Egyptian American

infobox ethnic group
group = Egyptian Americans


caption = Dina Powell, Rami Malek
poptime = 178,691 (2005 census) [http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/08s0051.xls U.S. Census Bureau: Population by Selected Ancestry Group and Region: 2005] ]
800,000-2,000,000 (2008 est.) [http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Du-Ha/Egyptian-Americans.html Egyptian Americans by Mona Mikhail] ]
langs = English, Egyptian Arabic, Coptic
rels = Predominantly: Coptic Orthodox Christianity.Estimates for the number of Coptic Orthodox Chrisians in the US range from 700,000 to more than one million out of a total 800,000 to 2,000,000 Egyptians in America [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFDE1531F936A35751C1A965958260 NY Times] [http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/CountryBackgrounds/Egypt/Copts/tabid/346/Default.aspx] [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=373326] [http://sce.uhcl.edu/akladios/Magdy%20Akladios%20Website/Links%20For%20Church/Copticsflocktowelcome.doc] ]
Minorities include: Islam, Bahá'í FaithFact|date=August 2008

Egyptian Americans are Americans of Egyptian ancestry, first-generation Egyptian immigrants, or descendants of Egyptians who immigrated to the United States. In the 2005 U.S. census, the number of people with Egyptian ancestry was estimated as 179,000,a lthough some estimates range from several hundred thousand to 2 million. The large majority of Egyptians in the US are Coptic Orthodox ChristiansEstimates for the number of Coptic Orthodox Chrisians in the US range from 700,000 to more than one million out of a total 800,000 to 2,000,000 Egyptians in America [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFDE1531F936A35751C1A965958260 NY Times] [http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/CountryBackgrounds/Egypt/Copts/tabid/346/Default.aspx] [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=373326] http://sce.uhcl.edu/akladios/Magdy%20Akladios%20Website/Links%20For%20Church/Copticsflocktowelcome.doc] as some Christians in Egypt are increasingly marginalized. A large community of Egyptian Americans is located in northeastern Virginia and the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Other Egyptian American communities are concentrated in Jersey City, New Jersey, Levittown, New York, Steinway in Queens, New York, Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, New York, as well as in California mainly in and around the Los Angeles and San Francisco metropolitan areas.

For noteworthy Egyptian Americans, see this .

See also

*Egyptians
*Coptic Egyptians
*Coptic Orthodoxy in the US
*List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States
**St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Jersey City, New Jersey)
**St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church (Woodbury, New York)

References

External links

* [http://www.aeamisr.org Alliance of Egyptian Americans]
* [http://www.eascholars.org/ Association of Egyptian-American Scholars]
* [http://www.eaay.org/ Egyptian American Alliance of Youth]
* [http://www.eacfoundation.org Egyptian American Community Foundation]
* [http://www.eacaonline.org/ Egyptian American Cultural Association]
* [http://www.eaous.com/ Egyptian American Organization of California]
* [http://www.egyptianamericansociety.org/ Egyptian American Society]