Items related to Sohag

A customer gets his haircut at a barber's shop during a power-cut in Cairo, 4 August 2012.
Six governorates plagued by outages Sunday
Al-Masry Al-Youm 02 Apr 2013
Unnamed sources claim authorities from the Electricity Ministry are accusing the Petroleum Ministry and president's...
Sunday's papers: Sohag getaway
Noha Moustafa 17 Mar 2013
President Morsy’s visit to Sohag governorate was spread all over the daily newspapers Sunday. The state-owned...
Protests as Morsy visits Sohag
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Mar 2013
President Mohamed Morsy said that the demands of the people of Upper Egypt are legitimate and shall be met, as the...
Citizens petition for return to military rule across country
Al-Masry Al-Youm 07 Mar 2013
Citizens in a growing number of governorates are signing petitions to call for a return to military rule. In Qalyubiya...
Security forces deploys imposing tight security measures over Sohag, November 8,2011. Violent clashes erupted between two village residents, and heavy gunfire broke out, resulting in two killed, and destruction of a number of vehicles, which led Sohag's military ruler to impose curfew over the two villages.
Sohag police officers block railways, demand arms
Al-Masry Al-Youm 01 Mar 2013
Dozens of low-ranking police officers in Sohag City blocked the railway lines in Aref Square on Thursday evening,...
Violent clashes between security forces and protesters at Suez governorate headquarters, as they marking the second anniversary of January Revolution, 25 January 2013.
Protesters block roads and rails in push for better security
Al-Masry Al-Youm
MENA
12 Feb 2013
Protesters gathering on train tracks in Sohag brought rail traffic to a halt Tuesday, National Railways Authority...
Wadi Natroun jail
Prisoner killed in jail break attempt
MENA 18 Jan 2013
A prisoner was shot dead during an escape attempt on Friday at Akhmim Prison in Sohag. While the police force was...
Upper Egypt line halted when train car derails
MENA 26 Dec 2012
Train traffic was blocked in both directions between Cairo and Upper Egypt for about three hours on Wednesday, after a...
The funeral of photojournalist Al-Husseini Abu Deif, who was shot in the head while covering protests outside the presidential palace on 5 December and died from his injuries a week later.
Journalist's funeral turns into protest against Brotherhood
Al-Masry Al-Youm 13 Dec 2012
Thousands of Sohag Governorate residents mourned photojournalist Al-Husseini Abu Deif Thursday during a funeral in his...
بقعة زيتية تغطي شوطئ مدينة الغردقة
Oil spill approaches Sohag
Egypt Independent 30 Oct 2012
The Sohag Governorate has announced it had prepared large quantities of sponge and chaff to contain oil that spilled...