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The kosha, the zaffa, and 300 opinions about seating

Arab weddings

An Arab wedding is not a dinner with dancing — it’s a production: the kosha as the visual anchor, a zaffa entrance that needs a clear route through the room, a dance floor sized for dabke (bigger than any planner’s rule of thumb), family tables arranged by closeness to the couple, and a guest list where “just family” means 180 people.

How Mezze handles it

The Arab wedding template places the kosha front and center, oversizes the dance floor for the zaffa and dabke, seats the two families closest to the couple, and names tables after an Andalusian garden. Halal counts flow automatically from RSVP to the kitchen sheet. Multi-night celebrations — henna, katb el-kitab, the wedding itself — each get their own day in one schedule.

📄 Seating chart📄 Kitchen sheet📄 Vendor runsheet📄 Driver manifest

Try the Arab wedding template

Applied in one click for your guest count and room — then drag everything to taste.

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Questions we hear

Can the dance floor really be sized for dabke?

Yes — templates use a larger dance-floor factor for Arab weddings, and the tool warns when yours is tight for your count.

Arabic place cards?

Dual-script Arabic/English stationery exports are in development.

Can I keep certain relatives apart?

Keep-apart rules are honored by Auto-seat and flagged in red if ever violated.