- Bani Ammar
Bani Ammar (Arabic: بني عمار) is a village located near
Tahta -Sohag ; south-western betweenBanhau (Arabic: بنهو) andEl-Sawamaa Gharb (Arabic: الصوامعه غرب) to the east andEnibis (Arabic: عنيبس) to west. The inhabitants are mainly working in traditional agricultural activities. Many of them have established other residences somewhere else, mainly inCairo ,Alexandria etc. As majorities in Egypt, a great number of the children already joined the national educational system and have graduated in high schools and universities. TheReligious Education finds -- as expected -- its roots in this village. It dates back two centuries and centered aroundAl-Azhar -mosque and university. It is also noticed that certain inhabitants immigrated abroad, manly to theGulf Countries ,Iraq ,Libya , etc.Bani Ammar's first mention is found in the distinguished book "Description of Egypt" (French:
Description de l'Égypte (1809) ), which is a comprehensive scientific description of ancient and modern Egypt written by the French Scientists accompanyingNapoleon 'sexpedition to Egypt from 1798 to 1801. Bani Ammar must be there much earlier than the comprehensiveexpedition to Egypt .The
National Day ofSohag Governorate (10th April 1799) is to some extent related to theHistory of Bani Ammar, too. On this day the people aroundJuhaina (Arabic:جهينة ) faced the French troupes, who invaded under the leadership ofNapoleon the whole region ofUpper Egypt tracing theMamluk i's (Arabic:مماليك ). They have been stopped in Juhaina battle. The Juhainas are close relatives to Bani Ammars. Both people immigrated fromArabian Island and even divided their new land accordingly.Bani Ammars are Hashimitis rooted to the Arabia dynasty of
Hashim ibn Abd al-Manaf (Arabic: هاشم بن عبد مناف) . Concretely, the roots of the main family is originated toJa`far bin Abī Tālib (Arabic:جعفر ابن أبي طالب).
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