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Reimagining time through place.

We do not build to fill space. We build to give time its proper shape.
Naguib Sawiris  ·  Founder & Chairman
Our Story

One idea, expressed in many places.

ORA was founded in 2016 by Naguib Sawiris with a singular commitment: to imagine and deliver developments whose value compounds quietly over decades — the way a fine watch keeps faith with time.

Across Egypt, the UAE, Iraq, Pakistan, Cyprus, Greece, and Grenada, that commitment has taken shape in master-planned communities, coastal sanctuaries, and city-scale destinations. Each is grounded in geometry, restraint, and the unhurried hospitality of well-designed public space.

We work with architects, landscape designers, and master-planners who share our preference for clarity over decoration. Our buildings are not the show; the life that happens around them is.

Our Principles

Four ideas that shape everything we build.

01

Geometry & Restraint

Designs grounded in proportion, light, and the quiet authority of simple forms — never noise, never decoration for its own sake.

02

Community First

Every master plan begins with the public realm — the walks, the gathering places, the gardens — before a single residence is drawn.

03

Time-Tested Value

We build assets that age well. Materials, infrastructure, and detailing are chosen for the second and third generation as much as the first.

04

Local, Then Global

Each destination is rooted in its place — its climate, its culture, its rhythm — while drawing on the standards of an international group.

7+ Countries across three continents
15+ Master-planned communities
50k+ Residents and members
2016 Founded by Naguib Sawiris
Naguib Sawiris, Founder and Executive Chairman, ORA Developers.
Founder · Executive Chairman
A Word From the Founder
With passion we build, with commitment we develop, and with heart we deliver.
Naguib Sawiris  ·  Founder, ORA Developers Holding

Founded in 2016, ORA was envisioned as a multinational developer that treats every destination as a complicated luxury timepiece — engineered for harmony, designed for everyday joy.

From New Cairo to the North Coast, our work spans residential quarters, coastal resorts and considered urban districts across Egypt, the UAE, Iraq and beyond.

Recognition

Awarded for the way we build.

Our work has been recognised across the region for design, sustainability, and community-led master-planning.

2025

Best Mixed-Use Development

Africa & Arabia Property Awards — for ZED East's community-led master-plan.

2024

Sustainable Project of the Year

Cityscape Egypt Awards — recognising water and energy strategy across the portfolio.

2023

Residential Development of the Year

Egypt Real Estate Awards — for the delivery of ZED Sheikh Zayed.

2022

Coastal Resort of the Year

North Coast Property Awards — for the opening of Silversands.

Leadership

The people behind ORA.

A focused group of operators, architects, and community-builders who have spent careers shaping how cities live.

Naguib Sawiris

Naguib Sawiris

Founder & Chairman

Egyptian businessman and philanthropist whose four-decade career in telecommunications, infrastructure, and real estate established the strategic foundation of the ORA group.

wafaa Lotaief

wafaa Lotaief

Vice Chairman

she has been a major participant and contributor to the establishment, start up, growth and evolution of ORA to become a global development and hospitality conglomerate over a record span of 6 years.

Lana Sawiris

Lana Sawiris

Chief Commercial Officer, ORA

Lana serves as Chief Commercial Officer of Ora Developers, where she leads the global brand vision and commercial strategy across the group.

Haitham Abdelazim

Haitham Abdelazim

Chief Executive Officer, ORA Egypt

Mr. Haitham is the CEO of ORA Egypt. He’s responsible of ensuring that the day-to-day operations are aligned with the company’s values

Sherif Hany

Sherif Hany

Chief Human Resources Officer, ORA

Mr. Sherif is the Chief Human Resources & Administration Officer overseeing the group’s Human Capital strategic management, covering Talent Management, Total Rewards, HR Policies and Employee Relations.

Sherif

Sherif Al Tamboly

Chief Financial Officer, ORA Egypt

Oversees the group’s capital structure, investor relations, and financial governance across all seven countries of operation.

Milestones

A decade of building, country by country.

2016
Founded

Naguib Sawiris establishes ORA Developers with the long-term ambition of building across multiple geographies.

2017
First Master Plan

ZED Sheikh Zayed launches in west Cairo — the group's first integrated mixed-use destination.

2019
Coastal Expansion

Silversands launches on Egypt's North Coast, introducing the group's first beachfront destination.

2022
International Footprint

Projects underway in Pakistan, Cyprus, and the UAE — the group becomes operational across four continents.

2026
Today

15+ communities, 50,000+ residents, and a unified group identity reimagining time for the next decade.

A landscaped communal garden at an ORA development.
Sustainability in practice
Sustainability & CSR

Built for the long arc.

Every ORA development integrates passive design, efficient infrastructure, and ecological care from the master-plan onward — not as added features, but as the starting position. Through the Sawiris Foundation and local partnerships, our corporate social responsibility extends that long-term view to the communities around us — in education, employment, and care.

  • 01
    Energy-conscious design

    Solar integration, high-performance envelopes, and shading strategies tuned to each climate.

  • 02
    Water as infrastructure

    Greywater reuse, drought-tolerant landscape, and lagoon ecosystems engineered for biodiversity.

  • 03
    Mobility & walkability

    Master-plans prioritize the pedestrian — 15-minute community standards, generous shade, narrow vehicle corridors.

  • 04
    Community well-being

    Sports clubs, cultural venues, and primary schools integrated into the original master-plan, not retrofitted.

Aerial view of an ORA community at dusk.
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