Musha, Egypt

Musha (Arabic: موشا, from Coptic: ⲡⲙⲟⲩϣⲉ, lit. 'repository'[1]) is a village in the Asyut Governorate, Egypt.

This article is about the city in Egypt. For other uses, see Musha (disambiguation).
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.[2][3] The Nicholas S. Hopkins Collection includes photographs of Musha from the 1980s.

References
  1. Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 36.
  2. 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
  3. 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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