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Jan 17, 2025•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 3
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.
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The Habibis Game of the Year 2024 - Packing Up The Year
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.
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Rebirth or Remake
The Habibis reunite to share laughs, stories, favorite games and what’s been keeping them hooked. Stick around for an exciting surprise reveal!
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 1
One Piece of Advice
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.
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 108
The Habibis Game of the Year 2023 - Part 2: Inshallah
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
Dec 29, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 107
The Habibis Game of the Year 2023 - Part 1: Cliffhanger
The Habibis start on the impossible task of creating a Habibis Top 10.
Dec 25, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Unsammy Valley
Fawzi, Rami, and Osama try to figure out what they would sound like as Pokémon.
Dec 08, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Talking Smack About Egyptian Kebab / We're Reasonable People Here
Rami recounts the story of how Fawzi turned the entire country of Portugal against Egyptian kebab (this may be an exaggeration).
Dec 02, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Time Travel Episode: devcom
Fawzi & Rami visited devcom at the end of August, and caught up with Ahmed Salama to talk about devcom, gamescom, and games industry.
Oct 06, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 103
All The Time Today, Folks!
Rami, Osama, and Fawzi talk abo-salaam!
Sep 08, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Habiback III: Maximum Inshallah
Creators & Guests Rami Ismail / رامي - Host Osama Dorias - Host Fawzi Mesmar (فوزي) - Host catch up and exchange stories of (busy) lives, travel, games, and to hear Osama get very excited about reading e-mails about Osama.
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 101
100/100
The Habibis look back at 100 episodes of doilies, agent Smith, segues, and inshallahs.
May 19, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Mom Keeps Me Humble (Anisa-Rated)
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.
Mar 31, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Amr Diab
The three Habibis talk about a topic that cannot be avoided, the eternal truth of Arab culture: Amr Diab.
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 98
If I Mess Up The Intro, Does That Mean I Will Not Mess Up The Outro?
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?
Feb 10, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 97
I Prefer Nic Cage
This title will make sense, inshallah.
Feb 03, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Agrabah Again
Rami & Osama cry-laugh about settings inspired by Agrabah.
Jan 27, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 95
The Chin or The Glare
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.
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 94
The Price of Three Sheep
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.
Jan 13, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 93
The Habibi's Favorite 10 Games Of 2022
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): Atari 50 The anniversary Celebration Cult of the Lamb Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Dome Keeper Dwarf Fortress Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Gotham Knights High on Life Horizon Forbidden West Hyper Demon King of Fighters 15 Kirby & the Forgotten Land Marvel Snap Marvel: Midnight Suns Metal Hellsinger Neon Whit...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 92
The Best Cut
Apologies for this excessively delayed episode - we were switching backends and it turned out to be a disaster! We've got everything back to work now: so enjoy this belated episode in which we talk about Marvel Snap.
Dec 09, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Royalty Share
Fawzi & Osama talk about games, and all the other stuff that went down this last week. Also, Osama agrees to an absolutely formally binding royalty share with Fawzi.
Nov 11, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 90
High Highs
Fawzi & Rami talk about why Osama couldn't make it to this episode.
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 89
The Final Countdown
After a few weeks of hiatus, Rami, Fawzi, and Osama get back together to catch up on games, TV series, and... karaoke?
Oct 28, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Bad Boy (Anisa-Rated)
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. Things go off the rails pretty much instantly, and never quite recover, although we do manage to talk about games and movies and stuff for like 5 minutes.
Sep 30, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 87
What Arab?
Arab Rami, Arab Fawzi, and Arab Osama are three Arab Game Developers Arab-drinking Good Arab Tea.
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Calligraphy
Osama & Rami congratulate Fawzi on the announcement of Assassins' Creed Mirage.
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Fawzi Is Also Here
Rami, Osama, and also Fawzi catch up on the events of the week.
Sep 11, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Bokra after Bokra
This time with proper microphones, Osama, Fawzi, and Rami run out of time to discuss all the things they want to talk about this episode.
Sep 02, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Double Take
So, disclaimer: we messed up the recording. We're posting it anyway because the talk is good, but we fully understand if you can't stomach the super-echo.
Aug 26, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 82
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