Everyone has a headline.

We're more interested in the side note.

A private community for the people behind the titles. Across the UAE.

Founding circle now forming.

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The thing you'd talk about all night.

  1. The watch you spent two years researching.

    The back of a steel watch on a tan leather strap, resting on a pink cloth

  2. The cigar you still think about.

    A lit cigar resting in a wooden ashtray beside a pink matchbox

  3. The building you'd cross a city to see.

    A balsa-wood model of a house beside a pencil and a pink eraser

  4. The record you'd never sell.

    A vinyl record with a pink label sliding out of a plain sleeve

Most rooms ask what you do. This one asks what you love.

A community, not a calendar.

We'll gather often. But the point is who you meet, not when.

Side Note is bringing together accomplished people across the UAE through what they genuinely love. Members will gather in small, private settings to go deeper, share what they know, and get to know each other properly.

No stages. No pitches. No audience. Just good company and real conversation.

Every member has a side note. Together, they become Notes.

Notes are our circles of shared passion, each shaped by the members in it.

Notes now forming

  • A steel watch in an open leather watch roll with pink stitching

    Horology

    Movements, makers, and the long wait for the right piece.

  • Three cigars in an open wooden box lined with pink tissue

    Cigars

    Leaf, blend, age, and the slow evening they deserve.

  • A canvas with a thick pink brushstroke beside a paint-covered palette knife

    Art

    Collecting, looking closely, and the stories behind the work.

  • A brass drafting compass and ruler on handmade paper, with a pink pin

    Architecture

    Buildings worth crossing a city for, and the people who make them.

  • Vintage driving goggles with a car key, a leather fob and a pink tag

    Cars

    Engineering, design, and the drive itself.

  • A glass perfume bottle with a pink stopper beside a brass dish of smoking oud

    Fragrance & Oud

    Scent, memory, and one of the region's oldest crafts.

  • Don't see yours? Start it.

    Propose a Note

  1. Introduced.

    Someone who knows you introduces you. We grow by trust, not advertising.

  2. Gather.

    Small evenings built around a Note. A table, never a crowd.

    Usually twelve to sixteen seats.

  3. Host.

    Members will host evenings around what they love. Nobody tells it better.

What we hold to.

  • Private by default.

    No photos, no tagging, no guest lists.

  • No pitching. Ever.

    If something comes of it, let it come naturally.

    Yes, even if it's a very good deal.

  • Passion before titles.

    We ask what you love before we ask what you do.

  • Small on purpose.

    Depth doesn't scale in a ballroom.

Is Side Note for you?

It is if

you've built, or lead, something; you could talk about one subject for hours; and you'd rather share what you know than sell what you have.

It isn't if

you're looking to be seen, to sell, or to collect contacts.

Request an introduction to the founding circle.

Side Note grows by introduction. If someone sent you, tell us who. If not, tell us about yourself.

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Bring something to the table.

We work with a small number of venues, makers and brands who share what we value. You bring the room, the craft or the table. Members enjoy it. Nobody pitches.