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Ethnic group
Arabs in Greece
Regions with significant populations
Athens, Thessaloniki
Languages
Arabic, Greek
Religion
Majority: Christianity (Oriental Orthodox Church, Maronite Church, Melkite Church)
Minority: Islam
Related ethnic groups
Arab people, Arab diaspora, Lebanese Greek, Egyptians, Iraqis, Lebanese, Syrians, Palestinians, Jordanians

Arabs in Greece (Greek: Άραβες στην Ελλάδα, Arabic: العرب في اليونان), known as Araves, are the people from Arab world countries, particularly Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Syria, many of whom are Christian, and also small groups from Yemen, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Sudan, who emigrated from their native nations and currently reside in Greece and are mainly Muslim. Although some of these people belong to different religions and ethnic descent, such as Coptic Christians, Berbers, Syriacs and Kurds, they are usually referred to as Arabs. The majority tend to live in Athens and Thessaloniki. However, they can be found in all parts of the country. In addition, Greece has people from Arab countries, who have the status of refugees (e.g. refugees of the Syrian civil war) or illegal immigrants trying to immigrate to Western Europe.

Notable People

References

  1. Hannes Kniffka (June 1995). Elements of culture-contrastive linguistics. P. Lang. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-8204-2927-4.

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