{"id":2671,"date":"2024-12-23T12:18:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T08:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:05:32","slug":"disrupted-003-with-samer-hamadeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/podcast\/disrupted-003-with-samer-hamadeh\/","title":{"rendered":"DisruptEd 003 with Samer Hamadeh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the third episode of DisruptEd, offering a look into the future of education, in conversations with experts discussing research and real-world applications. The podcast, produced by Citizens School explores how breakthroughs in learning and teaching are shaping the way we prepare learners for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DisruptEd is hosted by Dr. Adil Alzarooni, a serial entrepreneur, lifelong learner, and founder of Citizens School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode, Dr. Adil speaks with Samer Hamadeh, a seasoned entrepreneur in the F&amp;B and entertainment industries. Samer shares how his unconventional career journey &#8211; from launching creative nightlife concepts like Stereo Arcade to founding the award-winning Akiba Dori &#8211; was shaped by personal passion, risk-taking, and a desire for freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their conversation dives into redefining success, embracing failure, and how today\u2019s education can nurture entrepreneurial thinking and future-ready mindsets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disrupted Ep 003 with Samer Hamadeh\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EVYp4hayWqA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen or Watch Now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen or watch the episode on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EVYp4hayWqA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/disrupted-003-with-samer-hamadeh\/id1764351109?i=1000680957468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple\u00a0Podcasts<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1Ac8Hs08iLYFhQOFlVBdJp?si=yboq_fCzT0GR6-jCHrefsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/strong>, or on your favorite podcast platform. As this is a new podcast, we appreciate your feedback and ideas on who to interview next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To connect with Dr. Adil, please follow the links below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Connect with Dr. Adil&nbsp;<\/strong> <br>LinkedIn&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adilalzarooni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\/adilalzarooni<\/a> <br>Instagram&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dradilalzarooni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\/dradilalzarooni<\/a> <br>TikTok&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dradilalzarooni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\/dradilalzarooni<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Connect with Samer<\/strong> <br>Instagram \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iammrbrightside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iammrbrightside<\/a> <br>LinkedIn \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/samer-s-hamadeh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">samer-s-hamadeh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the third episode of DisruptEd, offering a look into the future of education, in conversations with experts discussing research and real-world applications. The podcast, produced by Citizens School explores how breakthroughs in learning and teaching are shaping the way we prepare learners for the future. DisruptEd is hosted by Dr. Adil Alzarooni, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/E3-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/E3-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"citizensschool","author_link":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/author\/citizensschool\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6820,"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions\/6820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizens.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}