Conversations with 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.
Episodes
122 episodes
#111 Sarah Trad: A Journey Through Memory and Belonging I سارة طراد: رحلة في الذاكرة والانتماء
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...
#110 When the Body Becomes the Stage: Joe Kodeih I حين يصبح الجسد مسرحاً آخر: جو قديح
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...
#109 Ghida Rabbat: When Difference Becomes Responsibility | غيدا ربّاط: حين يصبح الاختلاف مسؤولية
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 speci...
#108 From Bint Jbeil to the Region: Identity & Impact I من بنت جبيل إلى المنطقة: الهوية والتأثير
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 Unite...
#107 Amal Azhari: From Memory to Strength | أمل أزهري: من الذاكرة إلى القوة وصناعة الهوية
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 tra...
#106 Mariana Wehbe: Reinventing Success | ماريانا وهبي: إعادة ابتكار النجاح
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.<...
#105 Christiane Amanpour: Truth, Power & Journalism | كريستيان أمانبور: الحقيقة والسلطة والصحافة
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 ex...
#104 Abed Al Kadiri: When Color Becomes a Space of Survival I عبد القادري:حين يصبح اللون مساحة نجاة
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 ...
#103 Farid Chedid: Building Stability in Times of CollapseIفريد شديد: بناء الاستقرار في زمن الانهيار
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 a...
#102 Between Loss and Hope: Diala El Fil I بين الفقد والأمل: ديالا الفيل
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 th...
#101 Antonio Vincenti: The Language of the Street I أنطونيو فينسنتي: لغة الشارع
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 u...
#100 Between War and Dignity: Kamel Mohanna I بين الحرب والكرامة: كامل مهنا
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 h...
#99 When Passion Refuses to Leave: Assaad Raphael I حين يرفض الشغف أن يغادر: رؤية أسعد روفايل
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...
#98 Fall, Recovery & Return: Samer Tawk’s Story I السقوط، التعافي والعودة: قصة سامر طوق
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.
#97 Speed, Passion & Legacy: Billy Karam’s Journey I السرعة والشغف والإرث: رحلة بيلي كرم
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 ...
#96 War, Exile & Return: Philippe Jabre’s Story I الحرب والمنفى والعودة: قصة فيليب جبر
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 d...
#95 War, Memory & Modernity: Tarek El-Ariss’s Journey I الحرب والذاكرة والحداثة: رحلة طارق العريس
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...
#94 The Human Side of Medicine: Dr. Ali Taher’s Journey I الجانب الإنساني للطب: رحلة الدكتور علي طاهر
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 v...
#93 Lebanese Cinema Without Borders: Georges Schoucair I السينما اللبنانية بلا حدود: جورج شقير
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 c...
#92 Childhood & Imagination: Nadine Touma’s Journey I الطفولة والخيال: رحلة نادين توما
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, ...
#91 Lebanon Beyond Politics: Michel Helou’s Vision I لبنان أبعد من السياسة: رؤية ميشال حلو
In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Michel Helou in a discussion that moves beyond politics as slogans and delves into the core of the Lebanese experience as a daily test of conscience and responsibility. Michel returned from Eur...
#90 Art as Memory: Dr. Basel Dalloul on Arab Culture I الفن كذاكرة: باسل دلّول عن الثقافة العربية
In this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Dr. Basel Dalloul, a leading figure in the preservation and documentation of contemporary Arab art. The discussion goes beyond the concept of art collecting to explore meaning, memory, and cult...
#89 Serge Brunst: The Designer Who Bridged East and West I سيرج برونست: المصمم الذي جمع الشرق بالغرب
In this unique conversation, Ricardo Karam meets Serge Brunst, the Lebanese designer who transformed his passion for art and beauty into an extraordinary journey between East and West. Born in Aleppo to a family of diverse roots Russian, Italia...
#88 From Challenge to Hope: Moussa Charafeddine’s Mission I من التحدي إلى الأمل: رسالة موسى شرف الدين
In this heartfelt and inspiring conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Moussa Charafeddine, a dedicated advocate whose personal journey transformed the landscape of support for individuals with intellectual disabilities in Lebanon. From the...
#87 Omar Dabaghi: When Home Becomes a Mission I عمر دبغي: حين يصبح الوطن رسالة
In deeply human conversation Ricardo Karam meets his friend from university Omar Dabaghi, a man who carries within him the memory, contradictions, and soul of old Beirut. Born into a family rooted in authenticity and openness, Omar was kidnappe...