Egyptians in the United Kingdom
| Total population | |
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| Egyptian-born residents 24,700 (2001 Census) 31,338 (2011 Census) 39,000 (2019 ONS estimate) | |
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Coptic Christian Orthodox); minority Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Egyptian diaspora |
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| British people |
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| United Kingdom |
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| East Asian |
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Egyptians in the United Kingdom or Egyptian Britons are Egyptian citizens or people of Egyptian ancestry who are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom.
Migration history
In Irish mythology, Scottish mythology, and pseudo-history, an Egyptian princess named Scota is mentioned as having arrived in today's Scotland (and/or in Ireland) in a very early period of these countries' history. The historical veracity of the story is greatly doubted, however. And under the Roman Empire, Britannia and Egypt were two provinces of a single empire which had considerable trade and interaction between its constituent parts. However, if any Egyptians settled in Roman Britain, there was little evidence left of their presence.
Egyptians historically have been averse to emigrating from their country, even when suffering with significant poverty. As such, prior to the late 1960s, only small numbers of Egyptians moved to the United Kingdom, and even then mostly for the purposes of study. As the
Given the severity of the country's economic woes following the war, particularly after the outbreak of the
Over the same period, heightened religious tension in Egypt resulted in further emigration, largely of Copts, although the numbers emigrating to the U.K. were small compared to Canada, and Australia. With Egypt's economic liberalisation under Sadat in the 1970s, labour migration to the U.K. increased, as did the flow of Egyptians moving to the U.K. for higher education. Many students stayed in Britain after finishing their studies. During this time, many Egyptian businessmen migrated to the U.K. to establish businesses.[1]
Demographics
According to the
According to the
Prominent British-Egyptians or Egyptians residing in the United Kingdom
- Sir OM FRS: British-Egyptian cardiothoracic surgeon celebrated as the surgeon that carried out UK's first heart and lung transplant in the 1980s.
- OBE in 2006 in recognition of his services to medicine in western Scotland
- OBEin 2015 for services to international religious freedom
- Arabic: نعمت شفيق; born 13 August 1962), known as Minouche Shafik, is an Egyptian-born British-American economist who has been serving as the Director of the London School of Economicssince September 2017.
- Khalid Abdalla: actor
- Sharif Afifi: actor
- Harrods Department Store.
- Assem Allam: businessman and former president of Hull City
- Abu Hamza al-Masri
- Alexandra Avierino: Lebanese-born writer.
- Ahmed Barada: Egyptian-born squash player.
- Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary: former rapper and Islamist militant from Maida Vale.
- Betfred League 1.
- Adel Darwish: commentator, historian, author, and Westminster parliament reporter
- Adulthood and for his directorial debut, Anuvahood, Moroccan descent.
- Leila Deen: environmental activist, campaigning on the issues of climate change, poverty and water politics. She is program director at SumOfUs in Washington, DC.
- Adam El-Abd: semi-professional footballer who plays as a defender for Whitehawk and playing Egypt football team.
- Joe El-Abd: rugby union player. He currently coaches for Castres Olympique in France (Jan 2018).
- Hiba Elchikhe: actress
- Amir El-Masry: actor
- Ahmed Elmohamady: professional footballer. He plays for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Egypt national team
- Mohamed Elneny: professional footballer. He played for the English club Arsenal, and plays for the Egypt national team
- Fady Elsayed: actor
- Dodi Fayed: Egyptian socialite and son of businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed
- Nagy Habib: surgeon, selected as one of the top 10 surgeons in the UK by Saturday Times Magazine. He is the director of the hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) unit at Hammersmith Hospital
- orthopedic surgeonand the President of the Egyptian Medical Society UK
- July Namir: actress
- Andrew Ridgeley: singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work in the 1980s in the musical duo Wham!. His father is of mixed Italian-Egyptian Heritage
- Mohamed Salah: (Mo Salah): professional footballer who plays for Liverpool F.C. and the Egypt national team. He is considered one of the best players in the world
- Ahdaf Soueif: British-Egyptian novelist, short story writer and political and cultural commentator.
- Jade Thirlwall: member of the British girl group Little Mix
Associations
- The Egyptian British Centre
- St. Mary & Archangel Michael Church in London
- Saint Mary and Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Centre, Birmingham (Lapworth)
- The Egyptian Community Association in the UK
- Midlands Egyptian Society
See also
- British Arabs
- Egypt-United Kingdom relations
- Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain and Ireland
- Islam in the United Kingdom
References
- ^ Karmi, Ghada (May 1997). The Egyptians of Britain: A migrant community in transition (PDF). Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Occasional Paper. Vol. 57. Durham: University of Durham.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the originalon 17 June 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
- ^ "2011 Census: Country of birth (expanded), regions in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Country of birth (detailed)" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Country of Birth – Full Detail: QS206NI". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom, excluding some residents in communal establishments, by sex, by country of birth, January 2019 to December 2019". Office for National Statistics. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95% confidence intervals.
