Build together. Grow together.
Amal-Club is a community of Muslim builders in Brussels: founders, developers, designers, creatives and students who want to get better together. Every other Sunday, with purpose and barakah.
Bring whatever you’re working on
- a side project
- memorising Juz ʿAmma
- learning Arabic
- a thesis
- a design portfolio
- a career switch
- an open-source library
- a small business
- a charity website
- a first book
- learning to code
- a client project
01/The name
One sound, two words
أمل
amal
hope
عمل
ʿamal
work, deeds
Hope without work is a wish. Work without hope burns out. Amal-Club is for both.
02/Every other Sunday
A Sunday with us
One day, every other week, with a rhythm that puts first things first. Come for all of it, or join for the parts you can.
Prayer times follow the sun. We pray Dhuhr and Asr together on time, and in winter we stay for Maghrib too.
Dawn
Fajr togetherOptional
Start the day by praying in congregation, then head over together.
08:00
Qur’an hour
Read, memorise or simply listen. Your pace, your portion, in good company.
Morning
Morning check-in
A quick round: what are you working on today? Saying it out loud helps it happen.
09:00
Co-working until 17:30
Long, quiet blocks of focused work, with people around you doing the same.
Noon
Dhuhr & lunch together
Pray together, then share a table. This is where most of the good conversations happen.
Asr
Break & reset
Pray Asr, stretch, step outside. Then one more focused stretch of work.
17:00
What did you get done?Optional
An optional wrap-up before we head home. Big or small, it all counts.
03/Why we gather
Building with purpose
A place for structure, knowledge and skill sharing, for work that does good and carries barakah.
Structure
A steady rhythm every other Sunday: prayer, Qur’an, focused hours and a check-in. Structure is what turns intentions into habits.
Knowledge
Halaqas, Qur’an and learning about our deen sit right next to learning our craft. Both make us better at what we do.
Skill sharing
Members teach members. The designer helps the developer, the student helps the founder, and everyone leaves knowing a bit more.
Purpose & barakah
We want our work to do good: for our families, our community and the people it serves. Built with intention, it carries barakah.
04/Community
More than a desk
The Sundays are where we meet. What happens in between is what makes it a community.
مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي تَوَادِّهِمْ وَتَرَاحُمِهِمْ وَتَعَاطُفِهِمْ مَثَلُ الْجَسَدِ، إِذَا اشْتَكَى مِنْهُ عُضْوٌ تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ الْجَسَدِ بِالسَّهَرِ وَالْحُمَّى
“The believers, in their love, mercy and kindness towards one another, are like one body: when one part of it hurts, the rest of the body rushes to it with sleeplessness and fever.”
That’s the community we want. When one of us is stuck, burnt out, between jobs or going through something hard, the rest of us show up: with advice, an introduction, a meal or a du’a.
Group Qur’an khatm
Each member takes a juz, and together we complete the Qur’an, again and again.
Members’ dinner & halaqa
Once a month we sit together to eat, reflect and learn something about our deen.
Workshops & talks
Member-led sessions on everything from marketing to Qur’anic Arabic. More on those below.
A work buddy
Optional. Someone to check in with between Sundays, so you keep going.
Member WhatsApp community
Questions, wins, job tips and du’as, in one place, all week long.
05/Workshops
Learn from each other
Members teach members. Sessions are short, practical and open to everyone in the community, whatever your level. Got something to share? You can lead one.
Open to all · Led by members
GTM engineering
Getting what you build in front of the right people: outreach automation, CRMs, data enrichment, landing pages and tracking what works.
Business & marketing
Positioning, pricing, branding, social media and content, and the basics of selling without feeling pushy.
Product & design
UX critiques, Figma, design systems and how to give and receive honest feedback.
Engineering & AI
Code reviews, building with AI tools, web and mobile, and pairing on the bug you’ve been stuck on all week.
Careers & freelancing
CVs, LinkedIn, interview practice, finding clients and setting your rates.
Halal finance & ethics
Riba-free funding, zakat on a business, contracts and earning in a way that pleases Allah.
Arabic & tajweed
Small circles to improve your recitation and understand more of what you read.
06/Sisters
Sisters? Coming soon.
A space of their own, alongside the main Sundays: sisters’ gatherings, female-led workshops, halaqas and retreats. We want it built by sisters, for sisters.
- Sisters’ Sundays
- Female-led workshops
- Sisters’ halaqa
- Sisters’ retreats
Sisters are always welcome at the main Sundays too.
Do you see yourself leading this?
We’re looking for sisters who’d like to organise events, coordinate hosts and give female-led workshops. No experience needed, just the intention.
07/Lead with us
Built by its members
Workshops, Sundays, dinners and retreats only happen because someone steps up. We’re building a list of brothers and sisters who’d like to give, organise and host. No experience needed, just the intention.
- Give a workshop
- Organise events
- Coordinate hosts
- Host at my place or venue
- Lead a halaqa or Qur’an circle
- Mentor someone
- …and more
08/Who it’s for
For people who build things
Different crafts, same intention: do good work, keep growing, and do it for the right reasons.
01Founders
Building something of your own and looking for people to build alongside.
02Developers
Side projects, open source or the day job. Bring the laptop.
03Designers
Product, brand, type, motion. Make beautiful things and get feedback that helps.
04Creatives
Writers, filmmakers, makers. If you create with intention, you belong here.
05Students
Thesis, portfolio, first job. Learn from people a few steps ahead.
Muslim-founded and values-led, open to all builders who respect the space.
09/Membership
Simple, and fair
Come for a Sunday, or become one of the people who start this with us. Nothing to pay today.
Sunday Pass
Come when you can. No commitment.
€15per Sunday
- Qur’an hour
- Full-day co-working
- Prayers and lunch together
- Morning check-in and wrap-up
Founding Member
First 30 onlyPrice locked for as long as you stay.
€25per month
- All Sundays
- The member community
- Monthly dinner & halaqa
- First access to retreats
- Retreat discounts
Reserving a founding spot is free. We’ll confirm before the first Sunday, and you only pay once you start coming.
10/Coming up
Retreats & gatherings
Time away to rest, learn and grow closer, as people and as a community. These are in the works: no dates yet, register interest to hear first.
- Coming soon
Ardennes winter weekend
Forest walks, warm food, prayer in the cold air and a fireplace to plan the year ahead.
- Coming soon
Community showcase & Eid dinner
Members demo what they’ve shipped, then we close the evening with an Eid dinner.
- Coming soon
Sarajevo long weekend
History, hospitality and the old mosques of Baščaršija.
- Coming soon
London × Hulm Club weekend
A weekend with our friends at Hulm Club, the community that inspired ours.
- Coming soon
Andalusia / Morocco retreat
Walk through our history, slow down, and come back with new energy.
11The vision
Sundays are just the beginning
We’re starting small, on purpose. Here’s where we’re heading, in sha Allah.
Now
Sundays
Every other Sunday in Brussels. Where it all begins.
Next
More days
More days together as the community grows.
Later
Our own space
A home base: desks, a prayer room, a kitchen and a door that’s always open.
One day
A builders’ house
A Muslim builders’ house, where we live, pray, learn and build under one roof.
- Retreats
- Halaqas
- Workshops
- Members’ dinners
13/Waitlist
Save your seat
Two minutes, nothing to pay. We’ll be in touch before the first Sunday.
- Be the first to hear when Sundays start
- Reserve a founding spot: 30 of 30 left
- Help shape what we build together