Egyptian Diaspora
Egyptians (Egyptian Arabic: مَصريين ; Arabic: مِصريّون Miṣriyyūn ) are the inhabitants and citizens of Egypt sharing a common culture and Egyptian Arabic language.
Egyptians emigrated from Egypt was rare until Nasser came to power after overthrowing the monarchy .In the 1980s many emigrated mainly to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq to work, this happened under different circumstances but mainly for economic reasons. A sizable Egyptian diaspora did not begin to form until well into the 1980s and today it is estimated that about 6.5 million Egyptians live abroad.
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