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Forward_Moves

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Forward_Moves is a podcast hosted by Raja Haddad, that shares lived experiences and stories of successful personalities in the Middle East from the creative world of art, design, entertainment, hospitality, business, and other disciplines.

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Arts
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Guest interviews
English
United States
52 episodes
since Dec. 6, 2024
episodic
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[ From the Vault ] Bady is drawing history, stamp size

[ From the Vault ] Bady is drawing history, stamp size

[FROM THE VAULT] is the summer series where we go back to some episodes that marked the past 3 seasons. In this episode Raja sat down in Paris with Bady Dalloul—French-Syrian multimedia artist whose work spans drawing, collage, objects, and installation—to trace a practice built on imaginary nation…
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[ From the Vault ] Music keeps Salma moving forward

[ From the Vault ] Music keeps Salma moving forward

[FROM THE VAULT] is the summer series where we go back to some episodes that marked the past 3 seasons. In this episode Raja sits down in Paris with Salma Mousfi—the Lebanese singer whose voice became inseparable from Ziad Rahbani’s legacy through the cult classic album Monodose— to trace a life th…
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[ From the Vault ] Stories from the kitchen table with Chef Ahmad Halawa

[ From the Vault ] Stories from the kitchen table with Chef Ahmad Halawa

[FROM THE VAULT] is the summer series where we go back to some episodes that marked the past 3 seasons. In this episode of Forward_Moves, host Raja Haddad sits down with Chef Ahmad Halawa, the Palestinian culinary artist bringing people together—one plate at a time. From childhood memories in his f…
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[ From the Vault ] Building purposeful beauty with Zain Masud

[ From the Vault ] Building purposeful beauty with Zain Masud

[FROM THE VAULT] is the summer series where we go back to some episodes that marked the past 3 seasons. In this episode form 2025 Raja Haddad is joined by Zain Masud, a London-trained art world professional turned landscape designer, who is reshaping how we experience space, memory, and nature in …
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[ From the Vault ] Turning Passion into Purpose with Chef B

[ From the Vault ] Turning Passion into Purpose with Chef B

[FROM THE VAULT] is the summer series where we go back to some episodes that marked the past 3 seasons. In this episode  Chef Bader Najeeb, Emirati pastry chef, chocolatier, and founder of Burnt Orange, sits down with Raja for a deliciously honest conversation about baking, identity, and doing what…
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[FROM THE VAULT] I Don't Want to Stay in Yesterday

[FROM THE VAULT] I Don't Want to Stay in Yesterday

[FROM THE VAULT] is the summer series where we go back to some episodes that marked the past 3 seasons, and as we prepare to launch season 4. In this episode, Dubai based photographer Natalya Urmanova, shares thoughts about fear, reinvention, and the art of seeing beyond the surface.  Raised around…
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The Mentor and The Mentee

The Mentor and The Mentee

The word mentor arrives with a very specific image.  Teacher and student. Expert and apprentice.  The knowledge moves in one direction — from the one who has it to the one who doesn't yet. It is a reassuring image. It implies order. It implies that wisdom has a clear address and can be reliabl…
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Making it Here

Making it Here

There is a distinction at the heart of this episode that is easy to miss. The difference between making something here and making it from here.  Making something here is a logistical fact: the geography is incidental, the work could have come from anywhere. Making it from here is entirely something…
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The Long Game

The Long Game

The algorithm rewards the new, the rapid, the instantly shareable.  Brands need to go viral. Artists need to build audiences in months. Restaurants need to trend or they're written off. The entire vocabulary of ambition is built around the idea that if it's not happening fast, it's n…
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Make it Heard

Make it Heard

On creativity as resistance — and why making something from where you come from is never entirely innocent There is a word Raja was initially hesitant to use in this episode.  The word is resistance.  Not the confrontational kind — not the kind that announces itself. The quieter kind: the insistenc…
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