Doms in Egypt

Doms in Egypt
Total population
100,000 (estimated)
Regions with significant populations
Upper Egypt, Cairo and Alexandria
Languages
Domari, Egyptian Arabic
Religion
Islam (main religion), Christianity (1%)
Related ethnic groups
Romani people, Nawar people, Kawliya

The Dom (دوم) people migrated from South Asia to the territory of present-day Egypt. The assumed consensus was that they were originally from Egypt, which later made them known around the world by the vernacular term Gypsies, deriving from the word Egyptian.