Assiut
Britishnoun
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The same day, Egyptian authorities claimed to have foiled an attack on a Coptic monastery to the south in Assiut.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2017
In the southern city of Assiut, security barriers closed off an area of about 100-meters around large churches.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2017
Following his early oud lessons, Adly relates, he studied intensively at the Arabic Oud House, a music school in Cairo, while pursuing a business degree at Assiut University, in his home town.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2015
Recently, they sat together in a light purple room in the village of Bani Zeid el-Akrad, near Assiut in Upper Egypt.
From Newsweek • Mar. 17, 2015
His son-in-law, Abu’l-Dhahab, was sent to subject the Hawwārah, who had occupied the land between Assuan and Assiut, and a force of 20,000 was sent to conquer Yemen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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