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Oct 2020
36m 19s

The Lighthouse: Hashem Montasser

Amaeya Media
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As Dubai braced for a full lockdown in March 2020, two finance execs-turned-entrepreneurs met with their staff and announced their decision to close operations ahead of the official lockdown announcement. Pull up a chair & join the conversation with Hashem Montasser, co-founder of The Lighthouse.

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Hosted & Produced by Chirag Desai.

With support from Pooja Sagar, Abhishek Venkatasubramanian & Zainab Ujjaini.

Original Music by Reiner Erlings.

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