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El-Ur, also al- / el-Or / Our / Aour / Awar, Arabic:العور, al-ʿŪr / al-ʿAur, also esch-Schuhada,الشهداء, ash-Schuhadāʾ, is a central egyptian Village in the governorate el-Minyā 6 kilometers northwest of Samālūṭ. The 2018 built Church of the Martyrs of Faith and Home is intended to commemorate 21 Christian guest workers working in Libya who were beheaded by terrorists of the Islamic State on February 12, 2015.
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Plan of el-ʿŪr
getting there
In the street
The village is easy to see el-Minyā from over Samālūṭ Reach it via the trunk road by car or taxi.
By bus
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Tourist Attractions
Churches
- 1 Church of the Martyrs of Faith and Home (كنيسة شهداء الإيمان والوطن, Kanīsat Schuhadāʾ al-Īmān wa-l-Waṭan, also Church of the Martyrs of Libya, كنيسة شهداء ليبيا) (28 ° 21 '8 "N.30 ° 40 '43 "E)
- 2 Church of St. Virgin Mary (كنيسة السيدة العذراء مريم) (28 ° 21 ′ 20 ″ N.30 ° 40 ′ 40 ″ E)
Mosques
- 3 Mosque of el-Ḥāgg ʿAbd el-ʿAẓīm Muḥammad Saʿdanī esch-Sharīf (مسجد الحاج عبدالعظيم محمد سعدني الشريف) (28 ° 21 '15 "N.30 ° 40 ′ 40 ″ E)
- 4 Mosque in the village of el-ʿŪr (مسجد بقرية العور) (28 ° 21 '18 "N.30 ° 40 ′ 31 ″ E)
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Practical advice
trips
literature
- : The 21: a journey to the land of the Coptic martyrs. Reinbek: Rowohlt, 2018, ISBN 978-3-498-04540-1 . The author visited families of the executed guest workers in 2017.
