Musha, 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 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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

It is the birthplace of the author and Islamist Sayyid Qutb. 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

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