I built Circle 108 because I kept having the conversations that mattered in private — over coffee, in voice notes, after the meeting ended. This is where they happen out loud.
I've spent years in rooms where I was the only woman, the youngest person, or both. Some of those rooms taught me a lot. Some of them taught me what I didn't want to repeat.
Circle 108 isn't a finished idea — it's an arc I'm in the middle of, same as everyone who joins it. I don't have all the answers. I just kept noticing that the best conversations I had with other women never made it into a room big enough for more people to hear them. So I'm building that room.
A small, honest update — not a brand voice, just where my head is as this circle takes.
READING
This space will hold whatever book, article, or voice note has actually shifted something for me lately — not a curated list, just what's true.
SITTING WITH
Each season, I'll share the question that's been on my mind — often the same one I bring into the first conversation of that season.
AROUND ME
Where I'm working from, what a normal week looks like, what's making this season feel different. Texture, not performance.
"I almost didn't start this. I had every reason to wait — for the 'right' moment, the bigger budget, the perfect plan. But the women I most wanted in this room are busy now. Building now. Figuring it out now. So it had to start now, even small, even imperfect."
Circle 108 doesn't translate into Arabic — it thinks in both languages. As the circle grows, Arabic content will be written natively, not converted: its own conversations, its own rhythm, its own voice. Because a platform that's truly from this region has to sound like it.
“Some things are said better in Arabic. Some land harder in English. The circle knows the difference — and makes room for both.”
“It's the only recurring thing in my calendar I never move. No pitches, no agenda — just real conversation.”
“I came for the guest. I stayed for the room. Every woman on that call had something worth hearing.”
BY THE LIGHT OF THE FULL MOON
Step into the collective for yourself, or to nominate a woman whose story belongs here.
