Homegrown DXB with Omar Butti
Episodes
Dr Haythem Riahi: Circa Biotech
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today doesn’t believe in waste. Dr Haythem Riahi is one of the founders ofCirca Biotech, a UAE based company that is taking organic waste ...
David Harkin: 8billionideas
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today wants to bring quality education to every single student on the plant. David Harkin launched 8billionideas in 2021 in the wake of the ...
Josefine Lissner: LEAP 71
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is taking the UAE to the stars. Josefine Lissner is the co-founder and CEO of Leap 71, a Dubai based company literally building rocket...
Martin Van Almsick: Al Nassma Chocolate
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest made a traditional UAE staple a sweet global sensation. Martin Van Almsick founded Al Nassma Chocolate in 2008 and the first camel mil...
Wajdan Gul and Anam Khalid: Squatwolf
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guests put the fit in fitness. Wajdan Gul and Anam Khalid started Squatwolf from their apartment in 2016 at the age of 27 and 26, after iden...
Wajdan Gul and Anam Khalid: Squatwolf
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guests put the fit in fitness. Wajdan Gul and Anam Khalid started Squatwolf from their apartment in 2016 at the age of 27 and 26, after iden...
Kris Fade: Fade Fit
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today has been the voice of Dubai’s mornings for the past 18 years. Kris Fade arrived in Dubai in 2007 to help launch Virgin Radio, then a...
Yogesh Mehta and Rohan Mehta: Petrochem
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guests today are a father son duo who exemplify the Dubai dream. Yogesh Mehta arrived in Dubai in 1990 working a 2000 dirham a month job, but only...
Steve Flawith: Yolk Brands
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest put Dubai into quite the Pickl. Steve Flawith, CEO and founder of Yolk Brands has beentantalizing taste buds for 18 years, making his ...
Hosam Arab, Faraz Khalid, and Hisham Zarka: Namshi
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosam Arab, Faraz Khalid, and Hisham Zarka started moving forward together in 2011. The three men founded Namshi, one of the first companies to prov...
Fikry Boutros and Dan Wanies: CarniStore
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guests today are two men who know how to get into the meat of an issue, typically with a side of potatoes. They’re the co-founders and co-CEOs o...
Yazen Al Kodmani: Emirates Bio Farm
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yazen Al Kodmani is a man who knows how to make things grow. Growing up in a family steeped inagriculture. Yazen took inspiration from his heritage an...
Abdulla Ajmal: Ajmal Group
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ajmal Perfumes has been making the UAE and the world smell good for 75 years. The late Haji Ajmal Ali, previously a farmer by trade, started the busin...
Mudassir Sheikha: Careem
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you think of catching a ride in Dubai the first name that comes to mind is Careem. Founded by Mudassir Sheikha and Magnus Olsson, what started in...
Rami Tabbara and Manar Mahmassani: Stake
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hostd by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai.
Shuja Jashanmal: Jashanmal Group
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai. Our guest today i...
Dino Varkey: GEMS Education
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai. Few names are a...
Sima Ganwani Ved: The Apparel Group
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai. Our guest on th...
Toufic Kreidieh: Brands For Less
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai. Dubai is often ...
Yan and Ananya Narayan: Hunter Foods
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai. Hunter Foods ar...
Mo Ballout: Kitopi
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai.
Chang Sup Shin: 1004 Gourmet
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai. Today we’re get...
Halima Jumani and Jamal Hussain: Kibsons
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai. Our guests today...
Candy Fanucci, Pirate Surf Rescue
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai. Our guest today ...
Rami Shaar and Jad Halaoui, Washmen
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai. Our guests today...
Donna Benton: The Entertainer
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in ...