{"id":99903,"date":"2025-09-18T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/?p=99903"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:00:47","slug":"karen-beyrouthys-walking-club-is-turning-strangers-into-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/karen-beyrouthys-walking-club-is-turning-strangers-into-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Beyrouthy&#8217;s Walking Club Is Turning Strangers Into Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walking isn\u2019t just exercise. For Karen Beyrouthy, it\u2019s a way to build connections, create healthy habits, and reclaim a little joy in daily life. That\u2019s what she shared on the Lovin Dubai Show.<\/p>\n<p>Karen founded Club After Six after living in Italy, where walking was woven into everyday life, and going from place to place on foot felt natural. Moving to Dubai, she missed that rhythm. So she created a space where people could gather, get their steps in, mingle, and feel part of something.<\/p>\n<h2>Now, Club After Six has over 700 members who come together regularly, exchanging stories, taking in city views, and walking side by side<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"After Six: The Walking Club Turning Strangers Into Friends\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5fRhhM6VRYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Karen has built a community, one step at a time<\/h2>\n<p>On the show, Karen described how she kicked things off: small groups, flexible schedules, and little by little, word of mouth helped the club grow. 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