Musha
Musha is located in Egypt
Musha
Musha
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 27°07′N 31°14′E / 27.117°N 31.233°E / 27.117; 31.233
Country Egypt
GovernorateAsyut Governorate
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

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

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.

27°07′N 31°14′E / 27.117°N 31.233°E / 27.117; 31.233

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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