“If you want to employ more women, design you...

In this year-in-review episode, Hashem looks back on 2025 and what it actually took to open two restaurants in Riyadh in one year.​ It’s a conversation about going up the learning curve fast, staying humble, and why consistency always outlasts hype.​​ Chapters: 0:00 Coming up... ...  Show more

Lynn Hazim, founder of Middle Child and creator of popular food blog @nosoupforyou, shares her journey from corporate life at Google to building her own restaurant in Dubai. The episode explores her early love for food, the roots of her inspiration, and her bold pivot to entrepre ...  Show more

Today in the studio, Rasha AlSadhan, a seasoned HR executive with over 16 years of experience, joins to discuss her transition from being a client to being an HR professional and the challenges she faced in understanding and connecting with the employees. Rasha highlights the str ...  Show more

On both a local and international scale, the Middle East’s fashion industry has seen significant growth thanks to changing regulations and an influx of creatives.

Background:

Substantial economic activity as well as cultural and r ...

Daneh Buahmad is a Dubai-based Saudi fashion designer who launched her label, DANEH, in 2011. She grew up in the Eastern Province in Dhahran, the Saudi Aramco headquarters. Before designing luxury clothes, her career began in IT and interactive media. Her brand creates effortless ...  Show more

Fashion has routinely failed the millions of people who make its clothes. What should the industry do to create systemic change?

Over the past year, the pandemic has laid bare — and worsened — the stark inequality, financial insecurity and poor wo ...