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Sunday's hearing was held in the southern city of Qena, which is close to Nag Hamadi, amid tight security, with hundreds of riot policemen sealing off roads leading to the courthouse.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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Sunday's hearing was held in the southern Egyptian city of Qena, which is close to Nag Hamadi, amid tight security, with hundreds of riot policemen sealing off roads leading to the courthouse.
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Sunday's hearing was held in the southern Egyptian city of Qena, which is close to Nag
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Prime Minister Sharaf dispatched his strategic-planning adviser, Ahmed Omran , a Qena native, to the city to seek a solution.
As Islamists Flex Muscle, Egypt's Christians Despair Yaroslav Trofimov 2011
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One candidate told me that when she spoke at a political event in Qena in July, a man in the audience shouted at her that by not wearing a veil she was "un-Islamic" and threw his shoe at her.
Nadya Khalife: Sexual Violence Has No Place in Egypt's Public Forum Nadya Khalife 2011
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Protesters streamed out of Friday's Muslim prayer services in Qena and gathered in front of the governor's office and at other public squares, calling for the newly appointed Emad Mikhail to be replaced by a Muslim governor.
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Last month, mostly Muslim rioters in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena called for the dismissal of their government-appointed Christian governor, who many said wasn't fit to govern over Muslims.
Egypt Clashes Turn Spotlight on Radicals Matt Bradley 2011
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The choice of Mr. Mikhail left Qena's political activists perplexed.
As Islamists Flex Muscle, Egypt's Christians Despair Yaroslav Trofimov 2011
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One candidate told me that when she spoke at a political event in Qena in July, a man in the audience shouted at her that by not wearing a veil she was "un-Islamic" and threw his shoe at her.
Nadya Khalife: Sexual Violence Has No Place in Egypt's Public Forum Nadya Khalife 2011
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One candidate told me that when she spoke at a political event in Qena in July, a man in the audience shouted at her that by not wearing a veil she was "un-Islamic" and threw his shoe at her.
Nadya Khalife: Sexual Violence Has No Place in Egypt's Public Forum Nadya Khalife 2011
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