Less, done well
We take on fewer projects so we can deliver them better. A workshop doesn't run on factory logic, and our schedule has limits — which is exactly what guarantees the standard of what we hand over.
“We don't translate; we build both versions together.”
Atelier: the maker's workshop.
أتيليه: ورشة الصانع
The word is French, but the idea is as old as Khan el-Khalili: a place a person of taste walks into, and leaves with something cut for them alone. That's what we do — on the web.
Why two languages, one standard
لماذا لغتان بمستوى واحد
Most websites in Egypt are built in one language, then “translated” into the other. You know the result: an interface with broken direction, numbers in the wrong places, type spaced like an awkward guest, and punctuation that wandered off. Small details — but they expose carelessness to your customer before they've read a single word, whichever language got neglected.
We don't translate; we build both versions together. The Arabic interface is written in the Arabic reading direction from the first line, and the English is written and designed with the same care — every typeface chosen and fitted the way a suit is fitted at a tailor's, in both languages.
This isn't a luxury in design; it's craft. Your audience reads in both languages, and your website is their first impression of you. A business that cares about this level of detail on its site is understood to care about it in its product, too.
What we believe
ما نؤمن به
You own the site
You receive the complete files and credentials. No lock-in, no murky subscriptions tying you to us against your will. A workshop that trusts its work doesn't need to hold its clients hostage.
Honesty before the sale
If a website isn't what your business is missing right now, we'll say so on the first call. The workshop's reputation outlasts any single deal.
The founders
المؤسسان
Just two of us — and that's deliberate. When you contact Atelier Egypt, you're talking to the people who will design and build the work themselves, not to a salesperson.
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Moaz Abdo — Build & technology
Writes the code that makes the site fast on a real phone over a real Egyptian network. Responsible for making sure everything we promise actually works — in Arabic and in English.
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Beshr Elbaily — Design & identity
His eye is on the details that make a site feel like your brand: colour, type, rhythm. He's the one you'll meet on the first intro call.