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would you work for a local, or an expat?

Musaed — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:12:48 +0000

in working life, especially in kuwait, you will find yourself faced with a totally different style of management, be it working for a local or an expat. we are not talking about one like emails and the other love hard copies! we are talking about a management style that can impact one’s career! its tricky, there are +s and -s, how so? just bare with us for 13 minutes and you will know

Episode 99 : Kuwait is to land a man on the moon!

Ali — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:03:14 +0000

well not really! in this week’s podcast we talk about why we have not been able to make achievements that would serve us as Kuwaitis and the rest of the human race. We have all the needed elements to make such steps and achievements so why why why we have not already!!! i leave you to listen to the episode to learn about the answer.

Episode 98 : Kuwait Opera House Revisited

Ali — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:26:31 +0000

3 years ago we have introduced you to the Kuwait Opera House episode which as an idea is amazing and as an episode we believe the best we have come up with. we believe it is fair to have your ears listen to the old new episode again. The episode goes through our beloved Kuwait history and proposes some new cool ideas. Have fun and happy 25th and 26th of Feb.

Deera Chat Family

Episode 97 : The Boss of Yourself 2

Ali — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:33:16 +0000

its been 4 months since we have been scouting the business frontiers and its been good to us. We talked about how we will deal with starting our own business in Episode 92 and now we talk how it made our lives different. So listen up and let us know what you think.

Episode 96 : Marketing your Entrepreneurship

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:31:02 +0000

How many times did that bright light bulb appear up your head flickering an idea that needed marketing but you didn’t have the budget for? I would answer MANY MANY TIMES. our beloved Musaed has came up with a new simple yet cool solution for it … wait for it … wait for it … (Barney from How I Met Your Mother) … well you have to listen to our show to know the answer

Episode 95 : The New Cinema Idea In Kuwait

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:34:42 +0000

most of us have been seating on Kuwait Cinema Company chairs for years now forced to their offering, their own way of hospitality, their own way of introducing flicks to us, and without thinking outside their way of doing all of that. This week in Deera Chat we explore new possible ways we can watch new, old, and current flicks that would satisfy new, old, and current audience. So listen us and enjoy.

Episode 94 : Deera Chat Turns 3

Ali — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:53:27 +0000

We have been together for 3 years now. It all started in December 8th 2006 (hope i did the math right, 3 not 2). We so far have 93 podcast episodes. Even though we have not been as active as before but rest assured that we always keep in touch in a way or another and podcasting is just one of those ways. We always scout for new ideas, new technology to implement into our website which makes us different. So that was just a reminder to our old friends who have been listening to our show and a welcome to those who just joined.

Deera Chat Family

Ali & Musaed

P.S. Podcast episode was just posted

Episode 93 : Aana Group Exhibition 2009

Ali — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:28 +0000

as always, Deera chat try to get the pulse on the real estate market by visiting Aana Group Q1 and Q4 expos. the were a lot of positive signs pointing toward more recovered economy, sounds to scientific to write, listen to the show, its a lot easier.

Episode 92 : The Boss of Yourself

Ali — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:02 +0000

we talked before about working for the private sector vs. working for the public sector in Episode 21. For this week we will be talking about working for yourself by exhibiting the pros and cons. The concept is not an easy task to achieve and to make a living off. It takes a while, creativity, money, and time. Anyway, to learn more about our thoughts, please listen to the show and let us then know what you think.

Episode 91 : Marina FM Interview

Ali — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:53:30 +0000

Marina FM invited Deera Chat for an interview about Podcasting and the idea of the show, they were great host and the interview was a lot of fun, check it out

Episode 90 : will you be there on time?

Ali — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:00:54 +0000

3edkim Mobark, Ramadan is over and the 3ed is here, but will it be on time, speaking of time are you always on time, or are you one of many who believe being on time is not really important? wanna know what we think, listen to our 3ed episode and tell us what you think!

Episode 89 : What if Kuwait…?

Musaed — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:48:48 +0000

if Kuwait ran out of oil, can we maintain our status of living, can we still develop this country like other countries with no natural resources, or will we collapse? its a double edge sword, you see one side of the argument is… wait, I’m going a head of myself, listen the episode and let us know.

Episode 88 : I am the one who always calls!

Musaed — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:03:57 +0000

“im the one who always calls!” how many time did you hear this statement from a friend? in Kuwait we have this thing called “Sharhah” which is slowly becoming a mence. but things were not always this way. not sure how? join us and listen to this Episode.

Episode 87 : How to spend your holiday … in Kuwait

Ali — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:06:44 +0000

its summer, its hot, we know that… you traveled for a week or two, but like all good things, it comes to an end, and you are back home, what do you do? how about continuing your vacation here in kuwait! sound impossible? listen of what we thought about it.

Episode 86: Why Soundtracks are important!

Musaed — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:20:47 +0000

part of every great movie is the soundtrack, being a big fan of soundtracks and not having Ali around to do the regular show, I decided to venture on my own and talk about soundtracks, now imagin seeing such work in Kuwaiti production! enjoy.

PS: I will write something about our missing Ali soon

Episode 85 : Mac vs Pc

Ali — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:30:29 +0000

What’s up with college kids with macs … they all now have macs … along with blackberries!? do they know what a mac is to buy one or it is just a hip and they will realize a mac is not something they can use!! or macs have really made their way into the young cool Kuwaiti generation??! well, listen to our show this week and you’ll know the answer.

Episode 84 : صوت ولو بورقة بيضاء

Ali — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:55:18 +0000

الكثير من الناخبين سيقاطعون الانتخابات هذه السنة احتجاجا على الاوضاع السياسية السيئة و لسوء مخرجات الانتخابات السابقة التحديد بسبب الفرعيات. نناقش هذا الاسبوع هذا الموضوع بحيث نطرح وجه نظر انصار التغيير و مطالبين الاحتجاج

تصوير خالد المسعود

Episode 83 : What are we known for?

Ali — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:23:43 +0000

when people travel, they bring back souvoniers. When you go to Oman you bring al7alwa, when you go to Bahrain you bring back matay, when you go to Mecca you bring back Zamzam, but what do people bring back from Kuwait. What are we known for? is there something special that differentate us from the rest of the gulf countries?? aside from the black water under us

Episode 82 : Family Portrait

Ali — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:15:53 +0000

Family portrait is a special thing,we see it in movies and in some house holds, but we never pay much attention to it. why bother with it? what does it mean? and why its not popular in Kuwait? lets talk about it

Episode 81 : Ali the Guitarist

Ali — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:35:42 +0000

Okay i am not talking about me, i am talking about Ali Al Doctor as we used to call him back in the old days. Ali is our neighbor who left us to pursue his musical dreams and now he got what he wants … well almost … i just happened to see him the other day at 7:30 am in Starbucks Behbehani and decided to record an episode … so here it is and you can find Ali’s details along with a video below.

Youtube Channel

Blog

Episode 80 : Aana Group Expo

Ali — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:07:50 +0000

Deera Chat has made a second visito to Aana Group but this time to their latest addition,2nd Int Real Esate Expo. The exhibition was different from the one we visited before where now things are a bit less shocky compared to October. Listen to our show this week and let us know what you guys think.

Episode 79 : Kuwait Day

Ali — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:01:11 +0000

Our Kuwait deserves a universal day … our Kuwait deserves more of our attention … our Kuwait deservers proper celebration days …. our Kuwait deserve better publicity … listen to our show this week about the Kuwait Day.

Music : Sulaiman Al Dekan

Picture : I took it … check out my Flickr Profile

Episode 78 : The Kuwait Traffic Summit

Ali — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:46:02 +0000

Many people were happy coz of the most recent summit in Kuwait becuase it was a reason for them to sleep off work coz it was almost impossible to go anywhere then. But i thought i was an economy driven ecomony to encourage people to produce more … i am seeing some kind of contradiction here … SO listen up for this week’s episode and let us know what you think.

Episode 76 : Being Idle @ Work, the podcast

Ali — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:32:55 +0000

Reference to Musaed’s post below, we decided to talk about the issue in our podcast … so listen up and let us know what you think

Epsidoe 75 : Are We Racist?!

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:58:36 +0000

You hear lots of stories about a guy not getting married becasue he is “wild flan”, another guy because he is short and dark, another guy who is making fun of people who are not “Like Him” i mean where does it END? we all say that we love each other and FREE Kuwait but when it comes to the real thing … it is about who is “wild filan” anyway …. listen up to our show this week and let us know what you think.

و تقدرون الحين تسوون كامنتس بالعربي صلحنا المشكله

Episode 74: Aana Group Exhibition

Deera Chat — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:00:42 +0000

Yes, we are back and we apologize for the late release which was due to our busy schedules. this episode is different from the rest where we took a tour around Aana Group’s 2nd International Real Estate Exhibition in the Radisson SAS which took place last week. we talked to the organizers which happened to be Dr. Bo Rashid and to some participatns. So listen to the show this week and let us know what you think.

Episode 73: Regifting

Deera Chat — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:33:42 +0000

According to wikipedia “Regifting is the act of taking a gift that has been received and giving it to somebody else in which items can be regifted from year to year” do you agree with the concept of recycling gifts?? well we know seinfeld didn’t like for one, so let us know what you think.

Episode 72 : SMSing your love!!

Deera Chat — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:44:11 +0000

is SMS now more than enough for sending greetings and personal messages? does it lack the personal and emotional touch? or it is more than enough becuase we all don’t have time to pick up the phone and make a 10 minutes phone call?

well listen to our show this week and let us know what you think.

P.S. sound quality is not gret this week and we promise we will fix for next week.

Episode 71 : You aint eating nor drinking DUDE!!

Deera Chat — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:58:25 +0000

“so can you explain to me again, no food or drink for the whole day and for one whole month!! dude whats up with that!!” that’s a common question to what our Kuwaiti kids get from their American colleagues. Many have funny and nice stories to share and here in this week’s show we shall share some. this is a cool episode and the last one before Eid and we shall resume the show two weeks from now.

Show Notes:

1- Please visit Ramadan TV episode to learn more about the Ramadan Shows Oscars and please send us an email of the Best Actor, Actress, and Show of Ramadan 2008 at deera.chat@gmail.com

2- Theme song for this episode can be found in the extras page

3- Happy Eid and See you all in two weeks

Episode 70 : Girgi3an 2008

Deera Chat — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:31:49 +0000

well it is 2008 and everything has to be different including Girgi3an … you hear kids shouting girgi3an with an American accent … and some are going around house in their segways not knowing what to say when given candy! so did we a reach a point where the culture of girgan is diluting with our culutre shift? listen up to our show and let us know what you think.

Episode 69 : Do you spend more or less in Ramadan?

Deera Chat — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:53:30 +0000

you must be one of three types of people, a 3azima inviter, a 3azima invitee, or a 3azima inviter/invitee. by knowing which one of the above is you, you must know how much your spending in Ramadan is like! we discussed this episode with some Kuwaiti students in the States

and we would like to thank them for showing their support while recording. to name few;

1- Abdullah Al Kubzai – Seattl, Washington State

2- Yousef Husain – Manhattan, Kansas

3- Abdullah Al Ali -Manhattan, Kansas

4- Abdullah Al Saraf – Lawrence, Kansas

5- Mohamed Dashti – Lawrence, Kansas

Episode 68 : 10 things you hate about Ramadan!

Deera Chat — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:48:39 +0000

to follow up with yesterday’s post, Musaed and i decided to elaborate more in the topic. so listen up to our show this week and let us know what you think.

Also we would like to announce that we will hosting the next 3 episodes differently where we will be calling our students in the states to touch base and see how they are doing this is being preparing in collaboration with NUKS

P.S. the intro music can be found in the extras page

Episode 67 : News and Views

Deera Chat — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:26:41 +0000

we do have a very light topic today but it is more of a story than a topic … so we will be keeping our post as light as the podcast, so set down, relax, and enjoy your episode

Episode 66 : New vs. Old ways of getting married

Deera Chat — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:03:17 +0000

Google ads are filled with Arab Dating and Arab Love websites now, the only explanation to that is that they are getting more popular by the hour. We at Deera Chat analyzed this issue and discussed it in comparison to the old fashioned ways in our episode this week, so listen up and let us know what you think

Episode 65 : The Dark Knight Episode

Deera Chat — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:58:24 +0000

The movie that recorded a 155 mils in its first weekend is worth dedicating a whole episode of our show. The Dark Knight Movie can be described with ten words or may be more hehehe. the movie was different from lots of other comic books made movies and it actually changed the way comic movies are and will be made. listen up to our show and let us know what you think.

we found this article of where the writers of Batman were inspired by the Joker. Click here to read more about it

moreover, you can see the ranking of the dark knight in comparison to the God Father on imdb is as shown below

Finally if you want to see how batman developed over the years click here

Episode 64 : Lajnat Al Thawahir Al Salbia

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:31:41 +0000

Lish yoba kila salbi ib salbi …. siro shiwia ’7osh bosh … wala mako … hatha ham salbi ba3ad … well listen up to our show this week and let us know what you think

Episode 63 : Are you a Bird or a Snake?

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:25:10 +0000

many people are living their lives on what they believe is their destany regardless of money or any other factor, others do what is needed to do to keep them going financially and socially. both are successfull to an extent but the question is which one are you?? listen to our show and let us know what you think.

Episode 62 : HR SUCKS!

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:09:37 +0000

How many times you were late for a valid reason and HR didn’t believe you. How many times you had to leave early for a valid reason and it was rejected for no reason. How many times you were supposed to get a promotion but the HR rule is not to give more than 2 in the department and you were not one of them. How many time, how many times, how many times, it is endless and it SUCK. listen to our show this week and let know what you think.

Episode 61 : Comics aint only for kids!

Deera Chat Family — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:46:40 +0000

many people around especially around this region think of kids when it comes to comics. on the other hand, you see lots of adults in other cultures keep reading comic books even if they reach older years. how would you think of comics and would you read them?? well listen to our show this week where we explain the main comics available out there and their differences and how they would relate to you as a person.

Episode 60 : Why Work-Study?

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:34:52 +0000

Many people when they reach a certain age, they realize the mistakes they’ve done in the past and one of them is not finishing school. Our world now cares about the degree you have and the higher your degree, the more money will go into your pocket, “common sense”. being in a free education country and everything is easy to get country made this fact the least of some people’s concern. Keeping the story short, listen to our show this week and let us know what you think

Episode 59 : Cinema Treasures

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:07:59 +0000

all you can see now in Kuwait is the new and “kind of” up to date movie in the big screens. What happened to the classic movies, do people care about the original pictures from the back then? do you think having one single screen dedicated for such purposes would enrich the overall cinema awareness? listen to our show this week and let us know what you think
P.S. if your outside of Kuwait and looking for a classic theater, you can refer to this site, Cinema Treasures

Episode 58 : Kuwaiti Women and the Westren world

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:56:53 +0000

men in kuwait are in a pickle … we don’t know if settling down with a girlfriend is acceptable or marrying more than one wife is also acceptable. cultural have been changing fast that things that we approved culturally are not any more and vise versa. listen to our episode this week and let us know what you think.

Episode 57 : Do you vote for a wrinkle or wrinkle free candidates?

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:56:59 +0000

“Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fool” (George Chapman) because of the fact we are coming into a critical point in our future politics where new candidates might come into power to change things. so do you go for the old experienced candidates who know their ways in and out or just vote for the person who is close to the way you think and has the ability to blow the dust off the old guys?? listen to our show this week and let us know what you think

Episode 56 : and we are BACK!

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:43:10 +0000

Ladies and Gents, Deera Chat would like to thank you for your support during the past month and a half where we were going under heavy maintenance for the site and hard emotional time because of Maused’s loss. but we overcome the struggle and we are now back in Action. this week’s podcast is about the past events that happened at the early phases of the elections where we saw kids and elders attacking the police without fear. listen to our show this week and let us know what you think.

Episode 55 : Are you qualified?

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:23:27 +0000

This issue always comes up whenever you decide to propose or a family proposal comes to you. You either go test and see if your loved one’s genes matches yours or not, and then proceed to the next step, otherwise you’ll have to be lovers for the rest of your live or find yourself another love. so, are you pro testing before marriage or just leave it to God’s will and hope for the best! listen to us for this week and let us know what you think.

Episode 54 : Can we show our love in public in Kuwait??

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:06:15 +0000

there are lots of question marks on people showing their affection to their loved ones in public where people all over get involved in a person’s matters by looking, intruding, or even violently expressing their disapproval for whatever reason!! so listen up for our V. day special and see if you agree or disagree on the above mentioned subject.

P.S. the intro L.O.V.E song can be downloaded by going to our Extras page

Episode 53 : license to walk

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:31:11 +0000

we have been acting like the walking police in malls, super markets, airports, etc. We came up with the following conclusion that we don’t know how to walk in public. In our show this week, we are giving tips and pointers here and there that would make our lives more organized when we walk in public so listen up and let us know what you think

Episode 52 : Radio Kuwait, What’s next!

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:51:13 +0000

The official radio of Kuwait was first aired at 7:00 am on May 12th 1951. Audio & video streaming has been stopped until further notice by the Ministry Of Information. our show this week talks about the highly valued radio shows aired by Radio Kuwait and how to utilize these shows to the fullest by first airing the shows online and then taking a further step into the “new media” world which obviously is ignored by the Ministry of Information. Listen to our show this week and let us know what you think.

Episode 51 : Alcohol and Tourism in Kuwait

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:21 +0000

on the 29th of December 2007, Alqabas stated some striking facts on the hotel occupancy rates in Kuwait during Christmas and Eid Al Atha holidays which were 30% compared to 96% in Saudi, 90% in Bahrain, 86% in UAE, 72% in Oman, and 65% in Qatar. Why is it too low here in Kuwait? and how can we solve this problem? is legalizing alcohol would change things? listen to us this week and lets us know what you think.

References:

1- Al Qabas – 29/12/07

2- Dinar Chat – Tourism in Kuwait … yeah right – 14/7/07

Episode 50 : Government Media Parental Control

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:19:18 +0000

we mentioned before that the government has implemented new regulation regarding all kinds media coming into the country by having customs and the ministry of information going through them and confiscate what violates our religion, culture, and politics. we have put many question marks over the previous statement which we discussed in our show this week, so listen up and let us know what you think

Episode 49 : I am Kuwaiti but me no Arabic

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:05:40 +0000

we have talked about injecting English phrases in our conversations in the Kuwaitish episode, this week we will be talking about just talking English 24/7 and forgetting about Arabic. People are teaching their kids English when they r babes till they grow up in and outside the house which is making them forget totally about their mother language. Is that good or bad? do we need Arabic now or everything is converting to English anyways so why bother? listen us to our show this week to find out the answers

Episode 48 : Kuwait Metro

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:41:32 +0000

According to Al Qabas on the 10th of December, Kuwait Transport ion comity has just approved the plans for Kuwait City metro, below. who will be targeted for this metro? who will use it? are the stops and services shown are efficient? will it solve the congestion problems we currently have? is it going to be another bad investment without study? we touched on these questions this week and we hope the best will come as long as the proper work is being done to get things better in our beloved Kuwait.
Alqabas article:

http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Final/NewspaperWebsite/NewspaperPublic/ArticlePage.aspx?ArticleID=340553

Episode 47 : 1 or 5 lanes, which one is faster?

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:37:11 +0000

Dont you hate it when you pick the slowest line in the bank or Co Op. You see other people lined up after you and there almost done whilen you continue to wait, which beg the question: shoild we have one line to role them all? Join us in this week episode to here our take on the subject and please…wait ur turn

and yeah by the way it is Ali’s Birthday today … HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALI MAN … and the question is how old do you think he is now????

Episode 46 : Deera Chat 1 Year Anniversary

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:30:23 +0000

December 8th 2006 was the first day myself and Musaed released our first episode, Sushi Sushi Sushi. it was so far a great year and we did the following:

1- Kept on going for a yea; which is a commitment

2- Released 45 episodes with a variety of topics, flavors, depth, and genuinity

3- Branched two more specialized podcasts; Dinar Chat and Movie Chat

4- 2 interviews; Bazaar and Kuwait Times

5- Established a big fan base which we are still having trouble measuring; but we can say it is big becuase of our file transfer which reached ~ 50 GBs a month

Podcasting is fun and we are really enjoying it where we are offering you a new way of listening to topics the way the youngsters see it … so keep on listening to us because YOU are our inspiration. Finally we would like to invite you to listen to the first episode again in case you missed it or in case you are craving for some sushi

Episode 45 : what’s up with wearing shades indoors!

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:22:58 +0000

it is common here in Kuwait that people wear shades indoors and also during time as well!! Why, Deera Chat guys asked …. and answered in the show … keeping our post light for the lighter yet cool topic this week

Episode 44 : The Old New Ladies of Kuwait

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:46:19 +0000

Men always complain that woman back in the old days were cooking better food and take better care of thier husbands. Woman back then had more time to stay home and teach themselves how to do lots of different things within the house parameters. things have changed now and woman found themselves new things to occupy their lives with which, in alot of the cases, is as important as family. so we talked about this topic this week and we also would like to hear of your thoughts if you have any

Episode 43 : The Family Woman

Deera Chat Family — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:05:22 +0000

Men like to be superior to women when it comes to money … imagine a family where the woman is buying toys for the kids, grocery, invites her man for dinner and lots of other things … is it gonna work for him … we didn’t think so and broke it down into different reasons … so listen up and let us know what you think

Episode 41 : Information is POWER

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:10:58 +0000

were you ever looking for information about your country and you couldn’t find it?? were you ever researching for basic information about a special topic in your country but you couldn’t find it?? well it happened to Ali & Musaed soooo many times that we felt we needed to talk about it for this week. We discussed how important information and information accessibility and why we need it more than ever here in Kuwait

listen to our show this week and let us know what you think

Episode 40 : Are you a tipper?

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:23:42 +0000

Mr. Pink (reservoir dogs movie) once said: ” I don’t tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I’ll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it’s for the birds. As far as I’m concerned, they’re just doing their job”

So,

Do you Agree or not??

listen to our episode and let us know what you think.

and Ali is totally with Mr. Blue to tip based on tips

Episode 39 : Loans Loans Loans

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:57:36 +0000

This week both Deera & Dinar Chat are talking about this loans issue which everyone is getting involved in or to be more accurate, everyone who got himself involved in. My 5 years old brother was asking me why the government doesn’t wave 10 KD for everyone so we become happy… well it is not easy … my little brother is one of every other Kuwaiti who wants a win win situation … lets hear what the Deera chat guys had to say about it and please share what your thoughts.

Episode 38 : Al 3idia

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:18:49 +0000

this week we talked about al 3idia and we discussed the following;

1- how old do you have to be to stop getting 3idia?

2- when do you start giving out 3ayadi?
3- the inflation of 3ayadi

so listen up and lets us know what you think

P.S. we are sorry for posting late, we promise it won’t happen again

Episode 37 : Why Sporting in Ramadan

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:55:44 +0000

People are always sport aware in Ramadan, all the sudden everyone is exercising, is it the weather? or is it just something to do to kill the time? we’ve done the usual research, so listen to this week’s show to know our take on the subject, enjoy

Episode 36 : Old Ladies and Food

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:46:11 +0000

have you eaten yet?

why are you getting thinner every time i see you??

you look pale!!

how come you don’t eat healthy food??

these are some of the questions you usually hear from your mother, grandmother, aunt, older sister, or any old lady who loves you … WHY DO THEY CARE ABOUT US and OUR FOOD??? listen to this week’s show and let us know what you think

Episode 35 : Ramadan TV

Deera Chat Family — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:17:45 +0000

Do we only watch junk tv during Ramadan?? or there is still people making some good shows worth wasting your time on? well as we viewed it here in Deera Chat that there is a bit of both and you the viewer who decides what makes a good show good or a bad show bad …

P.S. you can download the new theme song from the Extras page … enjoy

Episode 34 : 24

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:38:43 +0000

how can Jack Bauer save the world in 24 hours?? did he take time management courses here and there and learned how to kill the terrorists in a certain hour so the bombs won’t go off later on ,,, does he use a super smart phone to work his schedule out? or he just let things be and get them done when they happen?? well listen to this week’s episode where we talk about time management and how to fit your schedule and your daily increasing activities in the same old 24 hours

Episode 33 : Wudu in Public places

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:31:08 +0000

have you ever been to bathroom in a mall and found it dripping water from top to bottom, even trash canes are filled with water, and the reason most likely is because of the prayer time. This week in Deera Chat we talk about this issue, about why we do that in public areas where other people will not be able to use the bathroom after we finish Wudu. We are not discouraging Wudu and prayer in public but we would like see more people use the bathroom and leave it CLEAN for others. may be we need to use stuff similar to the below picture. Listen up and enjoy

Episode 32 : the alteration of time

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:32:33 +0000

Our cultures are changing … The unacceptable back in the old days is now being acceptable … if you take a look at the “seerat il 700b” show which people back in the old days were considering a NO NO subject to talk about … so what happened now and how people are receiving this kind of change. listen to our show this week to find out.

Episode 31 : Cafes vs. Coffee Shops

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:22:17 +0000

If you decided one day to go to a Cafe (????), just take a minute and see how you’ll behave, wear, and do there and compare this day to another day you spend to a coffee shop (Starbucks, Columbus cafe, Coffee Bean, Second Cup, etc). Man you’ll see a huge difference, the main thing which Ali noticed of course is the ABSENCE OF GIRLS in the ???? on the other hand, Musaed noticed tones of other things … listen up and you’ll know what the differences are.

Episode 30 : Save Save Save

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:08:48 +0000

Kuwait’s National Energy Efficiency Project has been doing a great job showing people of Kuwait the carelessness of their power and water usage. The question here wasn’t this program supposed to start 10 or 5 years ago to avoid such power crisis? or we just wait til “????? ???? ??????” to do something? well listen to this show this week and let us know what you think

Episode 29 : Wait this spot is reserved!

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:14:05 +0000

every time you pass by a mall or a any kind of building here in Kuwait .. you see cars parked in the handicap spots! does that mean we have a higher percentage of handicaps in the country? or people are just not respecting the laws and no one cares for the people who needs these services? so listen to our episode this weekend to learn how things are being done here in Kuwait and what suggest from our side .. so listen up to our show and learn !!

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Also because things move REAL slow during the summer time, deera chat will be coming to you every other week from now on till the end of the summer but Ali and Dr. Bo Rashid will be releasing an episode to fill in for the no show weeks. And yeah Movie Chat will stay on its schedule

Episode 28 : Patient's Family vs. Doctor's expectation

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:09:57 +0000

we come back to you with another episode on the relationship between doctors and patients. Usually families play the first defense line for their patients and man they are hard to deal with due to many reasons which Musaed will talk to you about this week. So plug in your headphones and listen to our show and then let us know what you think

Episode 27 : What makes a gift??

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:43:53 +0000

how do you define a gift? and when do you give a gift out? and are the types of gifts?? there are so many questions you ask yourself when it comes to gift ????? ????? this week takes the gifts concept and analzye it for us in a very easy way … so listen to us and let us know what you think

Also please check http://www.f2odesigns.com/for a young Kuwaiti who design t shirts and cool clothing

Episode 26 : TGI Friday is IN

Deera Chat Family — Wed, 30 May 2007 22:00:33 +0000

The big shots decided to move the weekend from Thursday and Friday to Friday and Saturday. So how will we feel as Friday and Saturday weekend people!! will we do more shopping?? will we do more family visiting?? how will it change our behaviors??

Listen to us this week and share your thoughts with us

Episode 25 : Doctor vs. Patient Expectations

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:27:29 +0000

Physical treatment is not the only way to treat patients, doctor attitude, colors, weather, and even the food the eat play a part in their treatment as well!

the same goes for doctors who have to have all the different skills to talk to the different patients which is very hard. So listen to this week’s episode to see Deera Chat’s perspective in this issue and you have to choice to agree or disagree.

Episode 24 : Customer Service In Kuwait

Deera Chat Family — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:56:07 +0000

Marketing a product is good enough to make a customer buy stuff, but to keep him happy, you need to have customer service. Customer service plays a big part in our lives today but this sector is still evolving in Kuwait and not applied properly yet. So listen to our show this week to find out more

Episode 23 : Wedding vs. a Piece of Mind?

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 10 May 2007 06:03:00 +0000

Wedding Dress : ~5,000 K.D.
Dinner : ~5,000 K.D.
Invitations: ~1000 K.D.
Kosha: there is no limit
we only mentioned three small parts of the wedding preparation process. People spend a lot of time, money, and effort in making this event happening to the “people’s” expectations. why we didn’t think of spending the same money or effort on making something the couples would benefit from in the long run? we in this week’s episode discuss the alternatives for this event, so enjoy and have fun and let us know what you think.

Episode 22 : Government vs. Private

Deera Chat Family — Wed, 02 May 2007 22:00:31 +0000

every year we have tones of youngsters graduating from Kuwait, GCC countries, Jordan, Egypt, US, UK, and other places as well … THEY ALL HAVE to decide whether to work for the government or the private sector, each has its advantages and disadvantages. We go over these points breifly in this episode and we also would like to her from you about this matter so please share with us

Episode 21 : Why don't we read?!?!

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:42:23 +0000

we all talk about how reading is good for the person’s knowledge, personality, and and and and … but you rarely see people reading?? is it because we too good to read? is it because we know everything?? or is it because we just too lazy to read?

Listen to our show this week to learn about Deera Chat’s perspective in this matter

Episode 20 : Shopping Decisions

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:13:49 +0000

Is your closet packed with stuff you don’t wear? do you buy stuff to touch your skin once? do you really need all the stuff you buy? man, there are many questions you have to ask yourself before buying clothes, and today we at Deera Chat analyzed the situation and we offered some solutions to this dilemma, so listen to us and see how true this case

P.S. Sorry for being late posting the episode for this week but listen to the show and you’ll notice the difference in the sound quality

P.S. you must have noticed the new banner in our website … and you will notice the new logo in our site … they both are the works of the GREAT BEDOOR. we again would like to thank her for her efforts toward Deera Chat! thanks Bedoor

Episode 19 : Day people vs. Night people

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:19:51 +0000

which one are you? do you go to bed at 10 pm like Ali or at 2 am like Musaed?

each has its own feeling and sensation. Before you start listening to the show decide to which group you belong and list all the activities you do during your day or night time. if you don’t know, you can take this test! CLICK HERE

Episode 18 : Free Internet in Kuwait

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:05:52 +0000

Here in Kuwait we have all the basic components we need to have a free internet service for every single person living in the Kuwaiti soul … so why it is not happening and what it happens, how it would benefit me and you?!

Listen to your show this week to find out

Episode 17 : Why Smoking is GOOD for you!

Deera Chat Family — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:43:09 +0000

We always hear and read, smoking kills and its bad for you, yet people still smoke. so we decided to talk about why smoking good for you! NOW before you get all upset, check out the show and you will know.

Episode 16 : Why we hate living in Apartments?

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:34:18 +0000

you live in an apartment?? eeeewww

that’s the kind of the face expression you get when people know you live in an apartment

there so many factors that play in this rejection, Listen to us and you’ll find out why

Episode 15 : Al Henna why did it disappear?

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:23:21 +0000

Did it become too old for our cool girls?? or is it just a phase where it will come back again to dominate the cosmetics market?
and the main question is, as guys what do we think when we see girls on Hina, lol… i mean Hina on girls

Episode 14 : Going to the Movies God helps you!

Deera Chat Family — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:12:55 +0000

Going to the movies supposed to be entertaining, not in here. Get ready for crying babies, annoying guys, late people, and best of all, ringing mobiles. but wait, there is more, but you have to listen to it in this week’s episode.

Episode 13 : The Arabian Horse

Deera Chat Family — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:13:04 +0000

Statement of respect from the Arabian horse

I am your equal. I am a wild creature that can never be like you. I have heart, courage, and the game spirit that is my heritage, and I will be respected. I will be taught, and I will please, and maybe in time I will be your intimate. But I will never be your possession. Mine is a fierce love, which knows no mercy for failure, no sympathy for weakness. I have come from the desert with its closeness to the spirit of nature which you do not understand. I was born of the wind. Mine is a warrior spirit. I cannot be humiliated in punishment or defeated even in death. For my spirit lives on in my children’s children.

-unknown

Episode 12 : Kuwait Opera House

Deera Chat Family — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:46:54 +0000

25th of Feb, a special day worth for a special episode, and this one is special. enough said

You can download the music from the extras page [ click here ]

Episode 11 : Happy Valentine's from Deera, Dinar, and NOW MOVIE Chat

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:55:53 +0000

Happy Valentine’s everyone, one day late of course. we prepared a special episode for this occasion and we would like to ask everybody this one single question;
Is Valentine’s a Blessing or a Curse?
listen to the episode and you’ll know what we mean by a blessing or a curse and let us know what you think.

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Deera Chat is proud to introduce its second specializing outing with Movie Chat, a show focuses on the Movie industry, we will not just talk about movies and box office hits but we will dive deeper then that! Get ready for comparison, best of, top 10… and much more. The show is presented by Musaed & Fahad and look for it every Wednesday, and the popcorn on you

Episode 10 : I have a dream!

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:32:43 +0000

A young Egyptian kid once told his father

why don’t we be like this kid?!
and if we decide on something we become something else in the future!!
Who do we have to blame?
ourselves? the system? our parents?
and how to fix it?
listen to this week’s episode to find out

Episode 9 : Health Insurance in Kuwait

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:20:44 +0000

Why a Kuwaiti has to wait inline in the governmental lines to get Healthcare? we are all 2 million people with 5 governmental hospitals? how can we fix it? is it a dream that we can go to the hospital and get treated right away?

specially the weather here in Kuwait is so polluted with sickness!!!
anyhow listen to us this week and tell us what you think about the solution we laid out.
Enjoy

Episode 8 : Kuwaiti Sports; What's happening!

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:02:04 +0000

Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal… nope, its out. we know sports in kuwait are on a down beat, why are we falling behind?
why other countries are improving their teams and not us? what do we need to do to improve sports in kuwait? do you have ideas? we do, listen to this episode and check it out.

Episode 7 : Car Gender

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:17:03 +0000

what makes a Volkswagen beetle a guys’ car here in Kuwait even thought women mostly drives it all over the world!!?
is there a criteria? is there a reason for this classification?
that’s what we promised you to talk about this week. You told us what you thought by email before listening, so now tell us what you think after listening to the show.

P.S.: we posted the emails sent as comments.

have fun

Episode 6 : Why Why Why!!!

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:56:02 +0000

Every time you drive down the road people stare at you and give you
looks … some people don’t do anything about it and some take it the
wrong way!!! is it cultural? is it something we have to worry about?
Listen to this week’s show and let us know :/
Also why every time you wait and line someone tries to sneak in and
takeover your place??? do you think it is annoying or you do nothing
about it?? so listen to this week’s episode where we talked about
these two topics and let us know.

P.S.:
- we fixed the itunes button you see in the side bar. now it will open
itunes and show you our podcast’s page if you click it. Sorry for the
people who gotten an error message.
- The picture below is our new podcast artwork which you’ll see in
your ipod if you download our in show there, hope you’ll like it

Episode 5 : Kuwait Postal Services

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:35:15 +0000

Imagine Kuwait with 1000 Newmans, the mail guy from Seinfeld, delivering packages and letters too all people like there is no tomorrow. How our lives would change due to this service? will it make it easier? more fun? less traffic? want to find the answers listen to the podcast and then comment on what you think
have fun

Episode 4 : Dishdasha vs. Casual

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:45:18 +0000

We decided to talk about dishdasha vs. Casual, which one more comfortable? does it feel different? do people treat you different? find out what we think and tell us what you think, ladies same goes for you, what do women say

Episode 3 : Kuwaitilish ; the new form of communication

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:09:49 +0000

We hear it all the time, especially in Deera-Chat, the mixing and constant swinging between Arabic and English, why so? Why do we switch languages half way through the conversation. This happens every where, can we control it? Should we control it? Is it annoying? Is it offensive? So listen to this episode to find the answers to all the above questions and please comment if you liked or didn’t like what you hear

Episode 2 : TV shows ; Download NOW!!!

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:31:20 +0000

Mondays it is Prison Break, how i met your mother, and Heroes night. Listen to our show to learn about the new TV downloading hip in the Kuwaiti culture.

Episode 1 : Sushi Sushi Sushi

Deera Chat Family — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:35:18 +0000

People in Kuwait are eating sushi like there is no Tomorrow!!! It might be good for your health but why now!! Makki, Sakura, sushi club, Golden Chop sticks, and may be more … the number of restaurant serving sushi is increasing and there must a reason behind it! Listen to our show and find out