You are invited
HF
Together with their families
Hany&Farah
request the pleasure of your company as they are married in the garden
Until the gate opens
The garden is counting with us
Saturday, 15 August 2026 · 15:30
Seven years, briefly
How we got to this gate
The wrong tram
Farah took the Raml tram in the wrong direction on purpose, twice, because a stranger with a book about lighthouses was riding it. The third time, Hany finally said something.
The jasmine on her mother's balcony
A cutting Hany brought on the third visit, planted in a tin on a balcony in Sidi Gaber that caught no breeze at all. We kept nearly killing it. It survived. So did we.
The question at Montaza
A Friday walk that was supposed to end at the kiosk. Hany stopped at the old garden gate instead and asked with the sea behind him. Farah said yes before he was upright.
The gate opens for everyone
On the fifteenth of August we're opening it properly — for our families, our oldest friends, and you. Come early; the light is best at the beginning.
One evening, hour by hour
How the evening runs
The gate opens
Come through, take something cold, and find the jasmine wall — it's the first thing everyone stops at.
The ceremony
At the end of the stone path, under the arch. Short, unhurried, and over before the sun is fully down.
Golden hour by the fountain
Photographs, congratulations, and the half hour when the sea goes copper. Wander — the whole garden is ours.
Dinner under the lanterns
Long tables down the path, Alexandrian food, and speeches that will run over. Sit anywhere; we mixed the tables on purpose.
Music until the garden closes
A first dance we've been arguing about for months, then the floor belongs to everyone until they turn the lanterns off.
Where to find us
A walled garden by the sea
Helnan Palestine
Montaza Palace Gardens, El Montaza, Alexandria 21599, EgyptThe walled jasmine garden inside the Montaza grounds, east of the palace and above the sea wall. Cars enter by the Montaza main gate; tell the guard you're with the wedding and follow the signs to the garden car park. Ride-hailing drops at the same gate.
What to wear
Garden formal, kind to grass
Long dresses, linen suits, sleeves you're comfortable in. The paths are stone and the lawn is soft, so leave thin heels at home — the garden keeps them. It cools off after sundown by the sea; bring a wrap you'd like photographed.
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A few small things
Good to know
Getting in
Enter by the Montaza main gate and say you're with the wedding. There is parking inside, and the walk from the car park to the garden is about five minutes on flat stone.
A grown-up evening
We adore your children — and we're asking you to come without them this once. Consider it a night off.
On gifts
Having you in the garden is the gift. If you'd like to add to our first home, a card on the night is more than enough.
One last thing
Will you come through the gate?
One small form and you are done.