Male students in traditional Al-Azhar uniforms — white and red turbans (Taqiya Azhariyya) and galabeyas — sit at wooden desks facing a teacher at a whiteboard inside a classroom at Al-Sudais Al-Azhari Institute in Qena, Upper Egypt. Al-Azhar institutes are part of Egypt's centuries-old Islamic educational network, offering religious and academic curricula administered by Al-Azhar Al-Sharif. Qena is a governorate in Upper Egypt with a significant presence of Azhari religious education institutions.