Malays in Egypt

Malays in Egypt

Regions with significant populations
Cairo · Alexandria
Languages
English · Indonesian • Malay · Egyptian Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Javanese, Malays (ethnic group), Minangkabau

Malays in Egypt make up a part of the overseas Malay population. Malay speakers who came to Egypt are mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia. 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, 9 (9), Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University: 73–87, doi:10.2307/3350623, hdl:1813/53486, JSTOR 3350623