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A chill hangout for deep thinkers, curious minds, and lovers of raw, real conversations—with or without a drink in hand. No strict rules, no set topics—just a bunch of interesting people talking about life, beliefs, and everything in between. 💵 Fee: AED 30 - pay by [clicking here](https://pay.ziina.com/dsh/e73sWOArW) For details message us at [+971 50 355 1536](https://wa.me/+971503551536) **Who shows up?** Open-minded folks from all walks of life—no racists, no sexists, no judgmental vibes. Expect friendly debates, weird tangents, occasional cranks, and surprisingly smart convos. **Quick etiquette tip:** Disagree freely, but respectfully. We’re here to learn from each other—not win arguments.

🚨 BOLLYWOOD YACHT PARTY 🚨 🛥️ Dubai Marina | Saturday, 31st Jan ⏰ 11:00 PM – 1:00 AM Get ready for a crazy night on the water 🌊✨ Music • Lights • Vibes • Open Sea energy 🎟️ Entry Details: (EARLY BIRD) - VERY LIMITED SPOTS • Gents: 150 DHS • Ladies: 75 DHS Regular: • Gents: 200 DHS • Ladies: 150 DHS 🥃 2 complimentary shots FREE for everyone ⚠️ Limited spots only – once it’s full, it’s FULL. Private yacht • Party crowd • No randoms 📍 Location will be shared in the group ✅ Confirm & pay to lock your spot BOLLYWOOD on water. Don’t miss this one 🔥 Personal invites only; WhatsApp me@ +971 050 9113575

يسر "ملتقى الراويــــــــــات" وبرنامج "مدارس الحياة" التابع لهيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون، أن يدعوكم لحضور جلسة جديدة ضمن مبادرة "رحلة عبر كتاب"، لمناقشة كتاب "حي بن يقظان " النصوص الاربعة- دراسة وتحليل الكاتب يوسف زيدان، يشارك باللقاء الأكاديمي والناقد الأدبي الدكتور يوسف حطيني. وذلك يوم الجمعة الموافق 30 يناير 2026، في تمام الساعة 7:00 مساءً، بمكتبة الصفا للفنون والتصميم – شارع الوصل، دبي. الدعوة عامة نتطلع لحضوركم جميعا.

This is an event for deep thinkers who enjoy deep discussions. No prior knowledge of philosophy is required. In the first segment of this event, we shall have a group discussion on randomly selected topics. In the second segment of the event, we shall discuss a short philosophical article after reading it. Please note that this event has a fee of AED 30.

**HOLA!** 🌹**Do you love the SPANISH Language and Culture?** 👀 **Looking for real-life conversational Spanish?** 😃 Join **don Rodrigo** EVERY FRIDAY to 🥘savour authentic **Spanish food**, and discuss **interesting topics** in a true **Spanish atmosphere**! Olé! 🌹💃🏻👏🥘🍷🎵 Prior knowledge of Spanish is **NOT required**. 🐣**Absolute BEGINNERS learn!** 🦜**ADVANCED Learners practise!** 🤠**NATIVE Spanish speakers socialise!** ALL WELCOME! **📅 EVERY FRIDAY** **⏰ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM** **📍 [Seville's Spanish Restaurant, Wafi Mall](https://maps.app.goo.gl/zTYKE5cq8b4Hp3LZ8)** 🅿️ **Free VALET Parking** ☎️ **RSVP** **058-208-4392 (don Rodrigo)** 💰 **Ticket: AED 150 (Natives AED 140)** 👉 **CASH payment is required *ON ARRIVAL*** 🥘 Includes **one paella** 💵 Additional consumption is NOT included in the Ticket, so please **bring sufficient cash!** 💎 **EXCLUSIVE FEATURES** 🤠 NATIVE Spanish speakers to start applying your skills immediately 🧠 BRAIN-FRIENDLY and PRACTICAL learning methods 🤝 Exclusive NETWORKING opportunities with Hispanics 🙋🏻‍♂️ **ABOUT THE HOST** The meeting is led by **Mr. Rodrigo Vásquez**, MPhil (Cantab), a **Spanish/Guatemalan** educator, entrepreneur, and business networker. **Rodrigo** is a graduate of the **University of Cambridge (UK)** and **Alcalá University (Spain)**. He is the founder of Vine & Fig Tree Real Estate, LLC and Vine & Fig Tree Tours (FZE). He speaks **10 languages**. 👨🏻‍🍳 **ABOUT SEVILLE'S SPANISH RESTAURANT** 🕰️ Oldest Spanish restaurant in UAE (25 yrs old) 🏆 Winner of the Restaurant of the Year Award for the Best Casual Dining category at the Middle East F&B Excellence Awards 2025.

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Hi, I'm Frank, 47 years old from the UK. This is for anyone that is a decent swimmer and fancies creating a community of like minded sea creatures. Have swam all over the world and have never enjoyed anythying as much as swimming on this stretch watching the sun rise over the Burj Khalifa! I swim for about an hour and get 6 laps in over that time (just under 3km). Aiming to go further pver the coming weeks...

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**\*This is a *paid* event. RSVP on Meetup is not enough — to confirm your place, please complete your registration through our website.\*** ‘In life most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. Bad improvisers block action often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.’ – Keith Johnstone ‘Technique’ will take you through the mechanics of improvisation with a focus on Keith Johnstone games and exercises, what they aim to achieve, and how to approach them technically on stage. This course is for you if you have completed ‘Don’t Panic’ and want to learn more about improv theory and continue to develop your skills. • Limited participants per class ensuring you get the personalised attention from your instructor • Over 14 hours of tuition including stage-time in a professional theatre • A showcase performance at the Courtyard Playhouse open to your friends and family [Register here](https://courtyardplayhouse.com/event/technique-improv-for-adults-spring-2026-sun-315pm/) **\*This is a *paid* event. RSVP on Meetup is not enough — to confirm your place, please complete your registration through our website.\***

A supportive, easy-going community for socializing, open discussion and cultural exchange - **all in English**. Our **Speak Together Community** brings together people from different backgrounds to connect, share ideas, and enjoy meaningful conversations at **English Way** campus in Dubai Knowledge Park, with complimentary hot drinks to make you feel at home.

Join the **Dubai MongoDB User Group,** in partnership with **[UAE Software Engineers & QA Dubai](https://luma.com/uaesoftwareengineers)**, for a practical, real-world focused meetup that dives into how MongoDB is used where performance and reliability truly matter. In **Topic 1: MongoDB Index Design That Actually Works**, we’ll go beyond theory and best practices to explore how to design indexes that deliver real performance gains. Learn how to avoid common pitfalls, understand query patterns, and build efficient indexing strategies that scale in production environments. By : [Mohamed Maged](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-maged-72b596a6/) In **Topic 2: MongoDB in the Heart of Healthcare**, we’ll examine how MongoDB is powering modern healthcare systems. From handling complex clinical data models to supporting high availability, security, and compliance requirements, this session will highlight real use cases and architectural patterns from the healthcare domain. By: [Ashraf Nabil](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashrafmnabil/) **In Topic 3: MongoDB Data Modeling Playbook (Patterns You’ll Use in Real Life),** Serkan Cavusoglu, a MongoDB Solutions Architect with nearly 30 years of global IT experience, will share practical approaches to designing MongoDB schemas that stay fast, flexible, and scalable. This session covers real-world data modeling patterns, embedding vs. referencing decisions, query-driven schema design, and strategies for evolving schemas without downtime. By: [Serkan Cavusoglu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/serkancavusoglu/) This meetup is ideal for **backend engineers, data engineers, architects, and tech leaders** who want to deepen their MongoDB expertise through practical insights and industry-driven examples. Whether you’re optimizing performance or building mission-critical systems, this event will provide valuable takeaways and opportunities to connect with the local MongoDB community in Dubai 🇦🇪. 🚀 **Come learn, share, and network with fellow MongoDB practitioners.**

Columbus Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! **What to Expect at the Intro Circle** \~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~ Near the beginning of the event (1:30 pm), we do a standup: * Organizer announcements, updates, and logistics Round 1 - (7 secs max): * Your name * What you're working on * What you can help others with Round 2: * Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too. Round 3: * Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool. After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized! Feel free to work alone, pair up, attend one of our workshops/presentations, or mingle!

### Tools in your AI's Toolbox : An introduction to MCP Servers The generative AI revolution has unlocked unprecedented capabilities, but the next frontier is agency: empowering models to interact with, query, and act upon the world. The current challenge is the “N x M integration problem,” where every AI model requires a custom, brittle integration for each external tool or data source. This approach simply doesn’t scale. How can we give an AI access to our sales leads, code repositories, or IoT devices in a standardized, secure, and reusable way? This session introduces Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), the open-source framework designed to solve this challenge and become the universal connector—the USB-C port—for AI. MCP standardizes how AI models discover and use external tools, moving beyond simple function-calling to a robust, client-server architecture. We will dive into how this open protocol is creating a new ecosystem for building powerful, context-aware AI agents. Join this session for a developer-focused introduction where you will learn how to: Understand the core concepts of the open-source Model Context Protocol and its architecture. Utilize pre-built, open-source MCP servers to instantly connect AI to tools like Git, Slack, and databases. Build a custom MCP server to securely expose your own proprietary data and APIs as tools for any compliant AI. Move beyond bespoke integrations and contribute to a standardized, collaborative, and open ecosystem. Stop building one-off connectors and start building intelligent agents. This session will give you the practical knowledge to leverage MCP and create the next generation of AI that doesn’t just talk, but does. Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! [https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/](https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/)

Come out to Improving for our monthly iOS and Mac meetings. This Month's Presentation: Nothing yet. (You should volunteer). What is Cocoaheads (http://cocoaheads.org/)? CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer's Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X and iOS (including the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch). During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics. What is BuckeyeCocoa (http://buckeyecocoa.org/)? BuckeyeCocoa is a group of Objective-C/Swift developers/enthusiasts. We host monthly Cocoaheads and near-weekly NSCoder meetings in Columbus, Ohio. The meetings are free to attend. Presentations! Presenters welcome! We are always in need of people willing to present material. Any Swift and/or Objective-C related topic is welcome. Times can be 5 minutes (i.e. lightning talks) to a maximum of 2 hours. Interested? Contact info is on the BuckeyeCocoa website. To volunteer for a presentation contact us at @BuckeyeCocoa on Twitter. Follow us on Twitter! @BuckeyeCocoa (https://twitter.com/#!/Buckeyecocoa/) For more information: http://buckeyecocoa.org/

**Chaos Monkeys, Open Telemetry, and .NET Aspire: Taming Complexity in Modern Apps** .NET Aspire is far more than just a sleek dashboard for wowing your boss and co-workers. It's also a gateway to increased observability with open telemetry, better fault tolerance to fend off chaos monkeys, and a drastically improved onboarding experience for new developers. This session will explore Microsoft's latest guidance for building distributed, cloud-first applications, with practical strategies for enhancing simpler existing apps. You'll discover the inner workings of Aspire, from installation to customization, and learn how it streamlines integration with performance boosters like Redis. Most importantly, you'll see why scalable microservices architectures can be challenging—and how Aspire helps simplify the journey. **Presenter:** Lee Richardson, Microsoft MVP **Pizza starts at 6. Presentation starts around 6:30.**

**New Dojo Location!** **Draft Day Columbus** 1130 Dublin Road Columbus, OH 43215 We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead. We're looking for topic suggestions and people interested in presenting at our monthly meetings. To this end we've set up a survey form at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15eBKF1nQQ2XS5gzD4rvhVRHMBEj7lJtHuA9wXupS3Uc](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15eBKF1nQQ2XS5gzD4rvhVRHMBEj7lJtHuA9wXupS3Uc)

Our monthly PHP meetup. A virtual shindig courtesy of Zoom. Check back here for the details around 6:15 pm