Egyptian People
Egyptians are the people originating from the country of egypt.
Egyptian people. Upon closer examination fallahins are presented basically as farmers living in villages. Egypt is part of the arabic speech community of about 250 million people spread from morocco to oman. The population is concentrated in the lower nile valley a small strip of cultivable land stretching from the first cataract to the mediterranean and enclosed by desert both to the east and to the west. According to cheikh anta diop the egyptians referred to themselves as black people or kmt and kmwas the etymological root of other words such as kam or ham which refer to black people in hebrew tradition.
Kmt people ancient egyptians referred to their homeland as kmt conventionally pronounced as kemet. Some of egypt s most famous people were. In reading several books regarding egyptian travel this author was surprised to see the egyptian populous divided into four cultural groups consisting of copts bedouins nubians and egyptian peasants or fallahin.