Siwi people

Siwa Oasis, home to the Siwi people

The Siwi people, also known as the Oasis Berbers, are a Berber ethnic group based in Egypt's Siwa Oasis. They speak the Siwa language. The Siwi community is the most distant concentration of Berbers from their historical national homeland in Algeria that is still in existence today.^[1]

References

↑ Margaret M. Vale (2015). Siwa: Jewelry, Costume, and Life in an Egyptian Oasis. American University in Cairo Press.

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

Berber peoples

Ancient	Banioubae Gaetuli Garamantes Leuathae Libu Macae Marmaridae Mauri Bakouatae Makanitae Meshwesh Musulami Nasamones Numidae Masaesyli Massylii Quinquegentiani

Middle-Ages	Adjissa Awerba Awregha Azdeja Bahlula Barghawata Fazaz Fendelawa Ghumara Gazoula Ghiatta Godala Guanches Haskura Huwara Jarawa Kutama Lamtuna Luwata Madyuna Masmouda Matmata Nafzawa Sanhaja Zanata

Modern	Brabers Chaouis Chenouas Ghomaras Jerbis Kabyles Matmatas Mozabites Nafusis Riffians Sanhajas de Srayr Shleuhs Siwis Teknas Toshavim Toubou Tuaregs

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