You could say Nathalie Shariat had an early start in her career, practicing the gift of gab since she could crawl. Her parents even tried to pay Nathalie ten Dirhams to stop talking for an hour. Luckily she failed and learned to parlay her loquaciousness (one who loves to talk) into a successful radio presenter on Dubai 92. People now pay her for what comes naturally, entertaining. On the one hand, she’s zealous of certain things: cleanliness, timeliness, and great music. On the other, she’s jealous of people who can play La Bamba on their guitar better and prepare a tastier Waldorf salad. On a more interesting note, Nathalie shares the same hair gene with cousin IT, and could have made a killing as a Pantene hair model. But just as she was signing up for her first hair show she inexplicably started mouthing the words, “But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo. What the hell am I doin’ here? I don’t belong here.” So she ran, ran so far away until she found her true calling, hosting the Middays with Nats on Dubai 92. She is so good at what she does, she has even won an award for it. It was for the best non-breakfast show in the Middle East, at the very first Middle Eastern Radio Awards. They say people who own parrots have the most successful careers as pirates and radio hosts; Nathalie is talking proof (of the latter, the former has yet to be confirmed).
NATHALIE
Nathalie
Mini Concert Monday, September 26th, 2011
Welcome to this week’s Mini Concert Monday, featuring Nirvana. 20 years ago on September 24th, Nirvana released Nevermind, which became one of the best rock albums of all time. So I thought I’d feature some of the songs that they gifted us over... (read more)
Movie Of The Week – Friends With Benefits
Friends with Benefits is an American rom-com starring Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Patricia Clarkson. It’s about a young female headhunter in New York, who convinces a potential recruit to accept a job in the Big... (read more)
Gavin DeGraw is an American singer songwriter. He began singing and playing the piano at the age of eight. He got his big break when his song “I Don’t Want to Be” was chosen as the theme song for the teen drama One Tree Hill. His fourth album... (read more)
Mini Concert Monday, September 19th, 2011
Welcome to this week’s Mini Concert Monday featuring The Cure, live at Bestival, 2011. Bestival is a four-day music festival held at Robin Hill on the Isle of Wight. The Cure headlined the third night of the festival and I was there to watch... (read more)
Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess star in this fairytale story about a pair that meet at their University graduation and after spending the night together, they are shown each year on the same date, to see where they are in their lives. The film is... (read more)
The Kooks are an English indie rock band formed in Brighton, in 2001. A self-described “pop” band, their music is primarily influenced by the 1960s British Invasion movement. Their third studio album, entitled Junk Of The Heart, was released on... (read more)
Mini Concert Monday, September 5th, 2011
Welcome to this week’s Mini Concert Monday. This week I’ve got Ray Lamontagne, Damien Rice, Foster The People and Matt Anderson lined up for you, all live and somewhat acoustic: So we kick it off with Ray Lamontagne and Damien Rice, with... (read more)
Lenny Kravitz – Black And White America
Lenny Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, he often plays all the guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and percussion himself when recording. He has won all sorts... (read more)
Movie Of The Week – Crazy, Stupid, Love
Crazy Stupid Love is a rom-com starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julian Moore, Marisa Tomei and Emma Stone. I absolutely loved it. Win tickets to see it daily at any Grand Cinema is the UAE, with popcorn and drinks. Watch the trailer below: (read more)
Mini Concert Monday, August 29th, 2011
Hello and welcome to your Mini Concert Monday. This week is a bit of a mix bag of live tracks. Some of my recent favourites. So we’re going to kick it off at this year’s Grammy Awards, with Norah Jones, John Mayer and Keith Urban and their... (read more)
























