The Habibis
The Habibis is three game developers drinking some good Arab Tea for what should be about fourty minutes, inshallah, each week, inshallah. Fawzi Mesmar, Osama Dorias, and Rami Ismail discuss games and media and life as Arabs living all around the big world.
Episodes
The 3 Habibis dive into everything from flying planes and wild airport stories to movies, gaming and life lessons from aviation. It's a rollercoaster of laughs, deep thoughts, and unexpected twists.
Fawzi, Osama, and Rami try to beat Fawzi's AirBnB checkout time as they discuss their favorite games from an incredibly tough year for the games industry.
Note that there are spoilers for the original Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth between 42:23 and 45:00.
The Habibis reunite to share laughs, stories, favorite games and what’s been keeping them hooked. Stick around for an exciting surprise reveal!
Osama and Rami celebrate Fawzi's GDC Ambassador Award, and the Habibis catch up on what they've been up to, and what they've been playing and watching.
How many Habibis does it take to make a Top 10 games of 2023 list? Three Habibis, it turns out: one to make the spreadsheets Fawzi can copy-paste into, one to correct Fawzi's copy-pasting skills, and one Fawzi.
Happy New Year, everyone <3
The Habibis start on the impossible task of creating a Habibis Top 10.
Fawzi, Rami, and Osama try to figure out what they would sound like as Pokémon.
Rami recounts the story of how Fawzi turned the entire country of Portugal against Egyptian kebab (this may be an exaggeration).
Fawzi & Rami visited devcom at the end of August, and caught up with Ahmed Salama to talk about devcom, gamescom, and games industry.
Rami, Osama, and Fawzi talk abo-salaam!
Creators & Guests
- Rami Ismail / رامي - Host
- Osama Dorias - Host
- Fawzi Mesmar (فوزي) - Host
The Habibis look back at 100 episodes of doilies, agent Smith, segues, and inshallahs.
Note: as this is an episode featuring Anisa, there is cursing as the edit-time to remove the cursing would exceed the full lifespan of the universe.
Fawzi & Rami are joined by Osama Dorias-representative Anisa Sanusi. We talk about the BAFTAs, Ramadan, and wearing suits in a Starbucks.
The three Habibis talk about a topic that cannot be avoided, the eternal truth of Arab culture: Amr Diab.
Osama and Fawzi spend almost an hour talking about time, Tunic, Pinnochio, and board games - all in anticipation of the big question of the week: if Osama messes up the intro, will that free him from the outro curse?
Rami & Osama cry-laugh about settings inspired by Agrabah.
Rami faces a dilemma: who *is* the second guest on the Habibi's this week? It's impossible to tell, and he has to come up with a devious plan to figure out whether it is Osama or Fawzi who has joined him for this episode.
The Habibis kick off 2023 with what we would like to point out is a remarkably smooth episode that somehow goes all over the place anyway.
The Habibis discuss their favorite games of 2022, and discover that there were so many good games that it's hard to make a list of just 10 games.
Games mentioned (in alphabetical order):
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