Deera Chat Podcasts

New vs. Old ways of getting married

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

The Dark Knight Episode

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

Lajnat Al Thawahir Al Salbia

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

Are you a Bird or a Snake?

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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.

HR SUCKS!

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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.

Comics aint only for kids!

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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.

Why Work-Study?

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

Cinema Treasures

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

Kuwaiti Women and the Westren world

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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.

Do you vote for a wrinkle or wrinkle free candidates?

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

and we are BACK!

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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.

Testing Before Marriage

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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.

Can we show our love in public in Kuwait??

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

license to walk

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

Radio Kuwait, What’s next!

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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.

Alcohol & Tourism in Kuwait

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

Government Media Parental Control

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

I am Kuwaiti but me no Arabic

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

Kuwait Metro

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

1 or 5 lanes, which one is faster?

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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????

Deera Chat 1 Year Anniversary

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

what’s up with wearing shades indoors!

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

The Old New Ladies of Kuwait

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

The Family Woman

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

Kuwaitis and British Chocolate

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:00:24 +0000

If you ever been on a trip from London to Kuwait, you would notice all Kuwaitis carrying big bags filled with CHOCOLATE?? why would they do that??? we already have the same chocolate here in Kuwait, does the British one have a better taste?? or it is just a prestige to give out British Cadbury Chocolate.

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

Information is POWER

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

Are you a tipper?

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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

Loans Loans Loans

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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.

Al 3idia

deera.chat@gmail.com (Ali & Musaed) — 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