Sa'idi people

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.