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The Habibis
by The Habibis
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.
Episodes
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Pilot Leaderboard
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.
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The Habibis Game of the Year 2024 - Packing Up The Year
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.
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Rebirth or Remake
The Habibis reunite to share laughs, stories, favorite games and what’s been keeping them hooked. Stick around for an exciting surprise reveal!
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One Piece of Advice
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.
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The Habibis Game of the Year 2023 - Part 2: Inshallah
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 <3
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The Habibis Game of the Year 2023 - Part 1: Cliffhanger
The Habibis start on the impossible task of creating a Habibis Top 10.
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Unsammy Valley
Fawzi, Rami, and Osama try to figure out what they would sound like as Pokémon.
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Talking Smack About Egyptian Kebab / We're Reasonable People Here
Rami recounts the story of how Fawzi turned the entire country of Portugal against Egyptian kebab (this may be an exaggeration).
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Time Travel Episode: devcom
Fawzi & Rami visited devcom at the end of August, and caught up with Ahmed Salama to talk about devcom, gamescom, and games industry.
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All The Time Today, Folks!
Rami, Osama, and Fawzi talk abo-salaam!
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Habiback III: Maximum Inshallah
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.
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100/100
The Habibis look back at 100 episodes of doilies, agent Smith, segues, and inshallahs.
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Mom Keeps Me Humble (Anisa-Rated)
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.
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Amr Diab
The three Habibis talk about a topic that cannot be avoided, the eternal truth of Arab culture: Amr Diab.
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If I Mess Up The Intro, Does That Mean I Will Not Mess Up The Outro?
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?
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I Prefer Nic Cage
This title will make sense, inshallah.
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Agrabah Again
Rami & Osama cry-laugh about settings inspired by Agrabah.
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The Chin or The Glare
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.
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The Price of Three Sheep
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.
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The Habibi's Favorite 10 Games Of 2022
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...
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The Best Cut
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.
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Royalty Share
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.
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High Highs
Fawzi & Rami talk about why Osama couldn't make it to this episode.
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The Final Countdown
After a few weeks of hiatus, Rami, Fawzi, and Osama get back together to catch up on games, TV series, and... karaoke?
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Bad Boy (Anisa-Rated)
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…
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What Arab?
Arab Rami, Arab Fawzi, and Arab Osama are three Arab Game Developers Arab-drinking Good Arab Tea.
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Calligraphy
Osama & Rami congratulate Fawzi on the announcement of Assassins' Creed Mirage.
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Fawzi Is Also Here
Rami, Osama, and also Fawzi catch up on the events of the week.
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Bokra after Bokra
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.
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Double Take
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.
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AI-generated doilies
Fawzi, Rami, and Osama talk about AI? Is that right? Yeah, actually - AI.
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Speaking of Whips
The three Habibis get back together for a lot of catching up, and everything descends into beautiful chaos.
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A New Record
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!
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A Bad Cow For Charity
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/
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Episode Seventy-Six-and-Seven
It's hard to make Rami stop talking, but Osama finds a way.
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Habibis In A Half-Shell
Osama & Fawzi talk about absolutely-not-copyrighted-things.
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Tokyo Nice
Osama and Fawzi talk about their week.
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I Wasn't Young, I Was A Child
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)
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The Difference Between Dubai & Abu Dhabi
Rami talks about too many gadgets, and Osama ponders what the difference between Dubai & Abu Dhabi is.
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Some Wasabi
Fawzi and Rami talk about aviation, live performances, and Fawzi's love for The Wire's writers' new series, We Own This City. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Intros and catch-ups. 00:11:30 - This War of Mine 00:16:10 - Papers Please 00:20:00 - Rami's Flights! 00:35:20 - We Own This City 00:45:10…
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Sprite Won't Fix That
The Habibis and guest Nazih Fares consider what Sprite, the most magical medicine, won't fix. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Intros and catch-ups. 00:20:00 - Moon Knight 00:36:20 - Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 00:39:40 - Elden Ring New Game + 00:42:10 - NBA2K22 00:55:15 - Nintendo Switch…
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Butter Segue
The Habibis try to tackle 12 different subjects in one hour.
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Suhoor Bites #30 - It's Been 84 Years
It was the summer of '62. Eid Mubarak!
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Where In The World Is Rami
Osama & Fawzi wonder where Rami is.
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Suhoor Bites #29 - He Was A Druid
Osama talks to Najim Filali Saksak.
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Suhoor Bites #28 - Fawzi's #1
Fawzi counts down his top 10 favorite TV drama shows.
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Suhoor Bites #27 - Rami & Mayar Hamdan
Rami interviews Mayar Hamdan, multidisciplinary storyteller. Mayar wins this round 1 - 0. Guest links: https://twitter.com/mayarhamdan https://linktr.ee/mayarhamdan
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Suhoor Bites #26 - Camaraderie
Osama talks to Atiya.
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Suhoor Bites #25 - Fawzi's #2
Fawzi counts down his top 10 favorite TV drama shows.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.
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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.
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