Member of the Muslim Brotherhood who spent time in the U.S. in 1949 and wrote about the coutry's immorality, inspiring groups like al Qaeda. He was convicted, in 1966, of plotting the assassination of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and was hung to death. He went to the U.S. to continue his studies in educational administration, and on his return to Egypt wrote about its open mixing of the sexes, its materialism and racism.
