Meet Ramy Al Kadhi,

Ramy is the Head of Sales @Anghami, author of the novel "Ray", a podcast host, a football fanatic and a martial arts fan. 

I got the chance to meet Ramy when I came across his novel "Ray". 

The back cover of the Novel grabbed my attention, as it was a male's perspective writing about joy, the highs and lows of life, anxiety, friendships, and love interests. 

In this episode, Ramy, a British, Iraqi novelist, shares with us more about his story, from how he was born in London, lived in Bahrain for sometime, continued back his adolescence & University years in London and then settled in Dubai. 

When I got Ramy on the show, I wanted to make sure I asked him about his creative process writing "Ray", hence the name of the podcast ;)

When did he decide to write the novel? How did the ideas come to him? Did he self publish? What are the advantages and disadvantages of self publishing? What did he mean by the Euphoric feeling that he got as he was writing? 

Why did he write the book? Is it based on a true story that he had experienced? I loved his response to those questions as he mentioned that when he wrote the book he took Ray, a fictional character, and placed him in situations and experiences to see how he would navigate through them and in that process he hoped to get clarity for his life. 

I asked him if he had found that clarity after writing the novel? His response shocked me (Check out the full episode to see what he said) 

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.