2006-07-27 15:12:17 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I consider them Black because they're ancestors were African and had dark skin.
2006-07-27 15:19:00 · update #1
They consider themselves to be a variety of Arab... there are different Arab sub-groups, many of who hate each other. I used to live in the Sudan and got a front-row seat to it. The Palestinians can't stand Iraqis (because so many of them have blue eyes), the Persians (Iranians) absolutely detest all Arabs (call them "goat and camel herders"), and it goes on and on.
But the Egyptians are a little unique. Their ancestors didn't come from equatorial Africa, but rather came into NE Africa from Mesopotamia... just about the same time that region was being colonized by another group from southern Russia (well..today it's Russia). I saw SO much genetic mixing going on in the Sudan that it was just amazing to sit and look at people. But in Egypt, not so much. The Egyptians keep pretty much to themselves (racially speaking)...as do the black Africans, Tauregs, and others. So anyway, 'black is black' and 'Egyptian is Egyptian'.
You should go and see this for yourself...it's fascinating!
2006-07-27 16:13:17 · answer #1 · answered by stevenB 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i in my opinion evaluate Myself before each and every thing An Egyptian Then An African i do not evaluate Myself Arabic i'm purely An Egyptian With Arab subculture i'm Culturally Egyptian Geologically African And Religiously And Linguistically Arab hmm So Are There White And Black Martians or purely Black?
2016-10-15 07:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They consider themselves African because it is the region in which they live. But their Ethnicity is Egyptain, not the same as southern and central black Africans. Alot of Egyptains have heavy arabic blood in them and are decendant's of Arabic's. There are some mixed Egyptains with African blood, but mostly are mixed with the Northern blood of Arabians and their like.
2006-07-27 15:25:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
African yes because Egypt is in Africa, black, I think they consider themselves more middle-eastern
2006-07-27 15:18:28 · answer #4 · answered by mk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they were originally African, over a period of time, it changed.
I don't think they consider themselves "black" because they're influenced with different cultures.
2006-07-27 18:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by noname 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually Egyptians are legally able to classify themselves as white on the US census
2006-07-27 15:17:11 · answer #6 · answered by h nitrogen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WELL THE EGYPTIANS THAT LIVE IN EGYPT NOW ARE ARABS.
THEY THINK THAT THEIR BLOOD IS EGYPTIAN AND THAT'S JUST GARBAGE.
THEY ALSO THINK ANCIENT EGYPTIANS WERE ARAB AND THAT'S CRAP TOO.
SO SINCE THEY TOOK OVER EGYPT(STOLE IT FROM US)THEY HAVE TOTALLY SEPARATED EGYPT FROM AFRICA.
SO NO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN EGYPT NOW ,THINK THAT THEY ARE EGYPTIANS AND DON'T CONSIDER THEMSELVES AFRICAN.
THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE EGYPT PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
2006-07-28 04:18:45 · answer #7 · answered by PG 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They consider themselves as arabs...definitely.
2006-07-27 22:14:01 · answer #8 · answered by *art blest* 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
egypt is in africa right?? so i would say African but i dont know.
but most Africans are dark skinned
2006-07-27 15:16:57 · answer #9 · answered by Eliza 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they would think of themselves as africans
2006-07-27 15:19:00 · answer #10 · answered by get o 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋