Beni Mazar (Arabic: بَنِي مَزَار) is a rural town in Egypt.

It is located in the Minya Governorate, on the west bank of the Nile.

The older name of the town is Shinwada (Arabic: شِنُوادة or شِنُوَدة) which comes from Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲓⲛⲟⲩⲟⲟⲧⲉ (Bohairic: ϣⲓⲛⲟⲩⲟϯ)[2] meaning "kailyard".

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