Palestinians in Egypt refers to the
Palestinian refugees who fled or were expelled to Egypt during the
1948 Palestine war, and their descendants, as well as Palestinians expelled from Jordan, following the events of
Black September. Palestinians and their descendants have never been naturalized and so keep the distinct status of Palestinian refugee. Some Palestinians, mostly Christians,
received Egyptian citizenship through marriage with Egyptian nationals or by other means.
There was also an earlier wave of Palestinian immigration, in which Palestinian Christians settled in Egypt and other surrounding countries, fleeing genocides during the
Ottoman era
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
, along with
Lebanese and
Syrians, forming what was known as the "
Shawam" (شوام) Christian community.
The
1922 census of Palestine lists 1,612 Palestinians as living abroad in Egypt: 614 Muslims, 756 Jews, and 242 Christians.
Estimates of the size of the Palestinian population in Egypt range from 50,245 to 110,000.
See also
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Palestinians
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Palestinian diaspora
The Palestinian diaspora ( ar, الشتات الفلسطيني, ''al-shatat al-filastini''), part of the wider Arab diaspora, are Palestinian people living outside the region of Palestine.
History
Palestinian individuals have a long history of ...
References
{{Demographics of Egypt
Arabs in Egypt
Ethnic groups in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...