Qena Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. Located in the southern part of the country, it covers a stretch of the Nile valley. Its capital is the city of Qena.
Luxor Governorate has been one of Egypt's governorates since 7 December 2009, when former president Hosni Mubarak announced its separation from the Qena Governorate. It is located 635 km south of Cairo. It lies in Upper Egypt along the Nile. The city of Luxor is the capital of the Luxor governorate.
Muharrem Qena was a Kosovo Albanian actor, director, writer and singer. He went to high school in Prishtina, and he completed film school in Belgrade. He is among the noted directors who staged their works at the National Theatre of Kosovo.
Aswān Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. The southernmost governorate in Upper Egypt, covering most of Lake Nasser. The Governorate's capital is Aswan.
Qena is a city in Upper Egypt, and the capital of the Qena Governorate. Situated on the east bank of the Nile, it was known in antiquity as Kaine and Maximianopolis. Gauthier identifies Qena with ancient Shabt.
Egypt is divided, for the purpose of public administration, according to a three-layer hierarchy and some districts are further subdivided, creating an occasional fourth layer.
Hamrah Dom is a small village in Upper Egypt. It is situated near the city of Qena, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor.
El Sawy Culture Wheel is a cultural center on Gezira Island in the Zamalek district on central Cairo, Egypt. Named after its founder and owner, Abdelmoniem El-Sawy, it is considered one of the most important cultural venues in Egypt and receives more than 20,000 visitors each month.
The Ahamidat Alhoarh are a tribe found in the Qena Governorate of Egypt.
Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol was an Egyptian poet whose poems were influenced by Greek mythology, then pre-Islamic and Islamic imagery to modernize Arabic poetry. He was born in Al Qalah, Qfta, Qena and completed his secondary education there in 1957. He attended the faculty of Arts in 1958 just after his graduation from the secondary education stage. He dropped out to work as an employee at Qena Court of Justice as well as the Customs Department of Suez and Alexandria and the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation for a living before the end of his first year in the faculty. He died in 1983 after long-time illness.
Christianity is the religion of a major part of the population in Sohag Governorate in Egypt. The Minya Governorate, Asyut Governorate and Qena Governorate has also a sizable Christian populations. Important Christian landmarks in the Sohag Goverorate includeWhite Monastery and the Red Monastery of the Copts. Sohag is the seat of a bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. A diocese of Sohag under the Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts exists. In 2000, 21 Christians were killed in an attack by Muslims of Arab tribes. Security forces (SSI) arrested over one thousand two hundred Coptic Christians in Sohag on the 15th of August 1998. There were riots between Copts and Muslims of Arab tribes in 1999. Monk and prophet Shenute was a key figure in the struggle against idolatry. The governorate was the site of violent clashes of Islamists versus the government. The late Patriarch Stéphanos II Ghattas of the Coptic Catholic Church, a cardinal, was born in Sohag Governorate.
Hawwara, also spelled Huwwara, Howwara, Hewwara or Houara, is a large tribal confederation of Berbers and Arabized Berbers spread widely in the Maghreb, with descendants in Upper Egypt and Sudan. Hawwara are amongst the most prominent tribes in Upper Egypt, with branches found mainly in Qena. In Sudan, they are labelled as Hawwaweer, and have a significant political presence.
Besim Sahatçiu was a Kosovo-Albanian director of theatre and film.
Qena Sporting Club, is an Egyptian football club based in Qena, Egypt. The club is currently playing in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system.
This list of flags of regions of Egypt shows the flags of the 27 governorates of Egypt.
The 2020–21 Egyptian Second Division was the 41st edition of the Egyptian Second Division, the top Egyptian semi-professional level for football clubs, since its establishment in 1977. The season started on 25 November 2020 and concluded on 3 July 2021. Fixtures for the 2020–21 season were announced on 11 November 2020, two weeks before the start of the competition.
Farshut is a city in the Qena Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at 70,000 people in 2020.
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