Musha, Egypt
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Musha | |
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Coordinates: 27°07′N 31°14′E / 27.117°N 31.233°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Asyut Governorate |
Time zone | UTC+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
References
- ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 36.
- ^ [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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