Our story
A club, told in chapters.
Chapter +971 started with a simple feeling: Dubai is full of interesting people, and it’s surprisingly hard to really meet them.
- Chapter01
The feeling
Dubai is a city of arrivals. Everyone here is in the middle of something: a new job, a new country, a new version of themselves. And yet so many evenings end with the same small talk, in the same kind of places, with people we never see again.
- Chapter02
The idea
What if there were a place to meet people properly? Small tables instead of crowded rooms. A good question instead of “so what do you do?”. Art, food and ideas as the excuse; conversation as the point.
- Chapter03
The first table
That’s where we are now. The first chapters are being planned: long-table dinners, hands-on workshops, quiet mornings with a book. Each one small, hosted and phone-free.
- Chapter04
Yours
The best part of this story hasn’t been written yet. It’s the people who show up, the friendships that start at the table and carry on long after. Maybe the next line is yours.
What we care about
Four things we don’t compromise on
Intentional
Every chapter is designed with care, from the guest list to the questions on the table. Small groups, a host who makes introductions, nothing that feels like filler.
Cultured
We gather around art, books, music, food and ideas, with local artists, makers and venues, and perspectives beyond our own.
Curious, always
All backgrounds, all passports, different boxes, same curiosity. What you do matters less than what you wonder about.
Present
Phones stay in the bag. It’s a small rule that changes the whole evening.
A note from the founder
I started Chapter +971 because I wanted the kind of evenings I kept wishing for: good people, a long table, and conversations that go somewhere. If that sounds like you, pull up a chair.
Merve ♡