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Victoria (Arabic: فكتوريا Viktoria) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt, named after Queen Victoria. It serves as a transportation hub for eastern Alexandria, containing the easternmost station of line 1 and 2 of the Alexandria tramways, with bus lines and mashrū` routes operating from near the terminal. Victoria hosts the prestigious Victoria College, a private, secular secondary ...
The Catholic Church in Egypt is considerably small as compared to the rest of the Christian population in Egypt, which is a significant minority among (mainly Sunni) Muslims. The Catholic population in Egypt is said to have begun during the British control of Egypt. However, many emigrated after the 1952 Revolution in Egypt, which also caused the overthrow and exile of King Farouk of Egypt ...
Hypatia[a] (born c. 350–370 – March 415 AD) [1][4] was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, at that time in the province of Egypt and a major city of the Eastern Roman Empire. In Alexandria, Hypatia was a prominent thinker who taught subjects including philosophy and astronomy, [5] and in her lifetime was renowned as a great teacher and a wise ...
Origen of Alexandria[a] (c.185 – c. 253), [4] also known as Origen Adamantius, [b] was an early Christian scholar, [7] ascetic, [8] and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer who wrote roughly 2,000 treatises in multiple branches of theology, including textual criticism, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, homiletics, and ...
German international schools in Egypt (7 P) I International Baccalaureate schools in Egypt (7 P) Pages in category "International schools in Egypt" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The first banks in Egypt were crafted by Greeks, including the Bank of Alexandria, the Anglo-Egyptian bank (Sunadinos family / Συναδινός), and the General Bank of Alexandria.
Collège-des-Frères (lit. 'The Brothers' College', Egyptian Arabic: مدرسة الفرير, باب اللوق, IPA: [mædˈɾæst el feˈɾeːɾ ˈbæːb elˈluːʔ]), also known as Frères Bab el-Louk, is a French school in Bab al-Louq, a neighborhood in downtown Cairo. It is one of six Lasallian schools in Egypt of which four are located in Cairo and two in Alexandria.
The Egyptian School of Fine Arts [Madrassat al-Funun al-Jamila al-Misriyya] was the first school of fine arts in the country, and was established in 1908 in Cairo, Egypt.