- Egyptian British
Infobox Ethnic group
group = Egyptian British
مصريّون بريطانيون
caption =
poptime = Est. 147,102
popplace =London ,Birmingham ,Liverpool ,Manchester ,Glasgow
langs = English, Arabic, Masry
rels =Islam , Coptic Christianity, someJudaism Egyptian British people, or Egyptian Britons ( _ar. مصريّون بريطانيون) are people of
Egyptian ancestry who are citizens of theUnited Kingdom .According to the
2001 UK Census (which now is almost certainly an underestimate of true numbersFact|date=September 2008), some 147,102 Egyptians were calling the UK home, making the Egyptian British community the second largest in the West, only behind theEgyptian American community. [ [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census/default.asp UK census] ]Despite not being a British citizen, the Egyptian businessman
Mohamed Al-Fayed is well known throughout the United Kingdom, both for his business holdings as the owner ofHarrod's andFulham F.C. , and his somewhat combative nature with certain members of the British establishment.Famous Egyptian Britons
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Magdi Yacoub
*Dodi Al-Fayed ee also
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British Arabs
*Islam in the United Kingdom
*Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom References
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