Arabs in Austria

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Arabs in Austria
Araber in Österreich

Total population
61,100[ Arab Mexican

Arabs in Austria (

origin, as a result of the fact that they were the first Arabs to arrive in Austria.

In addition, Austria has people from Arab countries, who have the status of refugees (Refugees of the Syrian civil war) or illegal immigrants (Algerians of mainly Berber descent and usually mistakenly called Arabs) trying to immigrate to Western Europe.

Notable people

• Kerim Frei, footballer born to Turkish father and Moroccan mother
• Adnan Ibrahim, theologian and Muslim preacher of Palestinian origin
• Abdel Sattar Sabry, Football of Egyptian origin
• Tarafa Baghajati, activist and writer of Syrian origin
• Omar Hamdi, artist of Syrian-Kurdish origin
• Alisar Ailabouni, fashion and model
• Fadi Merza, kickboxing and Muay Thai of Syrian origin
• Nadja Maleh, Austrian actress, singer, cabaret artist and director.

See also

• Arab diaspora
• Arabs in Europe
• Arabs in Germany
• Arabs in Switzerland
• Syrians in Austria
• Immigration to Austria
• Lebanese diaspora
• Syrian diaspora
• Palestinian diaspora
• Moroccan diaspora
• Iraqi diaspora
• Egyptian diaspora
• Tunisian diaspora

References