 Hana first began operating Burger King restaurants in the region after its parent company Olayan completed its franchise agreement in 1991 . Its first location opened in Riyadh in December 1992 , and expanded across the Middle East opening stores in the neighboring countries of Kuwait , Qatar , Bahrain , and Lebanon in 2001 . By 2007 , the company had grown to over 180 locations in a half dozen countries , all located in Southwest Asia , when it signed an additional franchise agreement to open locations in North Africa , with the first location in Cairo , Egypt . 
