Beni Mur

Beni Mur بني مر
Beni Mur Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 27°13′25″N 31°11′35″E / 27.22361°N 31.19306°E / 27.22361; 31.19306
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Asyut Governorate
Time zone	EST (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	+3 (UTC)

Beni Mur (Arabic: بني مر‎, also spelled Bani Murr) is an Egyptian town in Upper Egypt located 8 kilometers north of the city of Asyut. A prominent figure from Beni Mur is the former President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser. According to Robert Stephens, the town as named after the tribe of "Beni Mur" who hailed from the Hejaz in the western Arabian Peninsula.^[1]

Beni Mur is also the site of the Church of Saint George which is visited annually on 1 May by local Coptic pilgrims. The church is small, with two altars, dedicated to Saint George and the Mary.^[2]

References

Bibliography

• Aburish, Said K. (2004), Nasser, the Last Arab, New York City: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-28683 
• Meinardus, Otto Friedrich (2002), Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity, Cairo: American Univ in Cairo Press, ISBN 977-424-757-4 

Coordinates: 27°13′38″N 31°11′40″E / 27.22722°N 31.19444°E / 27.22722; 31.19444

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