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