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
Sa'idi Man in the 60s
Total population
ca. 32,051,000 (30.4% of Egypt's domestic population) (2023 estimate)
Languages
Sa'idi Arabic
Egyptian Arabic (auxiliary)
Religion
Predominantly Islam

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

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