The Lighthouse Conversations with Hashem Montasser

The Lighthouse

Conversations with people who live between cultures and make things — founders, designers, chefs, artists, the occasional novelist. Mostly from the Middle East. Recorded at The Lighthouse. Hosted by Hashem Montasser. No sponsors.

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The Lighthouse Conversations with Hashem Montasser

Episodes (122)

Thu Jun 4th “I observe. I document. And more recently, I speak my mind.” Hani AlMalki on Dubai’s F&B reset, credibility over clout, and a restaurant career built without a restaurant.
Apr 1st “If you tell me we're not going to build, then probably replace me. There is no need for having me.” Karim Awad on leading EFG Hermes mid-revolution, a decade of building, and why legacy is measured by what remains after you leave
Feb 16th Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte on the Soul of Space and Collectible Design

The Lighthouse Conversations with Hashem Montasser

Jun 4, 2026
57 minutes
108 MB

Hani AlMalki — aka Bedouinfoodie — returns to podcast for a second sit-down, and it lands nothing like the first. When war hit the region, he started writing: a daily diary on his Instagram Stories that became required reading for Dubai’s food community, built on the one thing most creators trade away early: credibility. The conversation runs through the reset Dubai‘s restaurant scene needed, why comfort food wins in uncertain times, how AI became his trial chef, and the business model he built inside other people‘s restaurants.

The Lighthouse Conversations with Hashem Montasser

“I observe. I document. And more recently, I speak my mind.” Hani AlMalki on Dubai’s F&B reset, credibility over clout, and a restaurant career built without a restaurant.

The Lighthouse

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