Welcome to Crypode.com and The Gulf Finance Podcast, the show built for Gulf professionals who want honest, practical, faith-aligned guidance on money.Your host is Fahad Al Rawahi: a Gulf aviation professional based in Muscat, Oman, a father of six, and the founder of Crypode.com, a personal finance platform built specifically for people living and working in the Gulf.Why this podcast exists Most financial advice online was written for Americans or Europeans. Much of it simply does not apply in the Gulf.We live in a different system. Loan installments are often deducted before the salary even reaches us. Our faith shapes how we think about money, debt, and interest. Our family obligations reach far beyond our own household. And most of us, especially expatriates, have no guaranteed pension waiting at the end of our careers. That reality deserves guidance written for it.What you will hear on this show 🔹 Debt, and how to escape it 🔹 Islamic finance and halal investing 🔹 Career growth and salary negotiation 🔹 Side income and emergency savings 🔹 Retirement planning without a pension 🔹 Supporting family, and the realities of expat lifeNo jargon. No advice that only works somewhere else. Just honest conversations about money, from someone living the same reality as you.Alongside the main episodes, you will also hear a shorter weekly series, The Gulf Professional Mistake of the Week. Each episode looks at one very familiar money mistake, like the car loan, the holiday on the card, or the side hustle that costs more than it earns, and shows you how to avoid it.About your host Fahad has spent more than twenty years working in private aviation in Muscat. For much of that time, he carried significant personal debt while raising six children on a single salary, exactly the situation most financial advice ignores. Crypode.com began as a collection of articles written from the Gulf, for the Gulf. This podcast is the next step.Fahad is not a certified financial adviser. He is a Gulf professional who learned many of these lessons the hard way, and shares them openly so you do not have to learn them alone.Who this podcast is forThe Gulf professional who watches the salary arrive and disappear before the month is half overThe expatriate sending money home while trying to build their own futureThe local professional carrying family responsibilities others rarely understandEvery believer who wants their financial decisions aligned with their faithHow it works Each episode is short, focused and practical, designed for your morning commute, your lunch break or the quiet hour after the family has gone to sleep. Have a question you would like answered? Reach out through Crypode.com. Some of the best episodes will come from real people asking real questions.If an episode helps you, please share it with a colleague or a friend who is struggling with

EP 00: Welcome to The Gulf Finance Podcast -An Introduction for New Listeners

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