Notable people
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| Total population | |
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| Estimated 5 to 6 million [1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Paris, Marseille | |
| Languages | |
| French, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Sunni Islam Minority: Roman Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, Shia Islam, Others |
Arabs in France are those parts of the Arab diaspora who have immigrated to France, as well as their descendants. Subgroups include Algerians in France, Moroccans in France, Mauritanians in France, Tunisians in France, Lebanese in France and Refugees of the Syrian Civil War. This French subgroup of Arabs in Europe are concentrated in the Maghrebi communities of Paris.
French people of Arab and Amazigh/African origin (predominantly from Maghreb but also some from Mashreq areas of the Arab world) in France forms the second largest ethnic group after French people of French origin.[ citation needed ]
There are no official figures concerning the demographics of French people of Arab/African descent because ethnic statistics are forbidden in France. [2]
Most immigration was in 1960 and 1970, a period of economic growth, but many of them managed to bring their families after 1970. They have settled mainly in the industrial regions in France, especially the Paris region, but also in Marseille and other places. [2]
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Many notable French people have Maghrebi ancestry since Arabs in France are predominantly Maghrebis.
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Many notable French people are of Levantine ancestry.
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Raï, sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called cheb or shabab, i.e. young, as opposed to sheikh, i.e. old, the name given to Chaabi singers. The tradition arose in the city of Oran, primarily among the poor. Traditionally sung by men, by the end of the 20th century, female singers became common. The lyrics have concerned social issues such as disease and the policing of European colonies that affected native populations.
Articles related to Algeria include:
Tahar Haddad was a Tunisian author, trade unionist, socialist, scholar and reformer.
A Prophet is a 2009 French prison crime film directed by Jacques Audiard with a screenplay by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit, from a story by Dafri. The film stars Tahar Rahim in the title role as an imprisoned petty criminal of Algerian origins who rises in the prison hierarchy, becoming a mob associate and drug trafficker as he is absorbed into the Corsican mafia and then ingratiates himself into the Maghrebi crime syndicate.
Arabs in the Netherlands, also Arab Dutch or Dutch Arabs, are citizens or residents of the Netherlands whose ancestry traces back to the Arab world.
Aït Yahia is a commune in the Tizi Ouzou wilaya in northern Algeria, located 47 km to the southwest of Tizi Ouzou, 33 km to the south of Azazga, and 4 km northeast of Aïn El Hammam. The administrative center of the commune is the village of Ait Hichem [fr].
Arab Germans, also referred to as German Arabs or Arabic Germans, are ethnic Arabs living in Germany. They form the second-largest predominantly Muslim immigrant group in Germany after the large Turkish German community.
The Paris metropolitan area has a large Maghrebi population, in part as a result of French colonial ties to that region. As of 2012 the majority of those of African origin living in Paris come from the Maghreb, including Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. There were 30,000 people with Algerian nationality, 21,000 persons with Moroccan nationality, and 15,000 persons with Tunisian nationality in the city of Paris in 2009. In addition, there are thousands of Maghrebi Jews who immigrated from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco during the 1960s.
Arabs in Switzerland are Swiss citizens or residents of Arab ethnic, cultural or linguistic heritage from Arab countries, particularly North Africa, Levant, and Iraq, also small groups from Palestine, Yemen, and Sudan, who emigrated from their native nations and currently reside in Switzerland.
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