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fellah

In Arab countries, farmer or farm labourer. The fellahin were thought to be the descendants of the ancient Egyptians who mixed with the various occupying peoples: Arabs, Persians, Greeks, and Turks. In Egypt, approximately 60% of the fellah population live in rural areas, and until 1952 most were serfs, owning no land. Despite land reforms, many are still without land. Most are Sunni Muslims.



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For these fellahin as well, and also for the children of the village of Sumel, who herded goats on Frug Street, the heart will make room like a table opening its wings.
Our Land by Shabtaie, Aharon / Radical Teacher
Some 90,000 Egyptian fellahin (peasant Farmers) and Sudanese Nubian nomads had to be relocated.
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Usually the fellahin were driven off the land so that Jewish immigrants could occupy it.
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