Mstdfr (Arabic: مستدفر) is a Middle Eastern geeky podcast spoken in "Arablish". Every week, Ammar and Rami host different regional guests to talk about various topics including: current affairs, culture, technology, media, challenges facing the new Arab generation, and everything in between.
Rami Taibah
Chief Technology Mstdfr
UX Designer, technologist. Founder of Studio 966 design agency & Currrva. 42% of his working day is spent on vim.
Shows: The MSTDFR Show, ILM FM
رامي طيبة
مدير تقنية المستدفرين
مصمم وتقني. مؤسس استوديو ٩٦٦ وتطبيق كورررفا. ٤٢٪ من وقته يقضيه على محرر النصوص فيم.
البودكاستات: برنامج مستدفر, أخبار العلوم
Ammar Sabban
Chief Creative Mstdfr
A freelance Puppeteer, Voice Actor, Screenplay Writer and Producer. Played Grover & Cookie Monster on Iftah Ya Simsim.
Shows: The MSTDFR Show, Kartoon Karton, Taal Agollak
عمّار الصبان
مدير إبداع المستدفرين
محرك وصانع دمى وممثل صوتي وكاتب سيناريو ومنتج برامج مستقل. قام بتحريك وتمثيل شخصيتي غرغور وكعكي على برنامج افتح ياسمسم.
البودكاستات: برنامج مستدفر، بودكاست كرتون كرتون ، بودكاست تعال أقللك
This episode we host Hassan Al-Bargi. We talk about police officers in Saudi Arabia, card trading games like Magic The Gathering, World of Warcraft, and Juventus soccer club. Then we try to answer the hypothetical question: How will the world be different if it was a matriarchy? We wrap up with a poem Hassan wrote for Mstdfr.
This episode we host Omar Hussein. We try to spell out the sound of lightsabre, discuss the left-brain vs. right-brain myth, Omar’s latest projects Al-Noghair and his personal vlog, Arab trolls and the Saudi twittersphere, Mark Zuckerberg’s new charity, Justin Timberlake vs. Justin Beiber, and much much more.
Superheroes time! We talk the origin of the Spiderman colors, why we as people relate to super heroes, the Hulk’s/Bruce Banner psychological issues, Vash the Stampede, and much much more. Check it out.
We geek Star Wars today! We discuss the best order to watch the movies, the infamous Darth Vader misquote, why did Luke kiss his sister, how sci-fi feeds into technological advancement, The Force Awakens Trailer, and much more. Of course: SPOILERS ALERT!
We host Majid Al-Reefi a sports fan and an american football die-hard. We discuss what makes sports exciting, the role it played in former Yugoslavia politics, the rules and history of american football, refereeing in soccer, american football, and tennis, injuries and concussions, sports in Saudi Arabia, and a lot more.
Nour Fetyani, Jeddah’s pre-eminent tree hugger, joins us on MSTDFR to talk to us about Mother Earth. We talk about the journey toward, and the struggle for, environmentalism in Saudi Arabia. We appreciate the balance of nature and talk about the need to protect that balance. And we discuss the the quality of our food and where it comes from.
In this episode we explore the interesting success story of Lomar thobes with it’s founder Loai Nasseem. No success story is complete without failures. Loai tells us his failures that led to the success of Lomar.
In this episode we host Abdullah Sabban. Listen to this episode to find out how Abdullah was involved in a major international political incident. We then talk about corporate life, self-help books & self-improvement, discipline in the Saudi workforce, and realizing dreams.
For the month of Movember, we decided to shed light on prostate cancer. We host Dr. Abdulhakeem Jomah and start talking about working out, supplements, and nutrition. We also talk about the medical industry in Saudi Arabia from Hakeem’s experience in Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies to his adventures in practicing medicine in the ‘Karantena’ district in Jeddah.