The names
The house remembers
Dar El Oud has held weddings since before either family arrived in Cairo. Malak’s grandmother was married in the same courtyard, under the same lanterns, with the same door standing open onto the street.
Counting down
Until the night
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Days
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Hours
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Minutes
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Seconds
Their story
How it happened
- Summer 2024
The oud lesson
He was three months into learning and she was there to collect her sister. He played badly and she stayed anyway.
- Winter 2025
The courtyard
They found the house by accident, looking for somewhere else entirely, and did not look any further.
Where
Dar El Oud
Old Cairo
Friday 24 September 2027
The evening
How the night runs
- The door opens8:00
- Oud and mizmar9:00
- Dinner in the courtyard10:30