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Conversations with Ricardo Karam

Ricardo Karam

Ricardo Karam embarks on a new journey through a series of conversations with his friends from around the Arab world and beyond. Each conversation unlocks a new key to success on how to live a better and more purposeful life.
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A Conversation with Amin Maalouf

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07/15/20 • 39 min

Today, Ricardo sits down with Amin Maalouf for a very special conversation. Amin Maalouf is described as one of the Arab world's most influential writers, weaves extraordinary tales in his novels, mixing historical events, romantic love, fantasy, and imagination. A Lebanese writer who lives in France and writes in French, Maalouf explores fundamental problems of identity, the pressures of religion and nationality, and the concerns and values of different cultures in the Middle East, Africa, and the Mediterranean world. In this episode, he talks about his own origins, his inspiration and his views on the Arab world today. Take a listen.

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A Conversation with Hanan Ashrawi

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06/16/20 • 43 min

Ricardo sits down for a conversation with Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi. Hanan was born in 1946 - two years before the Isreali invasion of Palestine. She is a Palestinian leader, legislator, activist, and scholar who served as a member of the Leadership Committee and as an official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation to the Middle East peace process, beginning with the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991. Her resume is long - too long even to go over but her life has been one of patriotism, discussion, debate and of course a strong and deep revolutionary spirit. Her story is that of perseverance through the victories and failures.

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05/18/20 • 36 min

Today Ricardo brings to you a conversation he had with HRH Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan. Ricardo visited Prince at his wonderful home right outside of Amman. Prince Ali was of course born into the Jordanian royal family - his father was the King Hussein of Jordan and his mother was Queen Alia of Jordan. But Prince Ali is not your typical prince - he is a modernist, an advocate for progress and change. He proved that during his time at FIFA as he was one of a number of FIFA officials to call for the publication of the Garcia Report into allegations of corruption. Not only that he successfully championed the lifting of FIFA's ban on the hijab in women's football.

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A Conversation with Ramzi Haidamus

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04/02/20 • 44 min

Ricardo sits down with Ramzi Haidamus a Lebanese-American who left the shores of Lebanon during the civil war for San Francisco. There he pursued both a bachelors and masters in electrical engineering and then he built a career of dreams. He worked at Dolby for 17 years, and became Executive Vice President. Then to the surprise of so many he quit his job to spend more quiet time with his family. He rejoined the workforce in 2014, he became President of Nokia Technologies then President and CEO of Immersion Corporation, the leading innovator of touch feedback technology. Ramzi tells us his a story: a story of immigration, of success, of hard work, of risk aking, of family and love.

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A Conversation with Baria Alamuddin

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11/03/20 • 44 min

In this episode, Ricardo sits down with Baria Alamuddin for a very special conversation. Baria Alamuddin is an outspoken, award-winning political journalist from Lebanon. She has been making waves in the media world for many decades and is best known in the Middle East, the US, and the UK for talking tough with cultural icons, heads of state, and religious leaders till she was dubbed as the "Well of Secrets." Memorably, she was also the last journalist to interview Prime Minister Indira Gandhi before her assassination in 1984. Beyond her career, she is a wife, a mother, and the mother in law of George Clooney.

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A Conversation with Tracy Chamoun

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03/23/21 • 43 min

Today, Ricardo sits down with Tracy Chamoun for a special conversation. Tracy Chamoun is the scion of one of Lebanon’s most famous dynasties and the first woman to found a political party in the Arab world - the Liberal Democrats Party of Lebanon. In this conversation, she talks about her plans and hopes for her country, and about coming to terms with the murder of her father, his second wife and their young children during the Lebanese civil war. Tracy was appointed as ambassador of Lebanon to Jordan on 19 June, 2017 and became one of the first officials to resign from her position following the devastating explosion at Beirut port that killed at least 158 people and injured more than 6,000. She decided to run for presidency in 2022.

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A Conversation with Nidal Al-Ashkar

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03/12/21 • 35 min

In this episode, Ricardo sits down with Nidal Al-Ashkar for a very special conversation. Nidal Al-Ashkar is among the most influential women to shape the cultural landscape of Lebanon and the Arab world. Much of the development of theatre in Beirut is attributed to her efforts, which culminated in the establishment of “The Beirut Theatre Workshop” in the late 1960s and the “Arab Actors” theatre company in the mid-70s. In 1994, after renovating a historic cinema in Beirut and making it available to Lebanese civil society, she founded there a cultural centre, Masrah Al-Madina, which quickly became the epicenter for cultural and artistic events in Beirut. Nidal tapped into the world of theatre, poetry, politics and many other art forms.

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A Conversation with President Michel Aoun

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04/13/21 • 44 min

In this very special episode, Ricardo sits down with President Michel Aoun for a conversation that took place at the most critical time in Lebanon’s history. Michel Aoun was then the President of Lebanon elected on 31 October 2016 on the 46th electoral session of the Lebanese parliament, breaking a 29-month deadlock. The encounter took place on the eve of the centenary proclamation of the nation of Lebanon and less than a month after Beirut blast killed at least 190 people, injured thousands, destroyed the city and left thousands of citizens homeless. Lebanese, who underwent decades of accumulated crises, endemic corruption and mismanagement by an entrenched ruling class, were all waiting to hear what the most controversial President was about to say.

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A Conversation with Sabah

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11/26/21 • 31 min

In this episode, Ricardo unveils a 25-year-old interview he conducted with Sabah, one of the Arab world's best-known entertainers, who has released over 50 albums and acted in 98 films as well as over 20 Lebanese stage plays during her more than six-decade-long career. Few artists in the Arab world enjoyed the level of glory and stardom of Sabah. Her incredible signing talent, especially in the so-called mountain folk style, was discovered at a young age and she released her first song at age 13. With beauty and pleasant personality to go with the voice, this winning formula caught the eye of producer Asia Dagher, who encouraged Sabah’s family to bring her to Cairo for a three-film contract. Her family agreed and the young woman never looked back. Sabah was among the first Arabic singers to perform at the Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Royal Albert Hall in London, and the Sydney Opera House. She passed away in 2014 at the age of 87 and remains considered as one of the holders of the artistic memory of Lebanon and the Arab world.

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A Conversation with Etel Adnan

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12/17/21 • 32 min

In this episode, Ricardo meets poet, essayist, and painter Etel Adnan 2 years before her passing. Etel Adnan expressed her prodigious creative and intellectual vision in many forms. In addition to being a visual artist, she is a renowned poet, a prominent journalist, and the author of one of the defining novels of the modern Arab world. Adnan’s biography is notable for its rich convergence of cultural influences. She was born in Lebanon to a Greek mother and Syrian father; grew up speaking French, Arabic, and Greek; and as an adult lived for extended periods in Lebanon, the United States, and France. She began to paint in the late 1950s, while working as a professor of philosophy in Northern California. It was a period when, in protest of France’s colonial rule in Algeria, she renounced writing in French and declared that she would begin “painting in Arabic.” While Adnan’s writings are unflinching in their critique of war and social injustice, her visual art is an intensely personal distillation of her faith in the human spirit and the beauty of the natural world. She once stated, “It seems to me I write what I see, paint what I am”. Etel died on November 14, 2021.

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    How many episodes does Conversations with Ricardo Karam have?

    Conversations with Ricardo Karam currently has 14 episodes available.

    What topics does Conversations with Ricardo Karam cover?

    The podcast is about Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Podcasts, Business and Careers.

    What is the most popular episode on Conversations with Ricardo Karam?

    The episode title 'A Conversation with Amin Maalouf' is the most popular.

    What is the average episode length on Conversations with Ricardo Karam?

    The average episode length on Conversations with Ricardo Karam is 32 minutes.

    How often are episodes of Conversations with Ricardo Karam released?

    Episodes of Conversations with Ricardo Karam are typically released every 28 days, 22 hours.

    When was the first episode of Conversations with Ricardo Karam?

    The first episode of Conversations with Ricardo Karam was released on Apr 2, 2020.

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