Five occasions, not one
An Egyptian celebration is not a single event with several dates. The engagement, the contract, the henna, the wedding and the crowning have different guests, different registers and different rules — so each one gets its own site rather than a tab on somebody else's.
الخطوبةkhutuba
The engagement
The shabka. Warm, family-sized, and less formal than anything that follows it.
What we do differently
Both families are named before the couple is, because at this stage that is whose evening it is. No venue formality, no dress code, and a guest list that is still allowed to change.
كتب الكتابkatb el-ketab
The signing of the contract. Often in a mosque, sometimes at home, sometimes on the same day as the wedding — and frequently a much smaller list than the party that follows.
What we do differently
A quieter site, on purpose. The Hijri date comes first, the wording is chosen from a reviewed set rather than generated, and there is no motion beyond the arrival. A loud site is simply wrong for this occasion, and restraint is the differentiator — this is the one event no competitor treats as its own thing.
Hijri dates are given by the Umm al-Qura calendar and may differ by a day from the local sighting.
ليلة الحنةleilat el-henna
The henna night
Saturated, folkloric, high-energy and usually women-only. Shaabi music, and a Nubian or Saidi inflection depending on the family.
What we do differently
This is where the most visual licence exists in the whole celebration, and the site should take it: aubergine, old rose and gold, pattern at full density, and a score with a beat in it. Everything the katb el-ketab site refuses, this one is allowed.
الفرحfarah
The wedding
The reception. Grand, public and processional — the zaffa with mizmar and duff, and the shemadan carried in front of the couple.
What we do differently
The largest guest list, the longest evening and the site that has to work hardest on a phone in a dark hall. Everything is built for scale: a household-by-household guest list, a schedule people actually consult at 11pm, and a venue section that answers the only two questions anyone asks — where, and when do I need to be there.
الإكليلekleel
The crowning
The Coptic wedding. Liturgical and royal — the priest crowns the couple as king and queen of their home, the two crowns joined by a white ribbon.
What we do differently
A different iconography from the ground up, not an Islamic suite with the basmala removed. Coptic roundels, undyed linen and madder, the joined crowns — and no bismillah anywhere near it. Egypt has an affluent Christian minority that almost nobody in this category serves properly, and serving them properly starts with not treating them as a variant.
Every occasion above is priced the same way: one site per event, at the price on the house page. There is no bundle, because a second occasion is a second site. The guest list, the story in chapters and the rest are add-ons, priced there too.