Musha

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This article is about the city in Egypt. For the video games, see Musha Aleste or Musya.

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

Musha (Arabic: موشى‎) is a village in the city of Qaha, in the Asyut Governorate, Egypt. It is the birthplace of author Sayyid Qutb. There is also Musha, a village in Rwanda. It was a site of major massacre in the Rwandan Civil War. About 1,200 people were killed. Musha where sayyid was born is a very big village. It is the second biggest village in Asyut. its population is over two hundred thousand people.

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