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How did Hasan al-Banna found the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt?

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Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in March 1928 in the city of Ismailia, Egypt.12

At the time, al-Banna was working as an Arabic teacher in Ismailia, a location near the Suez Canal that served as a focal point for foreign economic and military occupation. Distressed by the conditions he witnessed under this occupation, al-Banna established the society—originally called the Society of the Muslim Brothers—alongside six workers from a British camp labor force.1

The organization was initially conceived as a grassroots movement focused on religious and educational programs to promote social welfare and the rejuvenation of Islam. While it began as an apolitical entity, it grew rapidly throughout the 1930s and eventually transformed into a significant political force, mobilizing popular opposition against British influence and the Egyptian government.134