All Episodes

Ep. 96. The Problem With Sustainable Sukuk | Maya Marissa Malek

Ep 95. Halal Investing in the AI Age | Mujtaba Khalid

Ep 94. MENA VC: Cashed Up but Cautious? | Hasan Haider

Ep 93. Private Credit: Bubble or GCC Boom? | Sharif Eid

Ep 92. Iran War: Egypt’s Breaking Point? | Angus Blair

Ep 91. Istanbul: The New Safe Haven? | Serhat Süha Çubukçuoğlu

Ep. 90 | Building the "Bloomberg of Iraq" with Jameel Amir

Can Islamic Finance Rebuild Syria's Economy ?| Ep 89 ft. Najib Al Aswad

Hormuz Blockade: The Gulf Reset? | Ep 88 ft. Issam Al-Tawari

Iran War 2026: Who Rules the Economy? | Bijan Khajehpour (Ep 87)

Iran War & The Global Market Reset (ft. Hasnain Malik) Ep 86

Ep 85: Is Saudi Arabia Taking Over World Football? 🇸🇦 (ft. Kristian Ulrichsen)

Ep 84: The Secret to Building Muslim Wealth - Ibrahim Khan (IFG)

Tunisia: Africa’s Hidden VC Gem 🇹🇳 ft. Oussama Messaoud | Ep. 83

$62 Trillion in One Room: Insights from ADFW 2025

Is Islamic Finance Broken? (ft. Khalid Howladar) | Ep. 82

🎙️ Episode 81: 🇵🇰 Can Islamic Finance Fix Pakistan’s Economy?

🎙️ Episode 80: Why Islamic Finance Is Losing Its Purpose

🎙️ Ep. 79 | Sequoia Takes Muslim Money. So Why the Silence?

🎙️ EP.78 – Iraq’s Economy: Progress or Pressure? 🇮🇶

🎙️ EP. 77 —Inside GCC Boards: Governance & Investor Relations

🎙️ EP. 76—Inside the Gulf Property Boom

🎙️ EP. 75—What’s Next for GCC Bonds & Sukuk?

🎙️ EP. 74 — Is Kuwait Falling Behind the Gulf?

🎙️ EP. 73 — How Saudi Arabia Is Betting on AI

🎙️ EP. 72 —Trump Cards: EM Debt, Tariffs & the Dollar

🎙️ EP. 71 — What Nobody Tells You About Halal Investing

🎙️ EP. 70 — Inside the Gulf’s Political Economy and Diversification

🎙️ EP. 69 — After Reform: Can Uzbekistan Keep Momentum?

Episode 68-What Sovereign Wealth Funds Are Really Doing in 2025?

Episode 67-The Islamic Economy: How to Build Global Muslim Brands

Episode 66-Trade War 2.0? BRICS on the Brink in 2H25

Episode 65 – What’s Really Holding Islamic Finance Back?

Episode 64-Boom, Bubble or Hedge? Making Sense of Alts

Episode 63-Is MENA the Next Silicon Valley?

Episode 62-Why Islamic Finance Isn’t Driving Impact

Episode 61-What Do Shariah Scholars Do?

Episode 60-Has Islamic Finance Lost Its Way?

Ep 59-Is Journalism Broken? Moniify, Media Shifts and the Road Ahead

Episode 58-Fund Focus: The GCC Investment Boom

Episode 57-Counting the cost: Inside Syria's economy

Episode 56-Gulf Currents: Bahrain in a Changing Gulf

Episode 55-Decrypting MENA’s Crypto Surge

Episode 54-The Gold Standard: Power, Policy & Markets

Episode 53-Saudi Unscripted: Content, Change & Growth

Episode 52-Profit with Purpose: Halal Investing

Episode 51-The Venture Shift: MENA’s Next Big Moves

Episode 50: Tackling Liquidity in Islamic Finance

Episode 49-Setting the Standard: AAOIFI's Impact on Islamic Finance

Episode 48-The Alt Shift: The Rise of Alternative Assets

Episode 47-Islamic Finance Decoded: Growth and Gaps

Episode 46-Building Markets: The GCC IPO Surge

Episode 45-Faith and Friction: The UK’s Islamic Banking Story

Episode 44-Bonding Over Green: The GCC’s ESG Shift

Episode 43-Banking on Belief: Islamic Finance in Canada

Episode 42-Emirates of Influence: The UAE’s Rise in Global Markets

Episode 41-Malaysia’s Future: Balancing Growth and Giants

Episode 40-Kingdom Capital: Shaping Saudi’s Economic Future

Episode 39-Fuelling the Future: The Middle East’s Energy Shift

Episode 38-Venture Into Iraq: Start-Ups on the Rise

Episode 37-Banking on Faith: Australia’s First Islamic Bank

Episode 36-Crypto Currents: Fintech and Digital Assets in the Gulf

Episode 35-Egypt’s Fintech Focus: Growth and Challenges

Episode 34-Feeling the Heat: Gulf States and Climate Shifts

Episode 33-Islamic Finance: Kazakhstan's Next Frontier

Episode 32-Building Trends: UAE & Saudi Real Estate Insights

Episode 31-Pyramids of Pressure: Egypt's Economic Balance

Episode 30- Inside the Gulf bonds bonanza

Episode 29-Exploring the GCC Private Credit Boom

Episode 28-MENA VC Insights: Saudi surge and regional trends

Episode 27-Profit Over Principles? The Ethical Dilemma in Islamic Finance

Episode 26-Central Asia's Fintech Revolution

Episode 25-Qatar's Next Play: From the World Cup to Future Growth

Episode 24-Bricks and Bytes: Iraq's Real Estate Tech Boom

Episode 23-Islamic Fintech: Navigating the Landscape and Challenges

Episode 22-Redefining Islamic Finance: The Tech Disruption

Episode 21-Gulf investment boom: Inside the rise of private capital

Episode 20-Turkey’s Economic Shift: Crisis or Comeback?

Episode 19-Rising Down Under: Australia's Islamic Finance Landscape

Episode 18-Libya Uncovered: Post-2011 Dive into Politics & Economics

Episode 17-Charting Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds

Episode 16-Venturing Forward: Unlocking the OIC's Venture Capital Potential

Episode 15-Shifting Tides: Exploring de-dollarization and the rise of BRICS

Episode 14-Gulf Monarchies Unveiled: Power, Wealth and Global Influence

Episode 13-Unpacking Egypt's Economy

Episode 12-FDI Insight: OIC Economies

Episode 11-Turkey's economy: Past, Present and Future

Episode 10-Accelerating Iraq's Startup Revolution

Episode 9-Venture & Faith: Inside Tanzania's Financial Evolution

Episode 8-Exploring the MENA Capital Markets Landscape

Episode 7-Halal or Hype? Demystifying Islamic Finance

Episode 6-Greenwashing or Genuine? Decoding ESG, SRI, and Islamic Finance

Episode 5-Beyond the Mirage: Saudi Arabia's Economic Revolution

Episode 4-Navigating Iraq's emerging tech ecosystem

Episode 3-Uzbekistan's Economic Evolution

Episode 2-Kuwait Unveiled: decoding politics, economics, public debt law and more

Pilot episode-A deep dive into the history and practice of Islamic finance