Hassan Al Banna

Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood

Background

Rural background

Familiar Background

egyptian countryside: semi-urban

rural education limited, literacy rates remained very low

phenomenon of rural man*woman

engaging in religious scholarship without the prospect of making carrer out of it

prestige attending a renowned institution of higher religious learning

his mother

his father

came from family of "knowledge and religion"

was born in the year the British occupied Egypt

had worked as a simple craftsman, even if he was educated

attracted to sufis; attending renowned institution of higher religious learning

passed quran examination and military service

financial situation was not particuarly good

never travelled beyond Cairo and the Suez Canal zone; beside Mecca

education was a concern of family and not of the political system

was born into a family of small landowners in Asyut province

four brothers and three sisters