Wasla.
Private beta · Built for finance professionals relocating to Doha, Dubai and Riyadh

Never wonder what to say in your first Gulf meeting again.

Practice the conversations you'll actually have in Gulf finance — from your first client introduction to coffee after meetings — in authentic Gulf Arabic.

Try it now — no signup needed ↓

Your first few weeks matter more than any others.

Why Gulf Arabic — not just Arabic

Most expats don't realise there's a difference. Duolingo and Modern Standard Arabic courses teach you one register. Gulf finance runs on another entirely.

Modern Standard Arabic

  • Formal
  • News broadcasts
  • School curriculum
  • Rarely spoken casually

Gulf Arabic (Khaleeji)

  • Meetings
  • Coffee with clients
  • WhatsApp with colleagues
  • What's actually spoken day to day
Try it now

Describe what's coming up.

Pick a curated example below, or type your own situation and we'll generate a response live with AI.

Generated live by AI. Please don't include names or confidential details.

Or start from a curated example:

Choose a curated example above, or describe your own situation to generate one live.

Full conversation practice and voice coaching are what the private beta is being built for. Join the beta ↓

Why not just ask ChatGPT?

A general chatbot doesn't know you're moving to Doha next month, or how Gulf finance actually works.

A general AI chatbot

  • Defaults to textbook Modern Standard Arabic
  • Forgets your role, city, and move
  • No Gulf finance etiquette
  • Not built to be practised with

Wasla

  • Gulf Arabic shaped around your destination
  • Built around your role and move
  • Finance-specific scenarios
  • Designed for repeated practice

Where Wasla is today: the curated examples and the live AI phrase generator above are working now. Spoken practice, pronunciation feedback and full back-and-forth conversations are what we're building with the private-beta group — they don't exist yet.

Built for Gulf finance, and only Gulf finance

Greeting a managing director
Small talk over Arabic coffee
Politely disagreeing in meetings
Networking after conferences
Replying to colleagues on WhatsApp
Client dinners and introductions

Join the first cohort of finance professionals shaping Wasla.

Join the private-beta waitlist and help shape Wasla's first release.

Built by a finance-focused founder with personal ties to Qatar, shaped by conversations with professionals who've made the move.

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