Malays in Egypt

Malays in Egypt
Regions with significant populations
Cairo · Alexandria
Languages
English · Malay · Egyptian Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Malays (ethnic group)

Malays in Egypt make up a part of the overseas Malay population. Malay speakers who came to Egypt are mainly from Malaysia and Indonesia. In 1927, they started a newspaper, Seruan Azhar.^[1]

References

↑ Roff, William R. (April 1970), "Indonesian and Malay Students in Cairo in the 1920s", Indonesia (Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University) 9 (9): 73–87, doi:10.2307/3350623, JSTOR 3350623

Immigration to Egypt

From Asia	Armenians Chinese Filipinos Indians Japanese Koreans Malays Pakistanis Turks

From elsewhere	Britons Greeks Italians Sudanese

Demographics of Egypt

Religions	Islam Sunni Shia Ismailis Christianity Orthodox Catholicism Protestant Jews

Ethnic groups	Arabs Sa'idi Bedouin Arab-Berber Lebanese Syro-Lebanese Ababda Abazins Ahamidat Alhoarh Beja Berber Bisharin Circassians Copts El homaydat Hedareb Houara Huteimi Magyarab Nubian Roma (Gypsy) Turks Kouloughlis

Foreign nationals	Armenians Britons Chinese Filipinos Greeks Indians Italians Japanese Koreans Lebanese Malays Pakistanis Palestinians Syro-Lebanese Sudanese Turks

Overseas Malays

Australia Egypt Myanmar Philippines South Africa Sri Lanka

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