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| At the Pyramids of Giza, a ‘Mystical’ Wedding | At the Pyramids of Giza, a ‘Mystical’ Wedding |
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| Lamis Khaled Hassan Azazy dreamed of having a wedding in front of the pyramids of Giza for as long as she could remember. | Lamis Khaled Hassan Azazy dreamed of having a wedding in front of the pyramids of Giza for as long as she could remember. |
| She grew up in Cairo and first visited the pyramids when she was a child, but she never thought it would be possible for them to be the backdrop of her wedding. | She grew up in Cairo and first visited the pyramids when she was a child, but she never thought it would be possible for them to be the backdrop of her wedding. |
| That changed in December 2022, when Dior put on a men’s fashion show in front of the pyramids. Ms. Azazy, a follower of fashion, attended the show with Sherif Medhat Abdelhalem, her fiancé at the time. “It was surreal,” she said. “When you step in the desert, you just feel like it’s magic.” | That changed in December 2022, when Dior put on a men’s fashion show in front of the pyramids. Ms. Azazy, a follower of fashion, attended the show with Sherif Medhat Abdelhalem, her fiancé at the time. “It was surreal,” she said. “When you step in the desert, you just feel like it’s magic.” |
| And so the quest to hold their wedding in front of the pyramids was on. “The Dior show opened our eyes,” said Mr. Abdelhalem, 36. | And so the quest to hold their wedding in front of the pyramids was on. “The Dior show opened our eyes,” said Mr. Abdelhalem, 36. |
| It wasn’t easy. Over the next 11 months, the couple had several conversations with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt, which aims to protect and preserve the heritage and ancient history of Egypt. The pyramids of Giza were built more than 4,500 years ago, and carry a deep cultural and historical significance. | |
| For this reason, the couple had their own concerns. “I was very scared because we were doing it in front of a really monumental and really historic place,” said Ms. Azazy, 25. |