Sa'idi people

"Saidi" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Saidi, Iran. For the municipality in Spain also known as Zaidín, see Saidí. For the electric power reliability index, see SAIDI.
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Upper Egyptians (Sa'idis)
صعايدة
ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲣⲏⲥ
Saa’yda
Luxor Alabaster Workers
Total population
ca. 40 million (2020 estimate)[citation needed]
Languages
Sa'idi Arabic
Egyptian Arabic (auxiliary)
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam;
Coptic Orthodox Christian, Sufi and Baháʼí Faith minorities[1]

A Ṣa‘īdī (Egyptian Arabic: صعيدى, Coptic: ⲣⲉⲙⲣⲏⲥ Remris) is a person from Upper Egypt (Arabic: صعيد مصر, Coptic: ⲙⲁⲣⲏⲥ Maris).[2]

  1. ^ "::الأهرام العربي - الصفحة الأولى ::". Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  2. ^ Abu-Lughod, Lila (2006). Local Contexts of Islamism in Popular Media. Amsterdam University Press. p. 24 pages. ISBN 90-5356-824-7.