Musha, Egypt

Musha (Arabic: موشا‎) is a village in the Asyut Governorate, Egypt.

Musha
Musha
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 27°07′N 31°14′E
Country Egypt
GovernorateAsyut Governorate
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

It is the birthplace of the author and Islamist Sayyid Qutb.[1][2] The Nicholas S. Hopkins Collection includes photographs of Musha from the 1980s.

References
  1. Weekly Standard Osama's Brain: Meet Sayyid Qutb, intellectual father of the anti-Western jihad. BY Dinesh D'Souza. April 29, 2002, Vol. 7, No. 32
  2. Publication: Canada and the World Backgrounder Publication Date: 01-SEP-06 Review of Jessica Stern's Terror in the Name of God


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