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Faris spends ninety minutes saying exactly what he believes about Islam in the modern world, and invites Hikmat to push back. They start with extremism and who actually has the right to speak for religion, then test it against questions the Prophet's era never faced: cryptocurrency, organ donation, brain death. From there it moves to evolution, the UAE as a Muslim country leading the world, whether music is haram, the hijab in an age of TikTok, and a long, unresolved debate on manifestation. It ends on marriage: arranged versus traditional, what "open-minded" really means, the "side wife," and the first and second wife. They don't agree on everything, and neither of them pretends to.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ Who is Faris?A businessman who studied at Imperial College London, Harvard and the University of Wollongong, with master's degrees in addiction and in strategic marketing. He works alongside psychologists, trains like a man who means it, and argues about faith the way few guests do on camera: openly, without hedging, and without asking you to agree. "Challenge me," he tells Hikmat. "It's fine." #hikmatwehbipodcast #thebrandpodcast #podcast #arabic_podcast #islam #faith #religion #islamicfinance #crypto #evolution #music #hijab #feminism #manifestation #thesecret #marriage #relationships #uae #dubai #abudhabi #wstudiodxb

Yasmine Sarwat never planned to work. She was the perfectionist student, then the mother who wanted everything around her just right — her clothes, her children, her home. Work was not on the list. Then came five years of a rare nerve disease doctors call the suicidal disease, and an open brain surgery in New York she was terrified to agree to. She came out of it with what she calls a second life, and a question she had never asked before: what does Yasmine actually want to do? Posh came after that. She calls it her fourth child.A conversation about the part of building a company nobody posts. How she started an events company mid-pandemic with no team, no business plan and no idea what lighting cost. Why she tells a client to skip the influencers and buy a community instead. Why she'd rather lose an event than do a one-off and disappear. Why her mother's "before the fall comes pride" runs her business more than any strategy. Why fifty-fifty balance doesn't exist, and what work took from her that she can't get back.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ Who is Yasmine?The founder of Posh — a PR, events and advertising group built out of Egypt in roughly five years. Posh Management runs corporate, real estate, fashion and arts events across the region, including CosmoGate and Art Cairo. Posh Los Angeles places Egyptian, Saudi and Lebanese designers on J.Lo, Beyoncé and Paris Hilton. Posh Advertising covers the digital side. She sits on the Arab Council for Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development, works with universities on getting students into real jobs, and staffs her company almost entirely with women. She is also a mother of three, and unusually honest about the cost of the past five years. #hikmatwehbipodcast #thebrandpodcast #podcast #arabic_podcast #pr #events #eventmanagement #branding #marketing #entrepreneurship #womeninbusiness #femalefounder #posh #egypt #cairo #dubai #uae #saudiarabia #fashionpr #influencermarketing #wstudiodxb

Dr. Marwa Eid was in middle school when a teacher asked the class what they wanted to be. She answered without thinking — a doctor. She still can't explain why. The teacher told her: your responsibility is heavy, may God be with you. Seven years of medical school followed, and a run of specialties that never quite fit. Then she moved to the UAE and found cosmetic medicine and dermatology.A conversation about the part of aesthetic medicine nobody films. Why she tells patients to stand up and walk out if a doctor won't name what's in the syringe. Why a bride arrived a week before her wedding with chemical burns. Why a filter is safer than a filler. Why everyone should have Botox, but not before thirty. Why losing weight without a plan costs you your face. And why divorce, as she puts it, has nothing to do with beauty.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ Who is Dr. Marwa?An aesthetic doctor based in the UAE, practising at CosmeSurge. She builds her own signature protocols — among them Al-Shaikha, designed around a single sentence she hears in the clinic every day — and works with Thermage FLX, one of the few machines of its kind in the country. She is also a mother, and unusually direct about what that costs. #hikmatwehbipodcast #thebrandpodcast #podcast #arabic_podcast #aesthetics #dermatology #skincare #filler #botox #thermage #cosmesurge #naturallook #antiaging #selfconfidence #womeninmedicine #motherhood #uae #dubai #abudhabi #wstudiodxb

Dr. Dina was the first person in her family to enter medical school — Kasr Al-Aini, Cairo University, no mentor, no guidance, no one to ask. She wanted to be a pediatrician. Then one night shift, at 22 years old, ended that plan permanently. Fourteen years after graduating, she has three clinics in Egypt, eleven years in aesthetics, and a seat as key opinion leader for one of the biggest injectables companies in the world.A masterclass in the things nobody tells you before you sit in the chair. Why she turns away patients who came ready to pay. Why the sun is worse for your skin than smoking. Why salmon DNA was healing diabetic foot ulcers long before it touched a celebrity's face. Why you now have two ages instead of one. Why work-life balance for a mother is science fiction. And why the most expensive injection in the world will never replace eight hours of sleep.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ Who is Dr. Dina?An Egyptian dermatology consultant and aesthetics doctor based in Cairo, with three clinics built over eleven years in the field. She is a key opinion leader for one of the world's largest injectables companies, and runs trainings, hands-on sessions, road shows and a teaching academy for doctors across several countries. She is also a mother of two — the youngest three months old — and she talks about that with the same precision she brings to everything else. #hikmatwehbipodcast #thebrandpodcast #podcast #arabic_podcast #dermatology #aesthetics #skincare #filler #botox #salmondna #ozempic #antiaging #longevity #motherhood #womeninmedicine #egypt #cairo #dubai #wstudiodxb

Riaan was broke, on drugs, and sleeping on people's couches in Cape Town. Soleen was stuck in an interior design career she hated in Dubai. They met through an Instagram story, talked for seven months without meeting, and told each other "I think I'm going to marry you" before they'd ever been in the same room. In this episode — the airport no-show, the 100-dirham wedding rings, the first year they almost got divorced, and how a couple workout video filmed during COVID turned two people with nothing into one of the most-watched couples in the Middle East.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ Who are Riaan & Soleen?A South African-Iraqi couple based in Dubai who went viral during COVID with their couple workout videos. What started as a fun idea became a full-time career, a cross-cultural movement, and a love story that proves the right partner matters more than the right bank balance. With millions of followers across platforms, they've become one of the Middle East's most beloved creator couples — known for their raw honesty, cultural bridge-building, and the energy they bring to everything they do. #hikmatwehbipodcast #podcast #arabic_podcast #riaanandsoleen #couplesgoals #crosscultural #lovestory #dubai #iraq #southafrica #marriage #motivation #wstudiodxb

From a kid who grew up touching poverty in a Lebanese village to the man who says he's "monetized spirituality" — this is not your typical finance conversation.In this episode, Charbel Khoury talks about what money does to your soul — how a hobby dies the moment you get paid for it, how seventy hours on a motorcycle with no music gave him more clarity than any boardroom, and how a client's obsession with a green Porsche traced back to a girl he liked twenty years ago. Why the opposite of play isn't work — it's depression. Why "God is with you" is sometimes used to keep people broke. And what a seventy-year-old man staring at chisel marks on a Greek column can teach you about the life most people are too busy to live.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ Who is Charbel Khoury?A Lebanese financial behavior consultant and founder of Atlantis — a financial coaching firm now in its 17th year. Charbel has spent nearly 30 years helping people untangle their relationship with money, fear, and self-worth. He's writing his next book, Abundance, and believes your spiritual tokens matter more than your bank balance. #hikmatwehbipodcast#podcast#arabic_podcast#charbelkhoury#atlantisfinancials#شربل_خوري#حكمت_وهبي#حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست#wstudiodxb#financialfreedom#investing#spirituality#abundance#personalfinance#mindset

From a girl who covered her mouth every time she smiled to the woman teaching an entire generation how to stop apologizing for who they are — this is not the conversation you'd expect from a content creator with two million followers.In this episode of the Hikmat Wehbi Podcast, Waed Qasem doesn't just talk about self-love — she talks about what it actually costs to get there. The beauty standards that told her to lighten her skin, straighten her hair, and shrink her laugh. The close friend she lost to a toxic boyfriend who forced a choice between them. Walking into a university building, realizing it was the media department instead of law — and never looking back. Punishing herself as a child by placing a glass of ice water in front of her and refusing a sip until she'd earned it. Processing her own emotions by talking to herself out loud, every single day. People who live inside daydream bubbles because reality asks too much of them. And the one thing she still can't do — ask someone for help — and why she won't say yes to anyone until she figures that out.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ Who is Waed Qasem?A Jordanian content creator, TV presenter, and one of the Arab world's most recognizable voices on self-development and women's empowerment. She studied journalism and media, and built a platform of over two million followers across Instagram and YouTube — all by speaking to young Arab women in the honest, no-sugarcoating "big sister" tone that nobody else was offering. Her content covers confidence, toxic relationships, boundaries, and what it actually takes to build a life on your own terms. #hikmatwehbipodcast#podcast#arabic_podcast#waedqasem#وعد_قاسم#حكمت_وهبي#حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست#wstudiodxb#selflove#toxicrelationships#confidence

From Egypt to Everest to Denali — the story of a woman who climbed the highest peaks on Earth and still couldn't outrun the question: "why aren't you married?"In this episode of the Hikmat Wehbi Podcast, Manal Rostom doesn't talk about summits the way you'd expect. She talks about the bus accident that almost killed her at nineteen, the guilt that pushed her toward God, and the moment on Everest when she asked herself: would I still do this if no one ever found out? She talks about being the only Arab on the mountain, being looked down on by climbers who couldn't believe she belonged, and training at Ski Dubai because that's what she had. And she talks about the thing no one wants to hear — that she's forty-six, single, and happy, and that the world still doesn't know what to do with that.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🏔️ Who is Manal Rostom?An Egyptian athlete, mountaineer, marathon runner, and content creator based in Dubai. She studied pharmacy, earned a master's in clinical pharmacy, then walked away from it all. She became the first Egyptian woman to summit Everest, completed six of the Seven Summits, ran the six World Marathon Majors, and built a career in content creation and motivational speaking — all while wearing the hijab and redefining what that looks like to the world. #hikmatwehbipodcast#podcast#arabic_podcast#manalrostom#منال_رستم#حكمت_وهبي#حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست#wstudiodxb#everest#sevensummits

From Syria to Ukraine to Dubai — the story of a woman who spent 37 years proving she was enough, and the moment she decided to stop.In this episode of the Hikmat Wehbi Podcast, Dr. Roula Al Shahadat returns for a very different conversation. Not about clinics or injections this time, but about the person behind them: the girl who left home at two, the woman who wore strength like armor because no one gave her the option to take it off, and the doctor who admits — on the record — that her only real support system is herself.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━👩‍⚕️ Who is Dr. Roula Al Shahadat?A dermatologist, aesthetic physician, and founder of the Charisma Medical Group. Born in Syria and raised in Ukraine from the age of two, she studied medicine and specialized in dermatology in Kyiv before completing an MBA. She moved to the UAE in 2018 and built a network of clinics across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Al Ain. In this episode, she steps out from behind the title — as a mother, a daughter, a divorcée, and a woman still learning how to be soft.#hikmatwehbipodcast#podcast#arabic_podcast#Roula_Al-Shehadatرولا_الشحادات##wstudiodxbحكمت_وهبي#حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست#

From a small salary in Dubai to a Netflix reality show, the story of a self-made Indian entrepreneur who built a business empire, earned the title Mr. Golden Visa, married after a ten-minute decision — nearly divorced on camera — and chose to stay and fight for his family when walking away would have been easier.In this episode of the Hikmat Wehbi Podcast, we sit down with Dyuti Parruck — Mr. Golden Visa from Netflix's Desi Bling — for an unfiltered, deeply personal conversation that goes far beyond the show: his marriage to Irina and the real story behind their most controversial scenes, growing up without a father, going to therapy alone when his wife refused, the cultural clash that almost broke them, and why he's grateful the internet chose to hate him instead of her. A talk that blends vulnerability, business, culture & what it really takes to hold a family together.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🏆 Who is Dyuti Parruck?Dyuti Parruck is an Indian entrepreneur based in Dubai and the founder of Decisive Zone — one of the UAE's top three business setup companies. Known worldwide as Mr. Golden Visa, he helps millionaires and billionaires from the US, UK, India and beyond relocate and establish themselves in Dubai. A title that started as a journalist's throwaway line became a global brand, landing him on Netflix's Desi Bling — where his raw, unscripted marriage became the most talked-about storyline of the season. He grew up without a father, was raised entirely by women, scaled his company from 10 people to over 200, and went from having 10 photos on Instagram to becoming a globally recognized face — all in under two years. #hikmatwehbipodcast #podcast #desibling #Dyuti_parruck #mrgoldenvisa #netflix #dubai #decisivezone #wstudiodxb #حكمت_وهبي #حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست

From a hobby filming cars on weekends to the biggest automotive voice on the planet, the story of a radio presenter who bet everything on an industry that didn't exist yet — turned down $100 million — and rebuilt her entire life after a 22-year relationship collapsed overnight.In this episode of the Hikmat Wehbi Podcast, we sit down with Alex Hirschi — better known as Supercar Blondie — for an honest, disarming conversation that goes far beyond cars: building a media empire from a phone, her divorce and the betrayal behind it, surviving a decade of online hate, and learning that success and happiness aren't the same thing. A talk that blends business, resilience & raw human experience. #hikmatwehbipodcast #podcast #supercarblondie #alexhirschi #carswithoutlimits #wstudiodxb #حكمت_وهبي #حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست

From a small town in the south of the Netherlands to sold-out stages across Europe, the story of a shy Moroccan-Dutch girl who turned a 30-minute studio joke into a multilingual anthem streamed by millions — and never looked back.In this episode of the Hikmat Wehbi Podcast, we sit down with singer Inez for an honest, disarming conversation — not just about music, but about identity between two cultures, the marriage she'd never spoken about publicly, the price of going viral overnight, and learning to slow down when the whole world speeds up. A talk that blends culture, creativity, and raw human experience. #hikmatwehbipodcast#podcast#arabic_podcast#Inez#انيز#wstudiodxb#حكمت_وهبي#حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست

From Ukraine to Dub, the story of a doctor who built an aesthetics empire from scratch and created the "Dubai Injection" that shook the market and rattled her competitors.In this episode of the Hikmat Wehbi Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Roula Al Shahadat for a candid, different kind of conversation — not just about aesthetics, but about building a brand, the courage to tell the truth, and the future of the entire field. A talk that blends science, business, and raw human experience.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━👩‍⚕️ Who is Dr. Roula Al Shahadat?A dermatologist, aesthetic physician, and founder of the Charisma Medical Group. Born in Syria into a family of doctors, she studied medicine and specialized in dermatology at Bogomolets National Medical University in Kyiv, Ukraine, before completing an MBA. She moved to the UAE in 2018 and, over a career spanning more than 13 years, built a network of clinics serving over 50,000 patients across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Al Ain. She's a certified Key Opinion Leader for the Swiss brand Teoxane and the creator of the renowned "Dubai Injection" — a bioregenerative treatment built on poly-lactic acid and salmon DNA rather than traditional volumizing filler. #hikmatwehbipodcast #podcast#arabic_podcast #Roula_Al-Shehadatرولا_الشحادات##wstudiodxbحكمت_وهبي#حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست#

Farah is an Algerian-born content creator and reality-TV personality who rose to prominence as the breakout star of an Arabic reality dating show, and has since channeled that fame into a platform built almost entirely around young women. Raised by her mother in the UAE after her parents divorced when she was five, she traces much of her worldview back to that childhood — convinced that nearly everything we struggle with as adults is rooted there, and that real growth begins by going back and working on yourself. She pairs an unapologetic ambition with a hard-won philosophy of self-worth: that a woman is complete on her own and doesn't need a man to validate her, that success and financial independence are their own form of security, and that confidence is something you build from the inside rather than borrow from anyone's approval. Equal parts candid and self-aware — open about her own patterns, her boredom, her standards, and her flaws — she positions her content as a kind of awareness she wishes she'd had earlier: teaching girls to set boundaries from the first date, to recognize red flags and games before they get hurt, and to choose substance and self-respect over the fairytale they're sold from birth. Grounded in her roots and outspoken to a fault, she models the message she's selling — that a woman can be soft and strong at once, refuse to shrink herself, and still say, of everything she's achieved so far, this is nothing — just watch me. #hikmatwehbipodcast #podcast#arabic_podcast #Farah_Razemفرح_رازم##wstudiodxbحكمت_وهبي#حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست#

Reema is the founder of Tigre Rosa, a luxury Italian-made high heel brand positioned at the intersection of craft, faith, and feminine empowerment. After leaving her father's firefighting company to pursue a passion she'd held since childhood, she spent two years traveling between Milan and Florence to develop handmade heels embedded with healing stones, each representing the body, mind, and spirit she believes a balanced woman must align. She pairs an obsessive commitment to craftsmanship and quality with a deeply spiritual worldview, championing the balance between masculine and feminine energy, self-love over ego, and substance over superficiality. Grounding her brand in meaning rather than marketing, she models the philosophy she sells: that real confidence comes from working on yourself, that intention shapes outcome, and that an Arab woman can build something world-class without ever forgetting her roots.Subscribe for more inspiring profiles and exclusive podcast episodes. #hikmatwehbipodcast #podcast#arabic_podcast #Reema_al_khatib#tigre_rosaريما_الخطيب#تيغري_روزا##wstudiodxbحكمت_وهبي#حكمت_وهبي_بودكاست#