Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ricardo meets poet, essayist, and painter Etel Adnan 2 years before her passing. Etel Adnan expressed her prodigious creative and intellectual vision in many forms. In addition to being a visual artist, she is a renowned poet, a prominent journalist, and the author of one of the defining novels of the modern Arab world. Adna ... Show More
Oct 13
#117 Fady AbouChalache: Investment & Leadership | فادي أبو شلش: الاستثمار والقيادة
Send us Fan MailRicardo Karam sits down with Fady Michel AbouChalache for a conversation about investment, entrepreneurship, leadership, and the building of lasting institutions.From Beirut to Wharton and Harvard, and later New York, Boston, and London, AbouChalache has spent mo ... Show More
54m 16s
Oct 6
#116 Tarick Smiley: Beyond Beauty and Appearance I طارق صميلي: ما وراء الجمال والمظهر
Send us Fan MailIn this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Dr. Tarick Smiley for a dialogue about beauty, identity, medicine, and the delicate relationship between how we look and how we see ourselves. From his beginnings in Ohio to Beverly Hills, California, Dr. Smiley ... Show More
43m 5s
Oct 5
#115 Charles Arbid: Entrepreneurship & Nation-Building | شارل عربيد: ريادة الأعمال وبناء الوطن
Send us Fan MailIn this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Charles Arbid for a dialogue about entrepreneurship, ambition, Lebanon, and the responsibility that comes with success. From the world of business to the leadership of economic and social institutions, Charles Ar ... Show More
44m 1s
Jul 2024
Etel Adnan: “I Write What I See, Paint What I Am”
Art critic and journalist Kaelen Wilson-Goldie joins us for a sweeping look at the life, writing, and art of singular Lebanese author-artist Etel Adnan (1925-2021). Kaelin Wilson-Goldie’s Etel Adnan is available from Lund Humphries.Adnan’s Time, translated by Sarah Riggs, is ava ... Show More
1h 7m
Sep 2023
A Conversation with Syrian Artist Nada Odeh about her Art and Activism
A very lively discussion between Dr. Sahar Khamis and her guest, Syrian artist Nada Odeh, about her artistic journey, talents, and skills, and how she combined both art and activism to serve humanity at large, and the Syrian crisis, especially Syrian refugees, in particular. Nad ... Show More
59m 38s
Aug 2025
Sonallah Ibrahim, The Egyptian Novelist Who Captured History
The great Egyptian writer Sonallah Ibrahim passed away earlier this month. Several years ago, we discussed his novel Warda – the story of a female fighter in the 1960s and 70s Dhofar rebellion in Oman, and of the Egyptian intellectual who, decades later, tries to solve the myste ... Show More
1h 9m