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Issue 01 The Hara Issue Riyadh · Jeddah · Dubai
The town square for ball-sport in the Gulf Football · Padel · Tennis · Basketball

01 Cover story

Every game starts in the hara.

Kurra is one town square for the Gulf’s ball-sport culture. Find a pitch, challenge a rival squad and settle the booking, without chasing it across five WhatsApp groups.

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  1. p.08 The Challenge: how a rivalry gets booked
  2. p.14 The player’s almanac, and the trophy cabinet
  3. p.22 For owners: your courts at one desk
Pl. I The hara wall at sunset, with a ball for a sun. Najdi parapets and triangular openings, after the old quarters of Riyadh.

In this issue

  1. 01The group-chat problemp.04
  2. 02The Challengep.08
  3. 03The player’s almanacp.14
  4. 04Four sports, one squarep.20
  5. 05For the people who own the pitchesp.22
  6. 06Two scripts, one harap.28

From the editors

The group-chat problem.

Ask anyone who plays on a Thursday night in Riyadh how the game got organised. There’s a group for the regulars, another for the pitch, and a third for whoever still owes money from last week. Someone asks if anyone has a keeper. Someone else sends a location pin for the wrong branch.

None of that is the game. It is the admin around the game, and it lives in places that were never built for it.

Kurra gathers it into one square: the courts, the squads, the rivalries and the bookings. Open it and you see who is playing tonight, where there is a free slot, and which squad is looking for a challenger.

“One place for the game. Not five group chats.”

From the Kurra brief

The Challenge · the core loop

How a rivalry gets booked.

The heart of Kurra is the challenge. A squad posts that it is looking for a challenger. Your captain answers with your squad. From there, the logistics happen in one room, not ten threads.

  1. 01

    Example

    Looking for challenger

    Falcons FC

    5-a-side · Thu · 21:00

    The post

    A squad signals that it is looking for a challenger, with the sport, the format and a rough time.

  2. 02

    Example

    Jeddah United Falcons FC

    Challenge sent

    The challenge

    Your captain challenges with your squad. One tap, and the rivalry is on the record.

  3. 03

    Example

    Match Room

    • Time agreed
    • Pitch agreed
    • Location pin dropped
    • Split payment 250 ÷ 10 = 25 SAR

    The Match Room

    A room opens for both captains: chat, agree the time and the pitch, drop the location pin, split the payment.

  4. 04

    Example

    Falcons FC4–3Jeddah United

    Confirmed by both captains

    The result

    Both captains report the score. If they disagree, it goes to dispute resolution. The leaderboard settles the rest.

For players

The player’s almanac.

Everything a squad needs, from the first message to the final whistle.

a The feed
Open courts mixed with live signals from squads: “Looking for game”, “Need a GK”.
b The map
Every court around you on one map, filtered by sport.
c Court pages
Time-slot availability and booking. Where a venue does not take online bookings yet, a WhatsApp fallback.
d Squads
Roster, record and a reputation tier: a trophy cabinet for your crew.
e Leaderboards
See where your squad stands, and who is above you.
f Public events
Open events anyone can find and join.
g The squad fund
A shared wallet for pitch fees and other shared costs, so nobody has to chase anybody.
h Two languages
Arabic and English, all the way through.

Four sports, one square.

For facility owners

For the people who own the pitches.

Kurra is also a front desk. Verify your facility, publish your courts and schedules, take bookings, run promotions and see the money come in.

  1. 01

    Verify ownership

    Claim your facility and prove it is yours.

  2. 02

    Courts and schedules

    Set your courts, opening hours and slot lengths.

  3. 03

    Bookings

    Take bookings in one calendar instead of a phone full of messages.

  4. 04

    Campaigns

    Run promotional campaigns to fill the quiet hours.

  5. 05

    Financials

    See your financials and withdraw your earnings.

Example

Tonight · Court 2

Example schedule for one court
19:00Booked · Falcons FC
20:00Challenge match
21:00Open
22:00Promotion running
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Arabic & English

Two scripts, one hara.

Kurra is written in Arabic and English from the first screen.

Your squad page, your Match Room and your bookings read naturally in either language, right to left or left to right.

كورة مكتوبة بالعربية والإنجليزية منذ الشاشة الأولى.

صفحة فريقك وغرفة المباراة وحجوزاتك تُقرأ بسلاسة في اللغتين، من اليمين إلى اليسار أو من اليسار إلى اليمين.

The whole page turns right to left.

الحارة
al-hara the neighbourhood, where the game lives
كورة
kura the ball, and the game itself
تحدّي
tahaddi a challenge, squad against squad
ناقصنا حارس
naqisna haris “we’re missing a keeper”

See you in the hara.

Kurra is being built for players and venues in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dubai. Put your squad on the early-access list, or bring your facility on board.

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