Arabs in Italy
As Arabs in Italy people are called, or whose ancestors came from Arabic-speaking countries come and Italy have their residence.
Migration situation
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Citizens of Arab countries in Italy
As of December 31, 2018 |
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| Country of origin | people | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Morocco
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422.980 | ||||||||
 Egypt
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126,733 | ||||||||
 Tunisia
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95,071 | ||||||||
 Algeria
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19,661 | ||||||||
 Somalia
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9,252 | ||||||||
 Syria
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6.363 | ||||||||
 Iraq
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5,259 | ||||||||
 Lebanon
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4,004 | ||||||||
 Libya
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2,647 | ||||||||
 Sudan
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2,490 | ||||||||
 Jordan
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1,668 | ||||||||
| other arab countries | 2,596 | ||||||||
| total | 698.724 | ||||||||
The number of citizens of Arab countries living in Italy is 698,724 people. Over 700,000 people with a migration background have family roots in the Arab states.
The Arabs in Italy are not a homogeneous group as they come from different nations in the Arab countries. They bring different cultures and speak different Arabic dialects . It should be noted that some of the migrants from the Maghreb , especially from Morocco and Algeria , are also native Berber speakers .
religion
Most of the Arabs in Italy are Muslim . Among them form Sunnis , the vast majority, but also Twelver Shiites are represented. There are also Christians from various churches (including 18,700 Copts ) as well as Alawites , Druze and non-denominationalists .
Well-known Arabs in Italy and Italians of Arab origin
The country of origin or that of the parents of Arab origin is in brackets.
- Giuseppe Luigi Assemani - priest, orientalist and liturgist (Lebanon)
- Giuseppe Simone Assemani - Orientalist (Lebanon)
- Stefano Evodio Assemani - Orientalist (Lebanon)
- Migidio Bourifa - marathon runner (Morocco)
- Stephan El Shaarawy - Soccer Player (Egypt)
- Ali Ghaleb Himmat - businessman (Syria)
- Hachim Mastour - Soccer Player (Morocco)
- Youssef Nada - Engineer (Egypt)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ISTAT : Foreigners in Italy by country of origin (as of December 31, 2018)
- ↑ Fondazione ISMU - Iniziative e Studi sulla Multietnicità: Immigrants and religions in Italy: Orthodox Christians are more numerous than Muslims (as of January 1, 2016) , accessed on September 12, 2017