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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.
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Contact path
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Booking probability
39%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchForward_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.
Forward_Moves is hosted by Raja Haddad. The show has published 52 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "[ From the Vault ] Bady is drawing history, stamp size" (15 September 2026, 48 minutes), "[ From the Vault ] Music keeps Salma moving forward" (1 September 2026, 51 minutes), and "[ From the Vault ] Stories from the kitchen table with Chef Ahmad Halawa" (25 August 2026, 38 minutes).
Forward_Moves publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 52 episodes.
Booking probability for Forward_Moves is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Forward_Moves requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Forward_Moves's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Forward_Moves are Artists, Writers & Performers. Forward_Moves has a society audience.
Raja Haddad hosts Forward_Moves, a society podcast with 52 episodes published.
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[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...
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[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...
Forward_Moves
[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...
Forward_Moves
[FROM THE VAULT] is the summer series where we go back to some episodes that marked the past 3 seasons. In this episode form 2025 Raja Haddad is joined by Zain Masud, a London-trained art world professional turned...
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[FROM THE VAULT] is the summer series where we go back to some episodes that marked the past 3 seasons. In this episode Chef Bader Najeeb, Emirati pastry chef, chocolatier, and founder of Burnt Orange, sits down with...
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[FROM THE VAULT] is the summer series where we go back to some episodes that marked the past 3 seasons, and as we prepare to launch season 4. In this episode, Dubai based photographer Natalya Urmanova, shares thoughts...
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The word mentor arrives with a very specific image. Teacher and student. Expert and apprentice. The knowledge moves in one direction — from the one who has it to the one who doesn't yet. It is a reassuring image. It...
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There is a distinction at the heart of this episode that is easy to miss. The difference between making something here and making it from here. Making something here is a logistical fact: the geography is incidental...
Episode #44
The algorithm rewards the new, the rapid, the instantly shareable. Brands need to go viral. Artists need to build audiences in months. Restaurants need to trend or they're written off. The entire vocabulary of ambition...
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On creativity as resistance — and why making something from where you come from is never entirely innocent There is a word Raja was initially hesitant to use in this episode. The word is resistance. Not the...
Episode #42
Every single person featured across three seasons of Forward_Moves lives between two places. Some between two countries. Some between a homeland they can access and one they cannot. Some between the person they were...
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What does it actually mean to honour a tradition? In this recap episode, Raja Haddad revisits 6 conversations from the archive to explore a single, essential distinction: the difference between preserving the ashes and...
Episode #40
What does it actually look like when someone changes course? In this recap episode, Raja Haddad revisits 5 conversations from the archive and finds a common thread running through all of them that reframes how we think...
Episode #39
What if the identity question isn't something to resolve before you start creating , but the creative material itself? In this first episode of the Forward Moves recap series , Raja revisits 38 episodes across 3 seasons...
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History has always been a point of view. Bady Dalloul has built his entire practice around proving it. In this episode of Forward Moves, host Raja Haddad sits down in Paris with Bady Dalloul—French-Syrian multimedia...
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Some artists define an era. Salma Mousfi lived through several—and made music in every one of them, redefining each of them.. In this episode of Forward Moves, host Raja Haddad sits down in Paris with Salma Mousfi—the...
Episode #36
What can a Dubai-based food obsessive and a regional fragrance founder teach corporate leaders? In this special recap of two Forward Moves conversations, host Raja Haddad weaves together key moments from food writer and...
Episode #35
Some people post food photos. Hani AlMalki asks why it matters. In this episode of Forward_Moves, host Raja Haddad sits down with Hani AlMalki — the Dubai-based food writer, curator, and culinary entrepreneur known as...
Episode #34
Some brands sell candles. Dastaangoi ignites memories. In this episode of Forward Moves, host Raja Haddad sits down with Amad Mian—co-founder of Dastaangoi, the Dubai-based luxury home fragrance brand turning cultural...
Episode #33
Some radio stations broadcast content. Radio Alhara creates neighborhoods. In this episode of Forward Moves, host Raja Haddad sits down with Yousef Anastas and Saeed Abu Jaber—two of the five founders behind Radio...
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