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The Hangout with Rushdi
by Rushdi Rafeek
Rushdi Rafeek, a prolific stand up comedian in the United Arab Emirates scene is your host for The Hangout with Rushdi. The Hangout features upcoming or undiscovered artists, performers, content creators and more.Hang out with Rushdi and the team for conversations covering the real to the surreal, how to deal with the daily grind, to crazy life-changing experiences... any and all issues relevant to our world today. Get to know more about the interesting characters who survive and thrive in the UAE, Middle East and beyond.Come hang out with us! New episodes weekly.Hosted by top rated comedian Rushdi Rafeek.
Episodes
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Hanging out with Osama - Myths PT 2
Osamas continues his questioning about myths and how much Rushdi believes in them! Stay tuned to Hangout more with Rushdi and his accomplices!
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Hanging out with Osama - Myths PT 1
Osama drops by to talk about the "believability" of myths from across the globe.. Do you agree?
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Hanging out with Shaz & Mansi
Hey yall! Episode drop with these two characters again. Hope everyone's been qurantining and social distancing well. Its been a weird time but who doesn't like spontaneity.. am I right? Welcome to this episode is pretty much a standard tangent jumping, spiralling down a staircase of topics like...
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Hanging out with Uneeb Osama.. again (2)
Hey guys, New episode drop. I once again chill(ed) with Osama and we keep it simple with talking about electric cars and hacks to exercises which Osama puts to use often. Well, I didn't believe but they did sound useful. Im keeping it short because I am in the middle of such an awesome clean up...
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Hanging out with Shazil & Mansi
Hey! Its been a while. Work flippity flops and a pandemic has acted as a double edged sword. We have a few episodes in the bank but also I havent been uploading them sooo.. sorry? Topics we cover with Shazil and Mansi, a memento mori! An artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of…
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Hanging out with Ahmed Abdulla
Hey guys, This week on The Hangout (weeks ago in real time) I sit down with a young, tenacious lad I've recently met on the arts scene, Ahmed Abdullah. An aspiring actor, we crossed paths at the Courtyard Playhouse while he was taking a course and we got to talking. Nothing like some bro love...
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Hanging out with Uneeb Osama
Hello! We are back! Ive been missing for a bit, but I will admit we have a few episodes in the vault so keep it coming. THIS WEEK *drum roll* I sit down with Uneeb, some of you may know him as Osama. I'm not completely sure if they are legit or pseudo names. Let's go with Uneeb Osama! He came...
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Hanging out with Huda Bhaldar & Saleem Surani
Hey guys, This is episode is slightly special because the clock is ticking for the play Chuhal. I had a visit from the Director Huda Bhaldar & one of the plays leading actors Saleem Surani. The play revives contemporary Hindi theatre of which Manav Kaul’s work is an epitome. Chuhal is the story…
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Hanging out with Rahul & Ashar
Hey guys, This week I sit down with down with two of my oldest friends, Rahul and Ashar and we do a catch up. 26 years is a long time, we talk about how we met, initial thoughts and how we've developed over time. Apparently I was a type of bully, always fun to learn things about yourself. Its a...
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Hanging out with Taqi & Mansi - The Future
Hello people! I know you have been eagerly waiting to hear my beautiful voice and thus I am back. Once again missed a few weeks due me drowning in work as well as scheduling issues caused this to happen but I (think) am back on it! *falls of it and breaks neck* Aaaaanway, this week I sit down…
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Hanging out with Imah Dumagay
Hello one and all. This week I sit with Dubai based Comedian Imah Dumagay. We didnt decide what we were going to speak about specifically but Imah is so full of such pure love and affection that it was a pivot to most of our discussions. Her being the only Filipina comedian in the region similar…
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Hanging out with Gwendoline Charbein
Hello all! This week I sit down with MMA fighter Gwendoline Charbein and we talk about.. *drum roll* MMA! And dont let the fact that she doesnt have a catchy fighter name throw you off, she still packs a punch. Seems slightly "clickbaity" but the link to her fight is below in the show notes. I do...
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Harry Potter 4 Dummies - Part 2
Hey guys, This week I sit down with my expert Harry Potter team once again to cover the 2nd book and so this time Iearn about the Chamber of Secrets. Not much else to describe apart from Mansi and Taqi swapping control over being the primary story teller but at the end we know who did most of the...
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Hanging out with Osman Rohail
Hey guys, This week Salman & myself sit down with ex-motivational speaker Osman Rohail. Yes.. EX-Motivational speaker. I think thats a first for me personally because we never hear the post story of a motivational speaker whos given up that sort of life. We most certainly bounce topic to topic…
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Hanging out with Arzoo & Leilani
Hello fellow humans! Did you know that we are killing the planet? I did, but not to the extent to which Arzoo explained. And boy is it gloomy, so get your ass up and do something about it. Even a tiny thing. We discuss whats been going on in the news, how society has been and will be affected…
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Salman Rushdi Show
Hey guys, This week I sit with legend Salman Z Qureshi and we pretty much chill out. Since he is an Improv legend I ask him a lot of questions from some basic questions to even some specific questions that I was wondering as a novice. We also have a chat about whats going on in the world and our...
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Harry Potter 4 Dummies
Hey guys, We’re back! Took a mini hiatus because all a new season in events kicking off in the UAE but to make up for the absence I will be releasing 2 episodes back to back. First off, a new segment with Mansi Parmar and Taqi Mehmood which is Harry Potter for Dummies. Me being the dummy or...
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Hanging out with Mansi Parmar & Rahul Ganwani
Hey guys, This weeks I sit down with Mansi Parmar and Rahul Ganwani and we talk about Demonology.. or horror movies.. a mix of both actually. Mansi Parmar runs point on this episode asking me and Rahul Ganwani about our thoughts on talking points she brings up like:- Horror movies / Demonology...
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Mind Massage with Manju EP03 - Powered by Rafeek
Hello human, come on in! This week we have Mind Massage with Manju EP03 powered by Rafeek. We received questions from our users and Manju does explore tangents whilst picking at my brain. 01:30 - Story – Assumption is the mother of all f-ups! 20:46 – How does one deal with emotional loneliness?...
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Hanging out with Nicole B, Mansi P and Stats - Men & Women
Ready to Hangout? This week I sit down with Nicole B, Mansi P and Rahul G aka Stats talking about men and women. We cover points such as:- Why do men say / do this? Why do women say / do this? The way men and women are wired. Backseat driving and why that may occur. We dive into so many tangents...
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Mansi-plained - Fifty Shades of Grey
Hey, This week I sit down with Mansi Parmar as she explains Fifty Shades of Grey or as we've coined it now.. Mansi-plaining! Brilliant isnt it? She gives me a not so necessary detailed synopsis of Fifty Shades of Grey. I learnt alot, cant say whether it was of any use but worth the amount of…
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Mini Episode - Getting Quizzical with Stats
Hey guys, The tiniest of tiny episodes this week with stats joining us who has pulled a few strings behind the scenes to help improve the quality of the show. I run a quick quiz between Producer Bub and Stats to see who is the smartest of them all. SPOILER ALERT - I am the smartest. See you next...
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Game of Thrones Wrap Up with Experts
Hey guys, WE BACK! A big part of the universe finished. Games of Thrones. Like most people we didnt exactly love everything about how it ended and thats what we discuss. In the episode we have Producer Bub aka Bubly Boo, Taqi and Mansi. We discuss what we liked, did like so much, fan theories and...
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BONUS - The Official THWR Avengers Recap by Producer Bub
Ladies and Gentleman, grab your popcorn and get comfy while Producer Bub narrates you completely up to date and 100% informed to watch Marvels End Game. Bub does such a great job at covering as much detail as possible, basically does 45 hours of footage into 30 minutes and keeps it entertaining....
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Avengers for Dummies by Dummies
Hey guys, This week Taqi & I do a quick Q&A with Marvel expert Mansi Parmar and consultant Producer Bub in preparation of us watching Marvels End Game. DON’T WORRY NO SPOILERS WHATSOEVER. A big thank you to all the questions sent in by the listeners. Questions asked and discussions covered…
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Hanging out with Nicole and Bub - Death, grief & journey through
Hey guys, This week’s episode is on death, grief and the journey through. Nicole, Producer Bub and I have all lost someone close to us so we dedicate this week’s episode to people who have lost someone and have had to deal with such a loss. We share stories, how we dealt with it, the things we...
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Hangout out with Mansi & Taqi - RECAP of Game of Thrones
Hey guys, Game of Thrones is out April 14th so we thought we’d do a little catch up prior to Season 8's release. We got our resident knowledge banks and experts Mansi Parmar and Taqi Mehmood to give Producer Bub and I a Game of Thrones summary and must know review. For those of you who haven’t...
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Hanging out with Nicole Barua - Womens Magazines
Hey guys, This week we talk about Womens Magazines and its affect on us overall. I say we talk but its more or less Nicole informing of the atrocities that womens magazines tend to commit, mostly revolving around clouding and brainwashing of the readers. She ends with a positive of what she…
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Mind Massage by Manju with Rushdi - Episode 02
Hey guys, Happy to release Mind Massage with Manju Episode 02. Segment 1 - How does one find their true self? Segment 2 - Question submitted by listener - How does one deal with a toxic team member? Segment 3 - Lesson from Manju - "Once again.." Hope you guys enjoyed listening to this episode as...
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Co-host Interview - Nicole Barua
Hey guys, Im looking for a co-host aka someone to carry conversations and challenge my views. Bub is great but he’s too busy to be dilly dallying with me on every episode thus stepped up Nicole Barua. Time stamps:- Interview – Part 1 - 01:30 Listen to her experience, like and dislikes then judge...
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Hanging out with Matt Ryder
Hey guys, Matt Ryder is in this week, we talk about being an artist in the UAE. Like an actual artist with paint, brushes, canvases, easels.. you get it right? Although he does caricatures (he may frown that I led with that) he now spends majority of his time doing fine art and plein air…
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Hangout out with Bronwyn Byrnes
Hey guys, I sat back down with Bronwyn Byrnes aka BB, a lady who’s been in the UAE almost as long as Producer Bub and I but has had a completely different journey. We topic hop but mainly focus on the changes within the UAE, our experiences and BB shares some UAE stories. Intro with BB – 02:23 We...
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Hanging out with Omar Kazim.. Again
Omar Kazim returns. Apart from recapping his previous visit and catching up with him, we talk about what he's up to. He's heading towards a Vipassana Meditation Retreat and apart from a inquiry as to what it is exactly we decide that we are going to do a pre and post interview with his…
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Nothing but Gratitude
Hello one and all. This episode has no guest, its just me showing my appreciate to everyone who has contributed in anyway irrespective of the size or impact. Thank you in no specific order to, Bashir Wahid Leilani Coughlan - Supermeeps Salman Qureshi Manjunath Naidu Rahul Bulchandani Rahul…
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01 - I Beg Your Fitness with Rahul Bulchandani
Hey guys, Its another episode takeover experiment, this time with my old friend Rahul Bulchandani who is a certified personal trainer as well as an extremely passionate person when it comes to fitness and an overall healthy lifestyle. In short, he is that friend who will continually tell you…
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Hanging out with Zareen Khan
Hey guys, I sit down with Zareen Khan from W2W Events whom I think is such an unsung hero. All links to her are below and you google w2w events if you are too lazy to copy, paste or the links don’t work for some reason. What she and her company does. Most importantly her “Why” and how gender does...
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Bonus Content: A Musical "Christmas" Gift to YOU.
A gift; inspired by a recent “incident” that “happened” at a “pool” in the city we call home. I don’t think I used those terms correctly, but irrespectively, enjoy this musical feast for the ears that we sang especially for you. Please share if you had a laugh, we appreciate all the support we’ve...
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Krysmus Special
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Was that loud enough? This episode we couldn't help but jump on the Christmas Spirit bandwagon because it looks like so much fun. A mini ep with Bashir Wahid aka Producer Bub and me just riffing about some Christmas Facts and some of the weirdest Christmas Traditions from around...
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Tony B. Graham - American Politics 101
Hey guys, I sat down with Tony B Graham who is a banker but also does comedy and improv.. WAIT! I know what you’re thinking but this isn’t about comedy or improv even though we slightly cover it. The main reason I asked Tony to drop by The Hangout is to cover American Politics because like many...
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Mind Massage by Manju with Rushdi [TRIAL SHOW]
Hello fellow humans, We have a bittersweet surprise this week because neither did I manage to get a guest on nor did I record enough segments to have an independent show. I slipped up! But from that loss we discovered our side project with MANJU. Its hard for him to switch his therapist mind off…
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Hanging out with Ink-A-Laugh - Comedy Collective Startup & Improv
Hey guys, I (was forced to) sit down with Ink-A-Laugh comedy collective partners Akshat Davla & Rohan Chawda to talk about why the world needs another comedy collective, mainly them! My view is that we don’t but that didn’t stop them from doing so, much like Akshat knocking on my door in the…
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Hanging out with Faisal Hashmi - Film Making and Movies
Faisal Hashmi is a Pakistani UAE based film maker who as he confessed speaks slightly fast but really doesn’t matter because he is one of those unsung heros behind the camera. We talk about how he fell into the mix of it all and it is an important part of him mainly due to the simple fact that he...
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Hanging out with Miqdaad Dohadwala
Went a little over our usual time but I know people who enjoy the topics will listen all the way through, also I have put time stamps along with the topics covered so you could easily skip to what you want to listen to. Comedy – 01:29 We talk about love for comedy and swiftly move into the topic…
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Hanging Out With Arzoo - Chat With A Comedienne
Hello humans! I sat down with Arzoo talking about the scene and find out more about what it's like to be in the shoes of a woman comedian such as herself. Re-listening whilst editing, I realized how poorly my questions were constructed but there's no shame in admitting it, because that is…
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Hanging out with Omar Kazim - Power of the mind
We have Comedian Omar Kazim on who is half Emirati half Scottish. As a career hes an aerospace engineer but life has had its way with him and having travelled to 70 countries he’s vying to find peace through meditation and comedy. He talks about what his job was like, and just to be clear he no...
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Hanging out with Erik Thornquist and Bilal Farooqi - WWE
Hey guys, We now 3 for 3 on uploads, I don’t know about you but Im pretty proud of us. We have Erik Thornquist from Yalla Laughs and Bilal Farooqi on talking about WWE, what happened, how it’s going and where they think its headed. They talk about their favorite Wrestlers, share stories of how…
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Hanging out with Rahul Bulchandani - Trekking
This week I have Rahul Bulchandani on who is a certified personal trainer and has a passion for climbing peaks. We talk about peaks in general and then move onto focus on his Everest Base camp trek. We cover the costs involved, the knowledge that an aspiring climber should be aware of, the basic...
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Hanging out with Manju And Grace - Movies, Passion.
A show dedicated to having fun, laughter and perspectives from regular people of the Middle East. Hosted by top rated comedian Rushdi Rafeek This week on The Hangout, we chill with comedians Manju & Grace. We talk about movies, games and passion.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Rushdi Rafeek, a prolific stand up comedian in the United Arab Emirates scene is your host for The Hangout with Rushdi. The Hangout features upcoming or undiscovered artists, performers, content creators and more.Hang out with Rushdi and the team for conversations covering the real to the surreal, how to deal with the daily grind, to crazy life-changing experiences... any and all issues relevant to our world today. Get to know more about the interesting characters who survive and thrive in the UAE, Middle East and beyond.Come hang out with us! New episodes weekly.Hosted by top rated comedian Rushdi Rafeek.
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Rushdi Rafeek, a prolific stand up comedian in the United Arab Emirates scene is your host for The Hangout with Rushdi. The Hangout features upcoming or undiscovered artists, performers, content creators and more.Hang out with Rushdi and the team for conversations covering the real to the surreal,...
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