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Commissions on the Square

Ask a fellow member for a small cultural favor: a bilingual caption, a family recipe written down properly, a playlist swap, three honest photos of a neighborhood spot. Your band supports the club. The member who does the work earns Midan credit.

Try free for 3 days, then $15/mo How it works

Members 16+. Menu photo runs, which happen in person, are 18+.

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Pinned by members this week

Guests see the first line. Members read the whole brief, take the commission, and earn credit when it’s accepted.

  1. Menu photo run · Midan desk

    Three daylight photos for Kabab Cafe’s listing

    Storefront, a plate, a readable menu board. Clear, no filters that invent the food. Optional Support Local id is kabab-cafe.

    $25band · helper earns 3 hours of Tutor

    Members read the full brief and can take it.

  2. Playlist swap · Midan desk

    Study-evening swap: 5 American + 5 heritage tracks

    Five American songs and five heritage tracks (Arabic, Egyptian dialect, or home sounds). One line why each. Keep the titles honest.

    $5band · helper earns 30 Tutor minutes

    Members read the full brief and can take it.

  3. Recipe card · Midan desk

    Family molokhia: ingredients + about five steps

    Heritage lane. Write it as we cook it at home — garlic, coriander, the chicken or rabbit note — not a restaurant paragraph.

    $10band · helper earns 1 hour of Tutor

    Members read the full brief and can take it.

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Four founder boards

Small work, done with care

Every commission sits on one of four boards the founder chose. No homework, no costume-kit Egypt, no gig-app scramble.

  • A painted calligrapher’s desk by a carved wooden window, a reed pen resting on a brass inkwell beside flowing ink strokes and a cup of mint tea

    The calligrapher’s desk

    Bilingual caption

    English plus Arabic — Egyptian dialect welcome — for one Reel or short. Taught captions, not costume kitsch.

    Remote · 16+
  • A painted kitchen counter in afternoon light: a grandmother’s hands beside a handwritten recipe card, a copper pot of molokhia, garlic and coriander

    Teta’s kitchen

    Recipe card

    One family dish: ingredients and about five steps, written as you actually cook it at home.

    Remote · 16+
  • A painted listening corner: an inlaid oud leaning on a crate of records, a turntable and a brass lantern, a Brooklyn street glowing through the window

    The listening corner

    Playlist swap

    Five American tracks and five heritage tracks, each with a one-line why.

    Remote · 16+
  • A painted restaurant storefront at dusk with brass lanterns and a striped awning, a camera resting on a café table on the wet cobblestones

    The lantern-lit storefront

    Menu photo run

    Three clear photos for a Support Local listing — plate, place, a readable menu. In person, 18+, and only where the business said yes.

    In person · 18+

How it works

Post, take, accept

  1. Post a commission

    Pick a board and a $5, $10, or $25 band. The band is a payment to the Midan club, not to another member. If nobody takes it, cancel anytime and the band comes back as Midan credit.

  2. A member takes it

    They have 72 hours to deliver through the notice, as a link. Everything stays on Midan: no phone numbers, no meet-ups.

  3. You accept

    The helper earns Midan credit and a Passport stamp for that board. No answer in 72 hours counts as accepted.

$5 earns 30 Tutor minutes$10 earns 60 Tutor minutes$25 earns 180 Tutor minutes

Midan credit is Tutor time in your account: 30 minutes for a $5 commission, 60 for $10, 180 for $25. It never expires, has no cash value, can’t be transferred, sold, or cashed out, and is safe for every member 16+.

House rules

Safe for every member, 16 and up

  • Keep it on Midan. No phone numbers, emails, WhatsApp, or social handles in briefs or deliveries.
  • Never meet a stranger for a commission. Menu photo runs happen in public, during business hours, at a business that said yes.
  • Menu photo runs (in person) are for members 18+. Every other board is open to all members 16+.
  • Something feels off? Use Report. The Midan desk reviews every report.
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