Qasim Amin

Qasim Amin

male, deceased (1910)
Egyptian women's rights activist, UpperEgyptian, Islamic scholarship, Purdah, Upper Egypt, women's rights…Egyptian
Qasim Amin (1863-1908) was an Egyptian jurist and one of the founders of the Egyptian National Movement and Cairo University. Born to an Upper...
Mohamed Saad

Mohamed Saad

male
Karkar, Katkout, El Lembi, Yallabina, The Chick, Cinema of Egypt…UpperEgyptian, Upper Egypt, Egyptian cinema, Egyptian
Mohamed Saad is an Egyptian film actor active since 2000. After several supporting roles, Saad took the lead in "El Lembi" (2002; the name, that of...
Samuel The Confessor

Samuel The Confessor

male, deceased (693)
Egyptian hermit, Al Minya, Saint, Egyptian, coptic orthodox, byzantine…Upper Egypt, Egyptian hermits, UpperEgyptian
Saint Samuel the Confessor is a Coptic Orthodox saint, venerated in all Oriental Orthodox Churches. He is most famous for his torture on the hands...