Homegrown DXB with Omar Butti

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  Michele and Bill Johnson: Pitfire 20.07.2026 48dk

    Bill and Michele Johnson are the husband and wife team behind Pitfire Pizza, your favorite UAE pizza joint since 2014. Despite neither of them having an F&B background, Michele and Bill developed their own unique brand of pizza somewhere between New York and Neopolitan, with Pitfire now expanding to eleven locations across the emirates and with many more on the way soon.
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  Bodour Altamimi: Pure Soil 12.07.2026 43dk

  Bodour Al Tamimi founded the Pure Soil family farm to get artificial additives out of food, based on her own experiences with an autoimmune condition that triggered migraines. Bodour believes that pure food leads to a better quality of life, something she cares about deeply, not only for her own family but for all the people here in the UAE and around the world.
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  Luma Maklouf: Maiz Tacos 06.07.2026 44dk
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  Hind Seddiqi‏: Seddiqi Holding 27.06.2026 43dk

  Hind Seddiqi is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Siddiqi Holdings, a legacy name in the Dubai luxury sector since 1950. She’s also the founder and CEO of Dubai Watch Week, a global platform dedicated to watchmaking heritage and fostering education. Even 76 years after the founding of the first Seddiqi luxury watch and jewellery retailer, Hind is showing that her family business is timeless.
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  Khawla Hammad & Inas Shashieh: Takalam 18.06.2026 43dk

  Khawla Hammad and Inas Shashieh are the co-founders of Takalam, a platform that offers therapy and tech powered mental wellness tools to all. Inspired by Khawla’s own challenges with post-partum depression and Inas’s struggles with personal loss, Takalam tackles the social stigma here around mental health head on, aiming to ensure no one in the UAE or the region suffers in silence.
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  Cheb Moha : Shabab International 25.05.2026 43dk

    April MayJuneFull episode linksNot every brand starts with a blueprint some start with identity. Cheb Moha is an Iraqi creative who grew up between Libya and Canada, a true third culture kid who felt that mainstream streetwear never fully reflected his identity.In 2014, alongside early support from his sister, he developed the concept for Shabab International a sports and streetwear brand inspired by the Middle East of his youth. What started as an idea abroad found its footing in the UAE, from a factory in Ajman to a retail space in Alserkal Avenue.Shabab is more than a label it’s a personal expression of Moha’s world, influences, and obsessions.Originally conceived in Calgary, the brand was born out of a search for representation something that felt familiar yet entirely new.Beyond fashion, Moha is also a multidisciplinary artist, working across photography, music, and poetry.With global recognition already in motion, including being worn by Dua Lipa, Shabab continues to expand its presence with eyes on cities like Dubai, Kuwait, Riyadh, Tokyo, Tunis, and New York.
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  Sami Khoeribi: Wisewell 24.05.2026 48dk

  Our guest today wants to make sure you don’t go thirsty. Sami Khoreibi is the co-founder of Wisewell, a water filtration & dispenser system that uses carbon, reverse osmosis, and mineral filters to make staying hydrated easier than ever. But this is far from Sami’s first venture. Sami took his first company Candax Energy public at the age of 25 and sold his second company Enviromena in 2017. And with regional water security at the forefront of conversations today, Wisewell looks to be yet another success.
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  Jacky and Ashish Panjabi: Jacky’s 12.05.2026 44dk

  Our guests today are a tech legacy. Coming from Hong Kong, Jacky Panjabi came to Dubai in 1985 to open the first branch of the self-named Jacky’s. Their first shop opened up in 1988 in Al Nasser Square, one of the earliest consumer electronics shops of its kind. Ashish Panjabi, Jacky’s son, has had an active role in the family business since his youth. As COO, Ashish has helped make Jacky’s Group a global powerhouse, providing products, re-exports, and tech services from their headquarters right here in Dubai. But the recent supply chain issues amid the ongoing conflict in the Arabian Gulf has put the business to the test.
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  Dr Haythem Riahi: Circa Biotech 04.05.2026 44dk

  Our guest today doesn’t believe in waste. Dr Haythem Riahi is one of the founders ofCirca Biotech, a UAE based company that is taking organic waste and turning it intothe building blocks of the future. Using an innovative process that upcycles wasteand produces insect proteins, aviation fuel, and fertilizers, Circa Biotech aims tocreate a circular economy where waste is minimized and resources are optimized,heralding an environmental stewardship that is sorely needed, especially in the lightof the energy crisis and supply chain disruption caused by closing of the strait ofHormuz.
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  David Harkin: 8billionideas 27.12.2025 43dk

  Our guest today wants to bring quality education to every single student on the plant. David Harkin launched 8billionideas in 2021 in the wake of the pandemic, when the challenges of remote education were thrown into stark relief, with teachers and students alike unprepared for the demands of the modern world. Now in 2025 8billionideas has impacted 500,000 students across 26 countries, growing year on year and David and his team strive to reach their lofty goal of reaching all 8 billion people on the planet.
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  Josefine Lissner: LEAP 71 22.12.2025 46dk

  Our guest today is taking the UAE to the stars. Josefine Lissner is the co-founder and CEO of Leap 71, a Dubai based company literally building rockets for space travel. A young company of only a few years, Leap 71 is already leading in the field of Computational Engineering, designing and 3D printing parts, structures, and entire machines using software models. Leap 71 leverages their Noyron AI to do the engineering of months in mere minutes and their latest partnership with Aspire Space sees Josefine and her team building large reusable space launch systems right here in the UAE.
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  Martin Van Almsick: Al Nassma Chocolate 22.12.2025 42dk

  Today’s guest made a traditional UAE staple a sweet global sensation. Martin Van Almsick founded Al Nassma Chocolate in 2008 and the first camel milk chocolate produced anywhere in the world. It wasn’t an easy path for Martin, however. He first had the idea for Al Nassma while back in his hometown of Cologne, Germany in 2004, and it took him four long years of development to get the taste and texture of Al Nassma just right. But all the hard work paid off. Al Nassma now sells in North America, Europe, East Asia and across the MENA region, giving international audiences a creamier, more refined option for their sweet tooths.
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  Wajdan Gul and Anam Khalid: Squatwolf 11.12.2025 45dk

  Today’s guests put the fit in fitness. Wajdan Gul and Anam Khalid started Squatwolf from their apartment in 2016 at the age of 27 and 26, after identifying that Dubai’s fitness community was being underserved when it came to quality gymwear. But like anything related to exercise the gains didn’t come easy. Squatwolf only became the global success it is today through consistency, repetition and a lot of hard work. Squatwolf products are now stocked in 120 countries and Wajdan and Anam won’t resist until their brand is as ubiquitous as Nike.
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  Kris Fade: Fade Fit 30.11.2025 53dk

  Our guest today has been the voice of Dubai’s mornings for the past 18 years. Kris Fade arrived in Dubai in 2007 to help launch Virgin Radio, then a fresh new brand on Dubai’s radio soundscape. Now Virgin is, of course, an institution and so is Kris, who has transcended the radio waves launch a highly successful business, with his healthy food brand Fade Fit now sold in six countries. Fade Fit mirrors Kris’s own story, a man who through hard work and determination has built himself and his company up to become an international fixture.
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  Yogesh Mehta and Rohan Mehta: Petrochem 30.11.2025 46dk

  Our guests today are a father son duo who exemplify the Dubai dream. Yogesh Mehta arrived in Dubai in 1990 working a 2000 dirham a month job, but only five years later he launched Petrochem Middle East, now the biggest chemical distributor in the Middle East, and the twelfth biggest on the planet. Petrochem Middle East specializes in the distribution, supply, and storage of a wide range of petrochemical products like solvents, chemicals, and lubricants and deliver across all industries to over 50 countries. But as Yogesh considers finally hanging up his Petrochem hat, his son Rohan Mehta is poised to take the family empire onto its next conquest.
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  Steve Flawith: Yolk Brands 21.11.2025 41dk

  Today’s guest put Dubai into quite the Pickl. Steve Flawith, CEO and founder of Yolk Brands has beentantalizing taste buds for 18 years, making his mark here in Dubai in 2019 with the launch of localfavorite Pickl, followed by an expansion into Yolk Brands in 2023 with new favorites like BonBird andSouthpour. Yolk now operates in eight countries globally, with Steve to surpass 100 internationalrestaurants in the next couple years, bringing his philosophy of simple meals done well to a globalclientele.
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  Hosam Arab, Faraz Khalid, and Hisham Zarka: Namshi 10.11.2025 48dk

  Hosam Arab, Faraz Khalid, and Hisham Zarka started moving forward together in 2011. The three men founded Namshi, one of the first companies to provide an online lifestyle destination for fashion and beauty in the MENA region. Namshi revolutionized the way online retail was approached, offering fast delivery and easy returns in an age when that was anything but common. The three founders went their separate way in 2019 when Emaar fully acquired the company, with Hosam going on to found payment platform Tabby and Faraz and Hisham leveraging their Namshi expertise to shepherd e-commerce juggernaut Noon.
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  Fikry Boutros and Dan Wanies: CarniStore 05.11.2025 50dk

  Our guests today are two men who know how to get into the meat of an issue, typically with a side of potatoes. They’re the co-founders and co-CEOs of CarniStore, one of the fastest growing digital butcher shops in the UAE.After years of entrepreneurial passion simmering beneath the surface, a chance meeting between Fikry Boutros and Dan Wanies sparked what would soon become a full-blown flame, and CarniStore was born.Now, many celebrity chef collabs, pop ups, and viral videos later, CarniStore ships premium cuts all over the UAE with big ambitions to go beyond.Hello and welcome to Homegrown DXB, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours right here in Dubai.
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  Yazen Al Kodmani: Emirates Bio Farm 28.10.2025 46dk

  Yazen Al Kodmani is a man who knows how to make things grow. Growing up in a family steeped inagriculture. Yazen took inspiration from his heritage and established the Emirates Bio Farm in 2016,now the largest privately-owned organic farm in the UAE, with more than 60 varieties of organiccrops produced. But Yazen’s ambitions don’t stop at the farm itself. He is also a strong advocate forsustainable practices in every element of our lives and seeks to help all of us grow together in ahealthier, more organic world.
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  Abdulla Ajmal: Ajmal Group 27.10.2025 48dk

  Ajmal Perfumes has been making the UAE and the world smell good for 75 years. The late Haji Ajmal Ali, previously a farmer by trade, started the business in 1951 in Mumbai. Ajmal Ali soon saw the opportunity to expand in the early years of the UAE and opened Ajmal’s first shop in Murshid Bazaar in Dubai in 1976. Abdulla Ajmal, the grandson of the company’s founder has been steering the family business as CEO since 2023, a business that has now grown into a international fragrance powerhouse that exports to over 45 countries worldwide with a portfolio of over 300 scents, 240 and shops.