    Rami faces a dilemma: who *is* the second guest on the Habibi's this week? It's impossible to tell, and he has to come up with a devious plan to figure out whether it is Osama or Fawzi who has joined him for this episode.

    The Price of Three Sheep

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 49:48


    The Habibis kick off 2023 with what we would like to point out is a remarkably smooth episode that somehow goes all over the place anyway.

    The Habibi's Favorite 10 Games Of 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 75:48


    The Habibis discuss their favorite games of 2022, and discover that there were so many good games that it's hard to make a list of just 10 games.Games mentioned (in alphabetical order): Atari 50 The anniversary Celebration Cult of the Lamb Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Dome Keeper Dwarf Fortress Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Gotham Knights High on Life Horizon Forbidden West Hyper Demon King of Fighters 15 Kirby & the Forgotten Land Marvel Snap Marvel: Midnight Suns Metal Hellsinger Neon White NFS Unbound Norco Overwatch 2 Pokemon Legends Arceus Return to Monkey Island Rogue Legacy 2 Rogue Tower Stacklands Stray The Case of the Golden Idol TNMT Shredder's Revenge Trombone Champ Tunic Vampire Survivors Wordle Xenoblade Chronicles 3

    The Best Cut

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 49:58


    Apologies for this excessively delayed episode - we were switching backends and it turned out to be a disaster! We've got everything back to work now: so enjoy this belated episode in which we talk about Marvel Snap.

    Royalty Share

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 43:00


    Fawzi & Osama talk about games, and all the other stuff that went down this last week. Also, Osama agrees to an absolutely formally binding royalty share with Fawzi.

    High Highs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 65:02


    Fawzi & Rami talk about why Osama couldn't make it to this episode.

    The Final Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 56:33


    After a few weeks of hiatus, Rami, Fawzi, and Osama get back together to catch up on games, TV series, and... karaoke?

    Bad Boy (Anisa-Rated)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 52:24


    Note: as this is an episode featuring Anisa, there is cursing as the edit-time to remove the cursing would exceed the full lifespan of the universe. Fawzi & Rami are joined by Osama Dorias-representative Anisa Sanusi. Things go off the rails pretty much instantly, and never quite recover, although we do manage to talk about games and movies and stuff for like 5 minutes.

    What Arab?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 65:56


    Arab Rami, Arab Fawzi, and Arab Osama are three Arab Game Developers Arab-drinking Good Arab Tea.

    Calligraphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 65:28


    Osama & Rami congratulate Fawzi on the announcement of Assassins' Creed Mirage.

    Fawzi Is Also Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2022 51:49


    Rami, Osama, and also Fawzi catch up on the events of the week.

    Bokra after Bokra

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 52:27


    This time with proper microphones, Osama, Fawzi, and Rami run out of time to discuss all the things they want to talk about this episode.

    Double Take

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 48:17


    So, disclaimer: we messed up the recording. We're posting it anyway because the talk is good, but we fully understand if you can't stomach the super-echo.

    AI-generated doilies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 60:07


    Fawzi, Rami, and Osama talk about AI? Is that right? Yeah, actually - AI.

    Speaking of Whips

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 63:16


    The three Habibis get back together for a lot of catching up, and everything descends into beautiful  chaos.

    A New Record

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 47:15


    It's been a while! Osama and Fawzi finally find a gap in their schedules to record a new episode, and it starts off well!

    A Bad Cow For Charity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 74:38


    Fawzi, Osama, and Rami are joined by Brosephene in a special episode for Draw4Charity, a livestream marathon for charity happening the weekend of this episode, July 15-17th of 2022! For more information, or to donate, check out https://draw4charity.org/

    Episode Seventy-Six-and-Seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 45:28


    It's hard to make Rami stop talking, but Osama finds a way.

    Habibis In A Half-Shell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 53:01


    Osama & Fawzi talk about absolutely-not-copyrighted-things.

    Tokyo Nice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 64:31


    I Wasn't Young, I Was A Child

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 48:41


    Rami posted this for the wrong date so it's a few days late. Fawzi & Rami talk about being old and having gadgets!Gadgets mentioned:- Switch Dock Dongle- Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard- Mango Wireless router- SONY MP-CD1 (No Longer In Production)

    The Difference Between Dubai & Abu Dhabi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 63:14


    Rami talks about too many gadgets, and Osama ponders what the difference between Dubai & Abu Dhabi is.

    Some Wasabi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 62:45


    Fawzi and Rami talk about aviation, live performances, and Fawzi's love for The Wire's writers' new series, We Own This City.

    Sprite Won't Fix That

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 64:04


    The Habibis and guest Nazih Fares consider what Sprite, the most magical medicine, won't fix.Guest link: Nazih Faris - https://twitter.com/nazihfares

    Butter Segue

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 66:39


    The Habibis try to tackle 12 different subjects in one hour.

    Suhoor Bites #30 - It's Been 84 Years

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 13:27


    Where In The World Is Rami

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 55:37


    Suhoor Bites #29 - He Was A Druid

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 7:20


    Suhoor Bites #28 - Fawzi's #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 5:23


    Fawzi counts down his top 10 favorite TV drama shows.

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