What is the ethnic background(s) of the Egyptian people?

Question

some examples if you please

Answer 1

turkish perhaps..

Answer 2

I think Egyptians have very wide range of mixed races. Romans from Italy, Pharaohs, Africans, Turkish, Arabs from the gulf area, English, etc. If you look at How Egyptians look like, you will not find any common features among them. However, somehow, all Egyptians are easily distinguishable, I don`t know how!

Answer 3

Egyptians like any country are mixed with a lot of different races and cultures. Besides just being from that land being Egyptians (like English people to England) it also consists of Middle Eastern people so Jewish, Islamic, Muslim. Also before and during the Atlantic Slave trade there was a trade of Africans from Western Africa to the Middle Eastern Area, with this there is also a blend of Western Africans in the area. Just to add more to this you also had the Scramble to Africa that introduced European settlers into the region. So A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE

Answer 4

Egypt is in Africa, and historically it's had strong influence from Aramaic people (Jewish and Arab), Turkish people, Persians (Iran), and Mediterranean people (Italy, Greece, and Sicily, in particular). Generally you'd probably consider them African. But look at them. They're clearly a people mixed by thousands of years of interaction with their neighbors. In fact, though people in the States often think of African-Americans as being solely influenced by sickle-cell anemia, most of the groups listed above (some of whom are "white") also struggle with the disease. Apparently, right down to the blood that flows through their veins, the Egyptians were as influential on their neighbors as their neighbors were on them. What is their ethnic background? I don't know. I guess they're simply a pre-American melting pot.

Answer 5

egypt have collection of ethnic, cause the history in Egypt was full with invaders, so u can find many ethnic in the country, mix between the noth and the south, mix from the east to the west.
but in general, the egyptians, have that in most of them.
i'm conside egyptian ariabin and my roots is pharoh.

Answer 6

they like money, and i mean a lot
Country (long form) Arab Republic of Egypt
Capital Cairo
Total Area 386,662.01 sq mi
1,001,450.00 sq km
(slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico)
Population 69,536,644 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050 113,002,084
Languages Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
Literacy 51.4% total, 63.6% male, 38.8% female (1995 est.)
Religions Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%
Life Expectancy 61.62 male, 65.85 female (2001 est.)
Government Type republic
Currency 1 Egyptian pound = 100 piasters
GDP (per capita) $3,600 (2000 est.)
Industry textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals
Agriculture cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats
Arable Land 2%
Natural Resources petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc

Answer 7

They are mostly Arabs. There are probably traces of the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Turks and Nubians also, but Arab dominates

Answer 8

we are Egyptians we affects the invaders and not effected by them if you study our history you will know that its true its very rich

Answer 9

Well, Egypt is where? They are African.

Answer 10

well since egypt is in africa wouldnt it be african.................