أبدع. استكشف. تواصل.

A creative community hub for children, families and adults. 

Discover activities, join workshops, meet your community and create meaningful experiences — all under one roof in Nation Towers Mall, Abu Dhabi.

COBA
Experience
15 years of community
Address
Nation Towers Mall, 1st Floor
Open
Seven days a week
COBA
01 / What's Coming

One roof.
A week full of things to do.

Kids birthday parties, floristic workshops, art for children and for adults, book club, mother & toddler mornings, image masterclasses, etiquette for kids and teens, art shows, movie nights, networking — this is the week COBA is being built for.

Kids birthday parties — COBA

For children

Kids birthday parties

Before the doors open

Our first programme will be announced soon.

Join the community to hear it first

Make it yours

This room is yours to book.

Everything in the slideshow happens right here, in one bookable room. Celebrate a birthday, gather your people for a private evening, or host the workshop you have always wanted to run — up to 70 guests, dressed and ready before you arrive.

One space, all day

One space.Different rhythms throughout the day.

  • Morning

    Coffee mornings, moms and toddlers

  • Afternoon

    Workshops, clubs and classes for schoolchildren and teenagers

  • Evening

    Networking, talks and adult-only events

  • Weekends

    Family and community experiences, private parties

COBA
02 / What You Can Do

What you can do at COBA.

  • One

    Learn

    تعلَّم

    Workshops for children and adults.

  • Two

    Create

    أبدِع

    Art, music, crafts, creative projects and special experiences.

  • Three

    Connect

    تواصَل

    Clubs, communities, networking and social gatherings.

  • Four

    Celebrate

    احتفِل

    Birthdays, private events and special occasions.

How the week works

Every session keeps a fixed slot, so you always know where to find it. The week is announced on Instagram and posted at reception — walk in, or write ahead and we will tell you which hour suits you. And when you want an hour of your own — a birthday, a private evening, a class you teach — the room is yours to book.

Children painting and shaping clay at the COBA children's art club, with two teachers helping.

Our community — مجتمعنا

A place where children discover their talents — and adults discover connections, friendships and opportunities.

What's on for children

مكان يكتشف فيه الأطفال مواهبهم

Children's art club · Every Saturday
Nation Towers Mall, Abu Dhabi

Create
Explore
Connect

أبدع. استكشف. تواصل.

COBA
03 / About COBA

More than a venue. A place to belong, connect and grow. 

Nation Towers Mall, Abu Dhabi

A premium community hub where people from different cultures, backgrounds and professions come together to inspire one another and build something meaningful.

Families, clubs, professionals, creators, entrepreneurs and communities — all under one roof, all part of the same ecosystem.

An international community in Abu Dhabi, with a strong Russian-speaking community within it.

A resident leads a session at COBA, sketching on an easel while a group listens around an oak table.

Our mission

Every talent is valued. Every connection matters. Every connection has the potential to become an opportunity. 

كل موهبة لها قيمة، وكل صلة فرصة

COBA
04 / Who You'll Meet

Who you'll meet at COBA.

COBA is an ecosystem, not an activity centre. On any given week the room holds all of these at once — and that is exactly the point.

  1. Families

    عائلات

    Weekends, workshops and mornings that work for every age at once.

  2. Children & Teens

    أطفال ويافعون

    Art, science, chess and clubs where a talent gets discovered.

  3. Creators

    مبدعون

    Artists, makers and photographers with somewhere to show the work.

  4. Professionals

    مهنيون

    Evening meet-ups, skill shares and talks among peers.

  5. Entrepreneurs

    روّاد أعمال

    Introductions that become collaborations, and collaborations that become work.

  6. Community Leaders

    قادة المجتمع

    People who gather others, given a permanent address to do it from.

  7. Clubs & Associations

    أندية وجمعيات

    Book clubs, cultural groups and hobby circles with a standing place in the week.

  8. Women's Groups

    مجموعات نسائية

    Circles, mornings and networks built around one another.

What happens between them

  • Private gatherings
  • Networking
  • Talks
  • Introductions
  • Collaborations
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05 / In the Room

COBA is more than a beautiful space.
It is about the people who bring it to life.

A room only becomes a hub when someone fills it. These are the people COBA is built for — and the reason every image here has someone in it.

People laughing at COBA.
People laughing
Teen science sessions at COBA.
Teen science sessions
Artists creating at COBA.
Artists creating
Chess evenings at COBA.
Chess evenings
Children building at COBA.
Children building
LEGO builders at COBA.
LEGO builders
Coffee conversations at COBA.
Coffee conversations
Etiquette classes at COBA.
Etiquette classes
Parents talking at COBA.
Parents talking
Mum & toddler mornings at COBA.
Mum & toddler mornings
Business networking at COBA.
Business networking
Board game nights at COBA.
Board game nights

Every hero image contains people. It is a rule, not a preference.

COBA
06 / Fifteen Years
Hana Kash and Natalia Scully, co-founders of COBA, beside the owl mark on a plaster wall.
The foundersالمؤسِّستان

15 years of building communities in Ireland.Now creating a new home for community in Abu Dhabi.

“A room only becomes a hub when someone tends it.” 

For more than fifteen years we have built and nurtured a thriving community hub in Ireland — a place where children discovered their talents, parents found friendships, professionals collaborated, and ideas turned into opportunities.

Today we are bringing that same spirit to Abu Dhabi.

  1. IrelandFifteen years of community
  2. Abu DhabiNation Towers Mall · August 2026
  • Hana Kash

    Co-founder

  • Natalia Scully

    Co-founder

Between them, fifteen years of building the community COBA is modelled on — and the conviction that a room only becomes a hub when someone tends it.

Nation Towers Mall, 1st Floor · Abu Dhabi

A room you'll
photograph unasked.

Lime plaster, light oak, brushed brass. Open seven days.

Capacity
Up to 70 guests
Configurations
Coffee circle, workshop or lounge
On arrival
Reception & concierge
Between sessions
Materials kept on site

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The invitation

Join the COBA community.

COBA opens soon at Nation Towers Mall. Join now and you will be the first to hear what is coming — and you can tell us what you would like to see in the week.

Join our community to receive

  • Opening announcement
  • First event calendar
  • Children's programme
  • Adult workshops
  • Private event opportunities
  • Special launch invitations
Find us
Nation Towers Mall, 1st Floor
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Open
Seven days a week

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