Malays in Egypt

Malays in Egypt
Regions with significant populations
Cairo · Alexandria
Languages
English · Malay · Egyptian Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Malays (ethnic group)

Malays in Egypt make up a part of the overseas Malay population. Malay speakers who came to Egypt are mainly from Malaysia and Indonesia. In 1927, they started a newspaper, Seruan Azhar.[1]

References

  1. Roff, William R. (April 1970), "Indonesian and Malay Students in Cairo in the 1920s", Indonesia, Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University, 9 (9): 7387, doi:10.2307/3350623, JSTOR 3350623
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