IMPROVED - Add page exit animation via frozen-router AnimatePresence

Wrap the template in AnimatePresence (mode="wait") with a FrozenRouter that
pins the layout-router context, so the outgoing page animates out (blur +
rise) before the incoming page animates in.

app/[locale]/(site)/template.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { AnimatePresence, motion, useReducedMotion } from "framer-motion";
+import { LayoutRouterContext } from "next/dist/shared/lib/app-router-context.shared-runtime";
+import { usePathname } from "next/navigation";
+import { useContext, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * App Router swaps in the new page's content as soon as you navigate, so the
+ * outgoing page would normally vanish before it can animate out. `FrozenRouter`
+ * pins the layout-router context to the value it had when this instance
+ * mounted, keeping the *old* subtree rendered while its exit animation plays.
+ */
+function FrozenRouter({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
+  const context = useContext(LayoutRouterContext);
+  // Freeze the context captured at mount so the outgoing subtree keeps
+  // rendering (with its old route data) while its exit animation plays.
+  const [frozen] = useState(context);
+
+  if (!frozen) {
+    return <>{children}</>;
+  }
+
+  return <LayoutRouterContext.Provider value={frozen}>{children}</LayoutRouterContext.Provider>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * One unified page transition on every navigation: the old page animates out
+ * (blur + rise up) before the new page animates in (blur + rise from below).
+ */
+export default function SiteTemplate({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
+  const reducedMotion = useReducedMotion();
+  const pathname = usePathname();
+
+  return (
+    <AnimatePresence mode="wait" initial={false}>
+      <motion.div
+        key={pathname}
+        initial={reducedMotion ? false : { opacity: 0, y: 18, filter: "blur(10px)" }}
+        animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, filter: "blur(0px)" }}
+        exit={reducedMotion ? { opacity: 0 } : { opacity: 0, y: -18, filter: "blur(10px)" }}
+        transition={reducedMotion ? { duration: 0 } : { duration: 0.4, ease: [0.22, 1, 0.36, 1] }}
+      >
+        <FrozenRouter>{children}</FrozenRouter>
+      </motion.div>
+    </AnimatePresence>
+  );
+}

app/globals.css

@@ -422,10 +422,11 @@ html[lang="ar"] .eyebrow {
     }
   }
 
-  /* ---- Hero entrance (pure CSS so it never flashes blank before hydration) ---- */
+  /* ---- Hero entrance ----
+     Per-element rise is disabled: the site `template.tsx` now runs one unified
+     page-transition animation on every navigation instead. ---- */
   .hero-rise {
-    opacity: 0;
-    animation: hero-rise-in 0.62s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;
+    opacity: 1;
   }
 
   .hero-content > *:nth-child(1) {