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.
[ 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 nations, miniature archives, and the deliberate blurring of fact and fiction. From inventing fictional countries with his brother during summers vacationing in Damascus when they were young, to a lesson i...
1 Sept 2026
[ 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 that refuses to hold still. Salma didn’t plan to become a central figure of Middle Eastern avant- garde music. She was just a teenager who had to sing to exist. What followed—a decade-long coll...
25 Aug 2026
[ 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 family kitchen to launching a supper club in Dubai, Ahmad shares how food became his way of preserving culture, connecting communities, and telling stories that words sometimes can’t. 📌 This is mor...
Who has been a guest on Forward_Moves
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
Chef Bader Najeeb
Zain Masud
Meshary Al Nassar
Ahmad Halawa
Fadi Rifai
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
YouTube views
1,173,297
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
3 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
54
Social presence
0
YouTube
93
Engagement
32
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