Qena قنا Kena
Qena Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 26°10′N 32°43′E / 26.167°N 32.717°E / 26.167; 32.717
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Qena
Time zone	EST (UTC+2)

Qena (Arabic: قنا‎ Qinā, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈʔenæ], locally: [ˈɡena]) is a city in Upper Egypt, and the capital of the Qena Governorate. Situated on the east bank of the Nile, it was known as Kaine during the Greco-Roman period and as Cainepolis in antiquity.

Overview[link]

Famous mosque

This provincial capital is located about 57 miles from El Balyana and 39 miles north of Luxor. It is most famous for its proximity to the ruins of Dendara. It owes its modern prosperity to the opening of the Wadi Qena towards the Red Sea, which is a major traffic route between Upper Egypt and the Red Sea. Tourists traveling between Luxor and the Red Sea will assuredly pass through this city since there is only one good road connection. Qena is noted for its pottery, in particular the porous water.

In addition to its Ancient Egyptian heritage as the city of Cainepolis. Qena has a considerable Islamic heritage and a famous mosque. The Maghrebi Abd el-Rahim settled in Qena upon his return from Mecca and founded a Sufi center here. Upon his death in 1195, the mosque was built above his tomb and became a place of pilgrimage. There is a huge modern mosque of Sheikh el-Qenawi in the main square which attests to his importance.

Qena has witnessed major restorations, and came third in the UNESCO City Beauty contest.

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Qena has a network of streets, roads and highways with greenery and flowered pavements. From the city there is a road that crosses the Eastern Desert to Bur Safaga on the Red Sea.

See also[link]

• Dendera
• Luxor

External links[link]

• Early Morning Qena – a short film on Qena

Coordinates: 26°10′N 32°43′E / 26.167°N 32.717°E / 26.167; 32.717

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Muharrem Qena (Serbo-Croatian: Мухарем Ћена, Muharem Ćena; born in 1930 in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, died 25 September 2006 in Pristina, Kosovo ^[a], Serbia) was a Kosovo Albanian actor, director, writer and singer. He went to high school in Pristina, and he completed the school of film in Belgrade.

He is one of the founders of the theatrical scene in Kosovo and of Albanian light music. He immersed his great talent of a theatre director, actor, writer and singer/songwriter into becoming one of the most fruitful artistic creators. Qena directed over 200 plays, several of which were awarded in the former Yugoslavia, including ‘Bashkëshortet’, ‘The Lady of the Camellias’, ‘Erveheja’, ‘Men of broken Hopes’, ‘Enemy of the People, ‘Ambrosio’ etc. He remains one of the most awarded Kosovo artists. His production of ‘Erveheja’ received five most renowned awards at the national meeting of theatres in 1967, in Novi Sad.

He also directed numerous TV-dramas as well as short films and documentaries. Also distinguished are his performances as a film actor in Kapaten Lleshi, ‘Proka’, ‘The rabbit with five paws’, ‘Kukumi. The author of the awarded theatre play, ‘Bashkeshortet’ and playwright of others staged in Kosovo. Funder of theatres in Prizren, Đakovica and Gnjilane. Singer and author of contemporary songs in the 60’s that resist the years: Kaçurrelja, Shokut, Lamtumirë, Mine, Tetori. Most recently, Qena was awarded the Life Time Achievement Award at Kosovo’s international theatre festival in September 2004.

Qena had three daughters, one son, and five grandchildren.

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External links[link]

• Muharrem Qena at the Internet Movie Database