Palestinians in Egypt

Palestinians in Egypt refers to the Palestinian refugees who fled to Egypt during the 1948 Palestine war, and their descendants, as well as Palestinians expelled from Jordan, following the events of Black September. Some Palestinians and their descendants have never been naturalized and so keep the distinct status of Palestinian refugee. Other Palestinians, mostly Christians, received Egyptian citizenship through marriage with Egyptian nationals or by other means.

There was also an earlier wave of Palestinian immigration, in which Palestinian Christians settled in Egypt during the Ottoman era, along with Lebanese and Syrians, forming what was known as the "Shawam" (شوام) community.

Estimates of the size of the Palestinian population in Egypt range from 270,245 to 300,000.

See also

• Palestinians
• Palestinian diaspora

References

Palestinians
Muslims Christians Jews Arab citizens of Israel without Israeli citizenship
Diaspora	Australia Brazil Canada Chile Egypt El Salvador Haiti Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Nicaragua Pakistan Syria United States Detroit Uruguay

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