AskAndy: The story behind the name of 7awi

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In our series of AskAndy interviews, We asked 7awi Media Group's Co-Founder and CEO Andy Abbar about the story behind naming the group "7awi" (pronouned hawi in Arabic) and what does it mean. Check his answer in the video.

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00:00 Today we're asking you a few questions. Are you ready?

00:02 Yalla!

00:03 My name is Anas. I'm also known as Andy Abbar.

00:09 I am the co-founder and CEO of Howie.com.

00:12 My name is Anas Abbar. I'm the CEO of Howie.

00:16 Why did you name the company Howie?

00:19 A long short story.

00:23 In a coffee shop in Seattle back in early 2012,

00:28 we wanted to put a name that focuses on Arabic content,

00:33 but also attracts the young generation.

00:38 Howie is a word that means content,

00:42 content in Arabic,

00:43 but it's also known as the wizard.

00:46 So we want to play the role of creating and curating

00:51 interesting content for the Arab youth.

00:53 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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