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.
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.
17/01/2025 • 59:38
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.
27/12/2024 • 62:57
The Habibis reunite to share laughs, stories, favorite games and what’s been keeping them hooked. Stick around for an exciting surprise reveal!
20/12/2024 • 69:41
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.
23/02/2024 • 98:11
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
29/12/2023 • 31:16
The Habibis start on the impossible task of creating a Habibis Top 10.
25/12/2023 • 90:03
Fawzi, Rami, and Osama try to figure out what they would sound like as Pokémon.
08/12/2023 • 42:36
Rami recounts the story of how Fawzi turned the entire country of Portugal against Egyptian kebab (this may be an exaggeration).
02/12/2023 • 73:03
Fawzi & Rami visited devcom at the end of August, and caught up with Ahmed Salama to talk about devcom, gamescom, and games industry.
06/10/2023 • 34:29
Rami, Osama, and Fawzi talk abo-salaam!
08/09/2023 • 58:13
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.
04/08/2023 • 64:14
The Habibis look back at 100 episodes of doilies, agent Smith, segues, and inshallahs.
19/05/2023 • 64:05
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.
31/03/2023 • 47:28
The three Habibis talk about a topic that cannot be avoided, the eternal truth of Arab culture: Amr Diab.
10/03/2023 • 68:15
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?
10/02/2023 • 55:14
This title will make sense, inshallah.
03/02/2023 • 47:21
Rami & Osama cry-laugh about settings inspired by Agrabah.
27/01/2023 • 53:46
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.
20/01/2023 • 73:20
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.
13/01/2023 • 49:48
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 CelebrationCult of the LambDestiny 2: The Witch QueenDome KeeperDwarf FortressElden RingGod of War RagnarokGotham KnightsHigh on LifeHorizon Forbidden WestHyper DemonKing of Fighters 15Kirby & the Forgotten LandMarvel SnapMarvel: Midnight SunsMetal HellsingerNeon WhiteNFS UnboundNorcoOverwatch 2Pokemon Legends ArceusReturn to Monkey IslandRogue Legacy 2Rogue TowerStacklandsStrayThe Case of the Golden IdolTNMT Shredder's RevengeTrombone ChampTunicVampire SurvivorsWordleXenoblade Chronicles 3
06/01/2023 • 75:48
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.
09/12/2022 • 49:58
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.
11/11/2022 • 43:01
Fawzi & Rami talk about why Osama couldn't make it to this episode.
04/11/2022 • 65:03
After a few weeks of hiatus, Rami, Fawzi, and Osama get back together to catch up on games, TV series, and... karaoke?
28/10/2022 • 56:33
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.
30/09/2022 • 52:25
Arab Rami, Arab Fawzi, and Arab Osama are three Arab Game Developers Arab-drinking Good Arab Tea.
23/09/2022 • 65:56
Osama & Rami congratulate Fawzi on the announcement of Assassins' Creed Mirage.
16/09/2022 • 65:29
Rami, Osama, and also Fawzi catch up on the events of the week.
11/09/2022 • 51:50
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.
02/09/2022 • 52:27
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.
26/08/2022 • 48:17
