Rami Ismail / رامي

Rami Ismail / رامي

Levelling The Playing Field. Gamedev & indie/AA consultant. ED https:/gamedev.world/. 33% of The Habibis. Co-Founded Vlambeer. PPL-A-SEP. He/Him. Muslim. Dutch/Egyptian.

Appears in 135 Episodes

Suhoor Bites #04 - Fawzi's Favorite Anime Movies #9

Suhoor Bites #04 - Fawzi's Favorite Anime Movies #9

Every day for the entire Holy Month of Ramadan, one of the Habibis will release a short 5-10 minute "Suhoor Bite" episode to join you for your Suhoor. This year, Fawzi...

Suhoor Bites #03 - Osama & the Snoring Contest

Suhoor Bites #03 - Osama & the Snoring Contest

Every day for the entire Holy Month of Ramadan, one of the Habibis will release a short 5-10 minute "Suhoor Bite" episode to join you for your Suhoor. This year, Osama...

Suhoor Bites #02 - Rami & Maged Hamdy

Suhoor Bites #02 - Rami & Maged Hamdy

Every day for the entire Holy Month of Ramadan, one of the Habibis will release a short 5-10 minute "Suhoor Bite" episode to join you for your Suhoor. As every year, R...

Suhoor Bites #01 - Fawzi's Favorite Anime Movies #10

Suhoor Bites #01 - Fawzi's Favorite Anime Movies #10

Every day for the entire Holy Month of Ramadan, one of the Habibis will release a short 5-10 minute "Suhoor Bite" episode to join you for your Suhoor. This year, Fawzi...

One Piece of Advice

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

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 Game of the Year 2023 - Part 1: Cliffhanger

The Habibis start on the impossible task of creating a Habibis Top 10.

Unsammy Valley

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

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

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!

All The Time Today, Folks!

Rami, Osama, and Fawzi talk abo-salaam!

Habiback III: Maximum Inshallah

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

100/100

The Habibis look back at 100 episodes of doilies, agent Smith, segues, and inshallahs.

Mom Keeps Me Humble (Anisa-Rated)

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

Amr Diab

The three Habibis talk about a topic that cannot be avoided, the eternal truth of Arab culture: Amr Diab.

I Prefer Nic Cage

I Prefer Nic Cage

This title will make sense, inshallah.

Agrabah Again

Agrabah Again

Rami & Osama cry-laugh about settings inspired by Agrabah.

The Chin or The Glare

The Chin or The Glare

Rami faces a dilemma: who *is* the second guest on the Habibi's this week? It's impossible to tell, and he has to come up with a devious plan to figure out whether it ...

The Price of Three Sheep

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 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

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

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

High Highs

Fawzi & Rami talk about why Osama couldn't make it to this episode.

The Final Countdown

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)

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?

What Arab?

Arab Rami, Arab Fawzi, and Arab Osama are three Arab Game Developers Arab-drinking Good Arab Tea.

Calligraphy

Calligraphy

Osama & Rami congratulate Fawzi on the announcement of Assassins' Creed Mirage.

Fawzi Is Also Here

Fawzi Is Also Here

Rami, Osama, and also Fawzi catch up on the events of the week.

Bokra after Bokra

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

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.

Three game developers drinking some good Arab tea hosted by Rami, Osama and Fawzi.

Intro music by Malik Zubailah. Logo by Ibrahim Hamdi.

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