A pioneer in the private TV industry since the early 90s, Badih Fattouh helped establish two TV networks in Lebanon (Al Jadeed and Future TV). He worked in TV and film distribution in MENA before joining MBC Group in London and Dubai where he was the group’s Director of Content. In 2012, he left MBC to head CBC Network in Egypt before he came back to Dubai a ... Show More
Aug 2024
#Unscripted with Sally Waly - بلا نص و دواران مع سالي والي | Episode 6
Born and raised in Cairo, Sally Waly started out in advertising before becoming the youngest female producer in the region as the CEO of S Productions. She introduced the first-ever Arabic musical drama, first post-apocalyptic Arab drama, and various US formats to the MENA region ... Show More
34m 17s
Mar 2023
Beirut Street Culture on Film | Amin Dora
From Shankaboot to Brando Al Sharek, we talk with innovative Emmy-winning filmmaker Amin Dora about cinema, advertising, working with George Khabbaz, Shankaboot, Beirut, and where we are today in TV and Film in Lebanon.Amin Dora is an Emmy-Winning Film Director and Visual Artist ... Show More
1h 7m
Nov 2024
Reorienting the Middle East: Film and Digital Media Where the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean Meet | Alia Yunis
Discover cinema from the Gulf from its beginnings to the present day. Filmmaker Alia Yunis draws on her rich knowledge of the Arab Gulf’s cinema to give us a full picture of the scene's early days, its current state and what is anticipated for its future. Rejecting the widely hel ... Show More
58m 7s
Apr 2025
The Untold Stories of Palestine | Farah Nabulsi, Director of The Teacher & The Present
In this episode of Kawalis, we welcome Farah Nabulsi, the acclaimed director and writer behind films like "The Teacher" and the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated "The Present." Nabulsi shares her powerful journey from her career in finance to filmmaking, highlighting her profound ... Show More
1h 13m
Mar 2025
My guest appearance on ‘Gems of Arabia’ about Arab Representation in Media with Becky Anderson, Faisal Abbas & host Hatem AlAkeel
I’m excited to share a special episode from the podcast, Gems of Arabia about Arab Representation in Media. The episode, hosted by WIDN alum Hatem Al Akeel, was recorded a few weeks ago at the CNN Academy in Abu Dhabi in front of a live audience of the Academy’s latest cohort of ... Show More
1h 14m
Dec 2024
Firat Oruc | Petro-Documentaries & Colonial Anxiety Over Gulf Cinema
In this last episode in 3 Kawalis podcast special zooming in on cinema in the Gulf, Alia Younis hosts associate professor of Culture and Politics at Georgetown Qatar, Firat Oruc, to explore the history of cinema in the Arab Gulf region. Firat delves into the colonial emergence of ... Show More
52m 20s
Dec 2022
#4 The expat who grew up in Dubai
We've always wanted to meet Marwan and when another guest couldn't make our recording, the man behind our podcast camera's episode was expedited (need to check this spelling). In this episode, we meet with Marwan, a 25-year-old Egyptian who was born in Dubai we discuss mental hea ... Show More
38m 28s
Sep 2024
Salma Siddique, "Evacuee Cinema: Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Evacuee Cinema: Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960 (Cambridge UP, 2022) offers a new history of the partition. Based on previously unexamined archives and rare films, it investigates key questions around film production, partition and the provenance of the nation i ... Show More
1h 6m