Iraqis in Saudi Arabia

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Iraqi Saudis


poptime = 33,000cite web | url =http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/JMAN-5ZBBEF?OpenDocument | title =The UNHCR states that there are 33,000 ethnic Iraqis living in Saudi Arabia. | accessdate =2007-09-02 | publisher =reliefweb.int]
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popplace = Riyadh, Jeddah, Rafha
langs = Arabic, English
rels = Islam, Christianity
related = Other Iraqi people

Iraqis in Saudi Arabia are Saudi Arabian citizens of Iraqi ancestry, in which the current population stands at 33,000.cite web | url =http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/JMAN-5ZBBEF?OpenDocument | title =The UNHCR states that there are 30,000 ethnic Iraqis living in Saudi Arabia. | accessdate =2007-09-02 | publisher =reliefweb.int]

Many Iraqis fled Iraq to Saudi Arabia during the 8 year Iran-Iraq war, most of them being Arab Shia's emigrating from Southern Iraq.

There are an estimated 5,200 Iraqi refugees in the Rafha camp remain from an original figure of 33,000 Iraqis who fled in the aftermath of the second Gulf conflict and the uprising inside Iraq. The Iraqis living in Rafha have been enduring difficult conditions in this isolated camp since 1991 and feel abandoned by the international community.

Notable Iraqi-Saudis

*Abdul Rahman Munif, novelist
*Waed, musician and entertainer
*Ahmad Totonji, activist

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