Saeed Nafea
Sixty-eight artifacts seized in Minya
Archaeology
March 5, 2012
Sixty-eight artifacts seized in Minya
The antiquities and tourism police in Minya, Upper Egypt, seized 68 artifacts from the Greek and Roman eras from a…
Sit-in over Minya train accident deaths disrupts rail traffic
Egypt
October 26, 2011
Sit-in over Minya train accident deaths disrupts rail traffic
Railway traffic was disrupted on Wednesday after thousands of citizens gathered on railroad tracks in Bergayah village in Minya Governorate…
Interior Ministry bribed Beni Suef victims to change testimonies, says lawyer
Egypt
September 13, 2011
Interior Ministry bribed Beni Suef victims to change testimonies, says lawyer
Emad Ibrahim, a lawyer representing revolutionary martyrs in Beni Suef, dropped a bombshell on Tuesday during the fourth session of…
1 killed, 4 injured in sectarian clash in Upper Egypt
Egypt
August 8, 2011
1 killed, 4 injured in sectarian clash in Upper Egypt
Secretarian clashes on Sunday left a Copt killed, four Muslims injured and six houses burned in Minya, Upper Egypt. Eyewitnesses…
Police disperse Muslims besieging church in Minya
Egypt
June 23, 2011
Police disperse Muslims besieging church in Minya
Police on Thursday dispersed hundreds of Muslims besieging the Mar Girgis church in Bani Ahmed village, Minya. They were protesting…
Court postpones trials of security leaders charged with killing demonstrators
Egypt
June 14, 2011
Court postpones trials of security leaders charged with killing demonstrators
The Minya Criminal Court in Upper Egypt on Tuesday decided to postpone to 13 September the trial of several senior…
Security finds antiquities at farmer’s house
Egypt
June 8, 2011
Security finds antiquities at farmer’s house
Security forces on 8 June discovered five statuettes and eight ancient coins at a farmer’s house in the village of…
Church source: Husband of woman who allegedly converted to Islam disappears
Egypt
May 4, 2011
Church source: Husband of woman who allegedly converted to Islam disappears
A source at a church in Egypt's Minya governorate has reported that the husband of Kamilia Shehata, whose own disappearance…
Brotherhood leader says group will not seek presidency
Egypt
April 27, 2011
Brotherhood leader says group will not seek presidency
The Muslim Brotherhood does not intend to field a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, the group's top leader said.…
18 detained in Minya sectarian clashes
Egypt
April 21, 2011
18 detained in Minya sectarian clashes
Upper Egypt's military prosecution ordered on Tuesday the detention of 18 people for 15 days pending investigations into sectarian clashes…
ElBaradei pledges increased cooperation with Egyptian opposition
Egypt
December 12, 2010
ElBaradei pledges increased cooperation with Egyptian opposition
Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, while in Minya on Saturday, announced Muslim Brotherhood offices will be opened for National Association for…
MB files law suit to cancel elections in Minya
Egypt
November 29, 2010
MB files law suit to cancel elections in Minya
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt, have today filed a lawsuit calling for the cancellation of the…
NDP supporters accused of attempting to kill MB parliament head
Egypt
November 23, 2010
NDP supporters accused of attempting to kill MB parliament head
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement has accused supporters of a parliamentary candidate for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP)…
State disputes land reclamation association’s claim on land in Minya
Egypt
August 2, 2010
State disputes land reclamation association’s claim on land in Minya
A disagreement has erupted between the governor of Minya and stockholders of the el-Fateh for Land Reclamation association, after the…
NDP intervenes to settle Minya Cathedral crisis
Egypt
July 28, 2010
NDP intervenes to settle Minya Cathedral crisis
Minya--Anba Agathon, bishop of Maghagha, has delayed until Saturday a protest scheduled to take place today in front of Abbaseyya…
Minya cathedral crisis escalates
Egypt
July 27, 2010
Minya cathedral crisis escalates
Minya--The crisis between Minya Governorate and the church of Maghagha escalated yesterday as hundreds of Copts demonstrated, objecting to Governor…
Bishop ends sit-in over priest’s missing wife
Egypt
July 21, 2010
Bishop ends sit-in over priest’s missing wife
Minya--The bishop of Minya's Dayr Mawas monastery managed to end a sit-in by Coptic activists in front of a local…
Protests multiply throughout Egypt
Egypt
April 16, 2010
Protests multiply throughout Egypt
Tens of lawyers gathered Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the General Tax Authority in the city of Beni…
Alleged victim of police abuse buried
Egypt
April 1, 2010
Alleged victim of police abuse buried
Minya--Thousands of residents of the village of Deir Mawas attended the funeral on Thursday of 44-year-old Fadl Abdallah, who family…
Violence and disrepair reported across Egyptian schools
Egypt
March 26, 2010
Violence and disrepair reported across Egyptian schools
The lives of nearly 1600 students at a school in Minya are being threatened as cracks have begun to appear…