Fawzi Mesmar (فوزي)
VP Editorial @Ubisoft Award winning designer, author, public speaker, serial expat, 1 of @The_Habibis opinions are my own. he/him. 日本語OK🙆♂️
Appears in 128 Episodes
Pilot Leaderboard
The 3 Habibis dive into everything from flying planes and wild airport stories to movies, gaming and life lessons from aviation. It's a rollercoaster of laughs, deep t...
The Habibis Game of the Year 2024 - Packing Up The Year
Fawzi, Osama, and Rami try to beat Fawzi's AirBnB checkout time as they discuss their favorite games from an incredibly tough year for the games industry.Note that the...
Rebirth or Remake
The Habibis reunite to share laughs, stories, favorite games and what’s been keeping them hooked. Stick around for an exciting surprise reveal!
One Piece of Advice
Osama and Rami celebrate Fawzi's GDC Ambassador Award, and the Habibis catch up on what they've been up to, and what they've been playing and watching.
The Habibis Game of the Year 2023 - Part 2: Inshallah
How many Habibis does it take to make a Top 10 games of 2023 list? Three Habibis, it turns out: one to make the spreadsheets Fawzi can copy-paste into, one to correct ...
The Habibis Game of the Year 2023 - Part 1: Cliffhanger
The Habibis start on the impossible task of creating a Habibis Top 10.
Unsammy Valley
Fawzi, Rami, and Osama try to figure out what they would sound like as Pokémon.
Talking Smack About Egyptian Kebab / We're Reasonable People Here
Rami recounts the story of how Fawzi turned the entire country of Portugal against Egyptian kebab (this may be an exaggeration).
Time Travel Episode: devcom
Fawzi & Rami visited devcom at the end of August, and caught up with Ahmed Salama to talk about devcom, gamescom, and games industry.
All The Time Today, Folks!
Rami, Osama, and Fawzi talk abo-salaam!
Habiback III: Maximum Inshallah
catch up and exchange stories of (busy) lives, travel, games, and to hear Osama get very excited about reading e-mails about Osama.
100/100
The Habibis look back at 100 episodes of doilies, agent Smith, segues, and inshallahs.
Mom Keeps Me Humble (Anisa-Rated)
Note: as this is an episode featuring Anisa, there is cursing as the edit-time to remove the cursing would exceed the full lifespan of the universe.Fawzi & Rami are jo...
Amr Diab
The three Habibis talk about a topic that cannot be avoided, the eternal truth of Arab culture: Amr Diab.
If I Mess Up The Intro, Does That Mean I Will Not Mess Up The Outro?
Osama and Fawzi spend almost an hour talking about time, Tunic, Pinnochio, and board games - all in anticipation of the big question of the week: if Osama messes up th...
I Prefer Nic Cage
This title will make sense, inshallah.
The Price of Three Sheep
The Habibis kick off 2023 with what we would like to point out is a remarkably smooth episode that somehow goes all over the place anyway.
The Habibi's Favorite 10 Games Of 2022
The Habibis discuss their favorite games of 2022, and discover that there were so many good games that it's hard to make a list of just 10 games.
The Best Cut
Apologies for this excessively delayed episode - we were switching backends and it turned out to be a disaster! We've got everything back to work now: so enjoy this be...
Royalty Share
Fawzi & Osama talk about games, and all the other stuff that went down this last week. Also, Osama agrees to an absolutely formally binding royalty share with Fawzi.
High Highs
Fawzi & Rami talk about why Osama couldn't make it to this episode.
The Final Countdown
After a few weeks of hiatus, Rami, Fawzi, and Osama get back together to catch up on games, TV series, and... karaoke?
Bad Boy (Anisa-Rated)
Note: as this is an episode featuring Anisa, there is cursing as the edit-time to remove the cursing would exceed the full lifespan of the universe. Fawzi & Rami are...
What Arab?
Arab Rami, Arab Fawzi, and Arab Osama are three Arab Game Developers Arab-drinking Good Arab Tea.
Calligraphy
Osama & Rami congratulate Fawzi on the announcement of Assassins' Creed Mirage.
Fawzi Is Also Here
Rami, Osama, and also Fawzi catch up on the events of the week.
Bokra after Bokra
This time with proper microphones, Osama, Fawzi, and Rami run out of time to discuss all the things they want to talk about this episode.
Double Take
So, disclaimer: we messed up the recording. We're posting it anyway because the talk is good, but we fully understand if you can't stomach the super-echo.
AI-generated doilies
Fawzi, Rami, and Osama talk about AI? Is that right? Yeah, actually - AI.
Speaking of Whips
The three Habibis get back together for a lot of catching up, and everything descends into beautiful chaos.