Conversations with Ricardo Karam

Episodes

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  #118 Kinda Adra: Between Two Worlds, One Identity I كيندا عدرا: بين عالمين وهوية واحدة 20.10.2026 46m

  Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Kinda Adra for a dialogue about migration, identity, motherhood, mental health, and the journey of finding oneself in a new place. From Lebanon to Canada, Kinda’s journey was not simply a move from one country to another, but a transformative experience through which she rediscovered herself and reshaped both her professional and personal path. The conversation explores what it means to build a life away from home, from the c...
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  #117 Fady AbouChalache: Investment & Leadership | فادي أبو شلش: الاستثمار والقيادة 13.10.2026 54m

  Send us Fan Mail Ricardo Karam sits down with Fady Michel AbouChalache for a conversation about investment, entrepreneurship, leadership, and the building of lasting institutions. From Beirut to Wharton and Harvard, and later New York, Boston, and London, AbouChalache has spent more than three decades in finance and investment. His journey took him from investment banking to entrepreneurship and leadership roles at Quilvest, during a period when the group’s assets grew from $3.7 billion to $3...
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  #116 Tarick Smiley: Beyond Beauty and Appearance I طارق صميلي: ما وراء الجمال والمظهر 06.10.2026 43m

  Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Dr. Tarick Smiley for a dialogue about beauty, identity, medicine, and the delicate relationship between how we look and how we see ourselves. From his beginnings in Ohio to Beverly Hills, California, Dr. Smiley has built an international career in plastic and reconstructive surgery, combining medical expertise, scientific research, and a precise artistic eye. The conversation explores what lies beyond the pursuit of physical...
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  #115 Charles Arbid: Entrepreneurship & Nation-Building | شارل عربيد: ريادة الأعمال وبناء الوطن 05.10.2026 44m

  Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Charles Arbid for a dialogue about entrepreneurship, ambition, Lebanon, and the responsibility that comes with success. From the world of business to the leadership of economic and social institutions, Charles Arbid has spent decades building companies, supporting Lebanese industry, helping local brands expand beyond Lebanon, and exploring a question far greater than any business: Can Lebanon itself become a brand the world b...
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  #114 Richard Kouyoumjian: Between Faith & Belonging I ريشار قيومجيان: بين الإيمان والانتماء 05.10.2026 55m

  Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Richard Kouyoumjian for a dialogue about war, politics, exile, faith, Lebanon, and the human being behind the political figure. Richard Kouyoumjian entered public life at a young age, shaped by a Lebanon marked by conflict, political divisions, fear, and loss. He experienced the war firsthand, lost friends, left Lebanon in 1994, and rebuilt his life in the United States before eventually returning to Lebanon and entering publ...
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  #113 Philip Salem: A Journey of Science, Hope & Purpose I فيليب سالم: رحلة في العلم والأمل والهدف 15.09.2026 51m

  Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Professor Philip Salem for a dialogue about medicine, cancer, hope, and the human being behind every diagnosis. From Lebanon to the United States, Philip Salem carried with him a passion for science and devoted more than five decades of his life to understanding and confronting cancer, not only as a physician and researcher, but as a human being who sees medicine as a responsibility that goes far beyond treatment. The convers...
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  #112 Nijad Fares: A Journey of Success & Service | نجاد فارس: مسيرة نجاح وعطاء 08.09.2026 48m

  Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Nijad Fares for a dialogue about entrepreneurship, leadership, Lebanon, philanthropy, and the responsibility that comes with success. Born into a Lebanese family and raised with a strong sense of belonging and service, Nijad Fares built an international career in business and investment while remaining deeply connected to Lebanon and committed to strengthening the ties between communities and cultures. The conversation goes b...
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  #111 Sarah Trad: A Journey Through Memory and Belonging I سارة طراد: رحلة في الذاكرة والانتماء 21.07.2026 41m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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...