Albanians in Egypt
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The Albanian community in Egypt began with government officials and military personnel appointed in Ottoman Egypt. A substantial community would grow up later by soldiers and mercenaries who settled i
Prayer in the house of an Arnaut chief, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1857.
Khedive Isma'il
Albanian Patrol in Cairo by Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1870.
Albanian guards performing the sword-dance in front of local audience and musicians by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1885.
Albanian diaspora
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The Albanian diaspora are the ethnic Albanians and their descendants living outside of Albania, Kosovo, southeastern Montenegro, western North Macedonia, southeastern Serbia, northwestern Greece and S
Albanians in Egypt
…Languages Albanian, Egyptian Arabic Religion Predominantly : Sunni Islam Minority : Bektashi Order, Eastern Orthodoxy Related ethnic groups Albanians, Albanian diaspora The Albanian community in Egypt began with government officials and military personnel appointed in Ottoman Egypt. A substantial community would grow…
Church of Sant'Atanasio in Rome (1583), established for the training of the Italian-Albanian clergy of Greek rite
The Cathedral of Lungro in an Arbëreshë town in Calabria
The Piana degli Albanesi Cathedral in an Arbëreshë town in Sicily
The Abbacy of Grottaferrata, with Basilian monks from the Italo-Albanian communities, in Rome