You Can Now Have Four Seasons Sohour at the Grand Egyptian Museum

Ramadan rearranges Cairo. The city exhales differently; afternoons stretch, evenings gather weight. Hunger sharpens the senses. By the time the call to prayer ripples across Giza, the day has thinned into expectancy. At the Grand Egyptian Museum, that expectancy finds form in Al Mashrafia, the museum’s official Ramadan tent, where Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza has brought its particular grammar of service to a site already saturated with time.

The tent occupies the museum’s outdoor plaza — a deliberate architectural threshold between the building’s clean geometry and the desert’s expanse. Beyond it, the Pyramids persist in their familiar silhouette. The experience is hosted by the GEM and operated by Legacy Development and Management, a Hassan Allam Holding company tasked with animating the museum’s public spaces beyond exhibition hours. In Ramadan, that animation takes the shape of tables, light, and the quiet choreography of service.Four Seasons approaches the month with fluency rather than flourish. The Iftar menus move through Egyptian and regional references. Soups arrive hot and well-seasoned. Mezze offer clear contrasts — creamy, sharp, crisp. The mains lean into slow cooking: fragrant rice, tender meats, spices layered carefully. By Sohour, the spread lightens — fresh salads, traditional sweets, and qamar el-din and sahlab poured steadily into the night.

This collaboration extends a relationship already tested at scale. On November 1, 2025, Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza served as exclusive caterer for the museum’s official opening, welcoming heads of state and cultural leaders into the same plaza now set for Ramadan — a milestone that deepened its standing as one of Egypt’s most trusted off-site caterers through precision. As Yves Giacometti, General Manager and Regional Vice President, reflects, “Working together with the GEM stems from a shared commitment to excellence. From catering the museum’s historic opening to now curating its Ramadan experience, we are honoured to continue delivering moments that blend heritage with world-class service at one of the world’s most significant cultural destinations.”That shared ethos is echoed by Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim, CEO of the GEM: “The GEM was envisioned as a cultural destination that brings people together. Through our collaboration with Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, Al Mashrafia reflects a shared commitment to delivering refined, meaningful experiences against the backdrop of Egypt’s rich cultural heritage.”

On Saturday, February 21, 2026, the museum and Four Seasons hosted a VIP Sohour welcoming 500 guests — business leaders, officials, cultural figures — marking the formal opening of the season.And yet, beyond the guest lists and milestones, what lingers is something more powerful. A white tent laid beneath a sky that has watched centuries pass without commentary. The gentle ritual of breaking bread in a place built to honour memory. In the space between ancient stone and present conversation, Al Mashrafia symbolically embodies how heritage is not simply preserved in vitrines, but renewed nightly in the simple act of gathering together.