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Ezbet El Nakhl
Ezbet El Nakhl is a district in the northern region of Greater Cairo, east of the Nile, in Egypt. The district is separated by the metro station (Ezbet El Nakhl station) into two regions, Eastern Ezbet El Nakhl & Western Ezbet El Nakhl. Name The area is named Ezbet El Nakhl as the district was once farmland full of palm trees, ''nakhl'' in Arabic. Today it's a residential area with a very few palm trees remaining. Location Ezbet El Nakhl is lodged between the Ain Shams and El Marg districts. The district has old Coptic Churches which is St. Virgin Mary Church -Ezbet El Nakhl. About Ezbet El Nakhl is partly a slum. One part belongs to the Cairo Governorate and the other to the Qalyubia Governorate. Being divided between two governorates means services like education and health are unreliable. Nearly a sixth of the residents are children under 5 years. There are only three public elementary schools in the district and the average number of children per classroom is 60. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Coptic Churches In Egypt
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt. The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of churches, since the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451. This church was established by Saint Mark the apostle and evangelist in the 1st century. The head of the church is the Pope of Alexandria. The following is a partial list of Coptic Orthodox Churches in Egypt; the count stands at 2,000 churches: Diocese of Alexandria * St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Ramleh, Alexandria) St. Mary & St. George Coptic Orthodox Church(Alexandria) St. Peter & St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church(Alexandria) * St. Samuel & St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church (Alexandria) * The Saints Coptic Orthodox Church (Alexandria) * St. Damiana Coptic Orthodox Church (Arif Bey) * St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (Anhar) * St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (Mattaqi, Bakos) * St. Cyril I Coptic Orthodox Church ( Cleopatra) * St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo Governorate
Cairo Governorate is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It is formed of the city of Cairo, both the national capital of Egypt and the governorate's, in addition to five satellite cities: the New Administrative Capital - set to become the seat of national government, New Cairo, Shourok, Badr, Capital Gardens, and 15th of May. These cities form almost half of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area by population. Cairo Governorate is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It is formed of the city of Cairo, both the national capital of Egypt and the governorate's, in addition to five satellite cities: the New Administrative Capital - set to become the seat of national government, New Cairo, Shourok, Badr, Capital Gardens, and 15th of May. These cities form almost half of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area by population. As one of three city-states in Egypt, where the Cairo governor is also the head of the city. This rightfully creates much confusion and synonymity between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qalyubia Governorate
Qalyubia Governorate ( ar, محافظة القليوبية ' ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. Located in Lower Egypt. It is situated north of Cairo in the Nile Delta region. Its capital is Banha. Name Name of Qalubiyya governorate is drived from Qalyub city in it. Qalyub is drived from Calliope. Calliope is an ancient Greek goddess,the Muse of epic poetry. Geography Banha and several other settlements blend into the neighboring Cairo Governorate; as a result, parts of Qalyubia (particularly Shubra El Kheima) are generally considered to form part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area (along with Cairo governorate, Giza city and 6 October city). Municipal divisions The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions for administrative purposes, with a total estimated population as of July 2017 of 5,647,716. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name. Population According to population estimates, in 2015 the majority of residents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jehan Sadat
Jehan Sadat ( ar, جيهان السادات ''Jihān as-Sadāt'', ; née Safwat Raouf; 29 August 1933 – 9 July 2021) was an Egyptian human rights activist, the First Lady of Egypt from 1970 until her husband's assassination in 1981. As Egypt's first lady, she greatly influenced the reform of the country's civil rights legislation. Advance laws, referred to as the "Jehan Laws", have given women in Egypt a range of new rights, such as the right to child support and custody in the event of divorce. Early years Jehan Sadat, also spelled Jihan, was born Jehan Safwat Raouf ( ar, جيهان صفوت رؤوف ''Jīhān Ṣafwat Raʼūf'' ) in Cairo, Egypt, as the first girl and third child of an upper-middle-class family of an Egyptian surgeon father, Safwat Raouf, and English music teacher mother, Gladys Cotterill. Her mother was the daughter of Charles Henry Cotterill, a Sheffield City police superintendent. She was raised as a Muslim, according to her father's wishes, but also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garbage Dreams
''Garbage Dreams'' is a 2009 feature length documentary film produced and directed by Mai Iskander. Filmed over the course of four years, ''Garbage Dreams'' follows three teenage boys growing up in Egypt's garbage village. ''Garbage Dreams'' aired on the PBS program ''Independent Lens'' for the occasion of Earth Day 2010 and has been screened in many international film festivals. Synopsis ''Garbage Dreams'' follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. It is the home to 60,000 Zaballeen, also spelled "Zabbaleen" as Arabic for "garbage people." Far ahead of any modern "Green" initiatives, the Zaballeen survive by recycling 80 percent of the garbage they collect. When their community is suddenly faced with the globalization of its trade, each of the teenage boys is forced to make choices that will impact his future and the survival of his community. Release ''Garbage Dreams'' premiered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
