Musha, Egypt Explained

Musha
Pushpin Map:Egypt
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Egypt
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Egypt
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Asyut Governorate
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:+3
Coordinates:27.1167°N 45°W

Musha (Arabic: موشا, from [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.

27.1167°N 45°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peust . Carsten . Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten . 36.
  2. http://www.weeklystandard.com/content/public/articles/000/000/001/154cwiuw.asp
  3. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5830832/The-radical-philosopher-being-a.html