Conversations with Ricardo Karam

#111 Sarah Trad: A Journey Through Memory and Belonging I سارة طراد: رحلة في الذاكرة والانتماء 21.07.2026 41p

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ricardo Karam sits down with Sarah Trad in a conversation about memory, hospitality, reinvention, and the art of transforming a personal story into a place of meaning. Raised between worlds, from Jeddah to Lebanon and beyond, Sarah grew up in a home open to people, encounters, and conversation. That early sense of generosity would later shape many chapters of her life: from her social engagement through Skoun, Lebanon’s pioneering outpatient addiction center,...

#110 When the Body Becomes the Stage: Joe Kodeih I حين يصبح الجسد مسرحاً آخر: جو قديح 14.07.2026 41p

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Lebanese actor and playwright Joe Kodeih in a dialogue that moves beyond theatre into the deeper terrain of identity, fragility, and what remains when life itself becomes an unpredictable stage. From his early beginnings in theatre, Joe reflects on the stage as both a mirror of society and a space of confrontation where language is pushed to its limits and silence often speaks as loudly as words. The conversation explores the...

#109 Ghida Rabbat: When Difference Becomes Responsibility | غيدا ربّاط: حين يصبح الاختلاف مسؤولية 07.07.2026 43p

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ricardo Karam sits down with Ghida Rabbat in a deeply human conversation about motherhood, difference, inclusion, and the long journey of turning a personal challenge into a collective mission. As a mother of a child with special needs and the cofounder of OpenMinds, Ghida reflects on the years that shaped her understanding of autism, care, education, and dignity. What began as a personal search for answers gradually became a public commitment to helping chil...

#108 From Bint Jbeil to the Region: Identity & Impact I من بنت جبيل إلى المنطقة: الهوية والتأثير 30.06.2026 44p

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ricardo Karam sits down with Rindala Beydoun in a conversation about roots, leadership, belonging, and the meaning of responsibility in a changing region. Born from a journey shaped between Bint Jbeil, Tyre, Saida, the United States, Dubai, and Beirut, Rindala reflects on the experiences that formed her understanding of citizenship, identity, and public engagement. As the founder of a regional law firm, she opens up about building credibility in a demanding p...

#107 Amal Azhari: From Memory to Strength | أمل أزهري: من الذاكرة إلى القوة وصناعة الهوية 24.06.2026 39p

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ricardo Karam meets Amal Azhari in a deeply personal conversation that goes beyond fashion into memory, identity, and resilience, where design becomes a reflection of lived experience and inner strength. The conversation traces her journey from a career in communications and public relations to the founding of her own couture house, exploring the courage it takes to change paths and build a creative identity from the ground up. It also delves into the emotion...

#106 Mariana Wehbe: Reinventing Success | ماريانا وهبي: إعادة ابتكار النجاح 16.06.2026 39p

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ricardo Karam sits down with Mariana Wehbe in a profound conversation that explores a remarkable personal and professional journey shaped by displacement, reinvention, and the continuous redefinition of identity and belonging. The dialogue begins with formative chapters of her life, moving from Abu Dhabi to the United States before a pivotal relocation to Lebanon at the age of seventeen, where she meets her own mother, under unforeseen circumstances that plac...

#105 Christiane Amanpour: Truth, Power & Journalism | كريستيان أمانبور: الحقيقة والسلطة والصحافة 10.06.2026 44p

Send us Fan Mail The conversation begins with a reflection on human nature after decades spent covering wars, revolutions, genocides, and political upheavals, opening broader questions about truth, leadership, and the state of the world today. The discussion explores Amanpour’s journey as one of the most respected international journalists of her generation, her experiences interviewing presidents, dictators, and survivors of conflict, and her conviction that journalism must seek truth rather...

#104 Abed Al Kadiri: When Color Becomes a Space of Survival I عبد القادري:حين يصبح اللون مساحة نجاة 03.06.2026 37p

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ricardo Karam sits down with Abed Al Kadiri in a conversation that goes beyond art as an aesthetic space, where color becomes testimony, the canvas a space of survival, and art an act of confronting human pain. The dialogue begins with the image of a displaced child, scattered paper and colors, opening questions about art as it moves from galleries into a fractured reality shaped by war and displacement. The discussion explores Abed Al Kadiri’s journey as an ...

#103 Farid Chedid: Building Stability in Times of CollapseIفريد شديد: بناء الاستقرار في زمن الانهيار 28.05.2026 43p

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ricardo Karam sits down with Farid Chedid in a conversation that goes beyond insurance and business, exploring the journey of a man who built, from Lebanon, a network of trust that expanded across the region and the world, in an industry fundamentally built around uncertainty and risk. The discussion begins with the meaning of insurance in times of war and collapse, when danger becomes part of everyday life and traditional ideas of safety and stability are co...

#102 Between Loss and Hope: Diala El Fil I بين الفقد والأمل: ديالا الفيل 20.05.2026 36p

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ricardo Karam sits down with Diala El Fil in a deeply human conversation that goes beyond personal grief to explore the journey of a mother who faced profound loss and searched for a new meaning to life through pain. From the moment everything changed, Diala reflects on a journey that cannot truly be explained in words, but lived through everyday moments, where loss becomes a lasting presence and memory transforms into another form of life. The discussion exp...

#101 Antonio Vincenti: The Language of the Street I أنطونيو فينسنتي: لغة الشارع 13.05.2026 46p

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ricardo Karam sits down with Antonio Vincenti in a conversation that goes beyond advertising to explore a journey that reshaped public space across Arab cities, turning the street from chaos into a visual language that shapes urban memory. From Lebanon to Amman, Baghdad, Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, Africa, and Europe, Antonio reflects on how “Picasso” began as an outdoor advertising idea and evolved into a broader vision tied to the city and the way people exper...

#100 Between War and Dignity: Kamel Mohanna I بين الحرب والكرامة: كامل مهنا 05.05.2026 50p

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Lebanese doctor, thinker, and humanitarian Dr. Kamel Mohanna in a dialogue that goes beyond biography to explore a life shaped by commitment, witness, and action in times of collapse. From his early beginnings to his college years in France, during moments of conflict in Lebanon, Dr. Mohanna reflects on what it means to choose proximity to pain rather than distance from it, and how such a path becomes less a profession and mo...

#99 When Passion Refuses to Leave: Assaad Raphael I حين يرفض الشغف أن يغادر: رؤية أسعد روفايل 28.04.2026 50p

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Lebanese entrepreneur Assaad Raphael in a dialogue that goes beyond automobiles to explore passion as a form of resistance, and the meaning of building something meaningful in a country defined by uncertainty. From an early fascination with cars that gradually became a defining part of his identity, Assaad reflects on how passion can evolve from personal interest into purpose, responsibility, and ultimately a way of life. The...

#98 Fall, Recovery & Return: Samer Tawk’s Story I السقوط، التعافي والعودة: قصة سامر طوق 23.04.2026 44p

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Lebanese Olympian Samer Tawk in a dialogue that goes far beyond sport, tracing a journey shaped not only by achievement, but by rupture, resilience, and the quiet reconstruction of the self. From choosing an unlikely path in a country where winter sports are rare, to representing Lebanon on the Olympic stage in PyeongChang, Samer reflects on what it means to pursue a dream that seems geographically and culturally distant. The...

#97 Speed, Passion & Legacy: Billy Karam’s Journey I السرعة والشغف والإرث: رحلة بيلي كرم 09.04.2026 32p

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Nabil “Billy” Karam, eight-time Lebanese rally and hill climb champion, entrepreneur, extraordinary collector, and holder of six Guinness World Records titles. In a discussion that goes beyond speed, we explore how passion becomes identity, collecting becomes responsibility, and sports transform into a cultural legacy. From his early racing days to life lessons on leadership, Billy Karam shares how driving is not only a techn...

#96 War, Exile & Return: Philippe Jabre’s Story I الحرب والمنفى والعودة: قصة فيليب جبر 07.04.2026 51p

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Lebanese investor and philanthropist Philippe Jabre in a dialogue that moves beyond finance to question the meaning of return, commitment, and responsibility toward a country that never stops demanding. From the experience of war to that of exile, and ultimately the decision to return and invest in Lebanon, Philippe Jabre reflects on what success means in a context of instability and on what conflict has taken from him, and l...

#95 War, Memory & Modernity: Tarek El-Ariss’s Journey I الحرب والذاكرة والحداثة: رحلة طارق العريس 31.03.2026 49p

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Lebanese academic and writer Tarek El-Ariss in a discussion that moves beyond personal biography to explore writing as an act of reflection and responsibility toward memory. From a childhood in war-time Beirut that shaped his early awareness, to the experience of exile that deepened his understanding of anxiety and estrangement, and finally to his academic journey at Dartmouth College where he reexamines the meaning of Arab m...

#94 The Human Side of Medicine: Dr. Ali Taher’s Journey I الجانب الإنساني للطب: رحلة الدكتور علي طاهر 17.02.2026 52p

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Dr. Ali Taher in a meeting that goes beyond medicine as a profession and explores it as a profound human act and an art of listening. From a childhood between Ghana and Beirut that shaped his view of diversity, to difficult experiences that deepened his understanding of human vulnerability, and on to London where he learned that a doctor’s humanity begins with caring for oneself a different journey toward the meaning of heali...

#93 Lebanese Cinema Without Borders: Georges Schoucair I السينما اللبنانية بلا حدود: جورج شقير 10.02.2026 46p

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Georges Schoucair, the renowned Lebanese film producer and co-founder of Abbout Productions, in a discussion that goes beyond filmmaking as a business to explore it as a cultural and artistic choice. Since 2004, Abbout has supported independent cinema and auteur films, presenting over 30 films at major international festivals like Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Locarno. The conversation covers the challenges of filmmaki...

#92 Childhood & Imagination: Nadine Touma’s Journey I الطفولة والخيال: رحلة نادين توما 09.02.2026 51p

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Nadine Touma, artist, producer, and cultural activist, to explore the intersection of art, culture, and education. Nadine combines literature, humanities, design, and human rights in her work, offering a holistic vision of art as a tool for critical thinking and awareness from childhood. The discussion covers her multidisciplinary journey, from working in government to developing innovative educational strategies, to creating...