Gohaina is a city and an administrative center in
Sohag Governorate
on the western bank of the Nile in Upper
Egypt
. It is called in that name because it is the center of the Nomadic tribe of Gohaina who arrived the area with the
Islam
conquest of Egypt . It is a huge tribe that has some branches in Saudi Arabia and many other Arab countries . Gohaina City is the birth place of some prominent figures in Egypt including Gamal El Ghitany , Chief Editor of Akhbar El Adab Newspaper .
