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The '''Rashaida''' are an ethnic group populating Eritrea and north-east Sudan. In 1846, the Rashaida migrated from Saudi Arabia into Eritrea and north-east Sudan after clan warfare had broken out in their homeland. <ref>[http://www.madote.com/2010/02/eritrea-rashaida-people.html], [[Niaz Murtaza]] The pillage of sustainablility in Eritrea 1998, p.177</ref> The Rashaida are [[Arab]]s who kept their traditional dress, culture, customs and religion ([[Sunni Islam]]).<ref>[http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/775/tr41.htm Snap Shots], [[Al-Ahram]] Weekly, 29 December 2005 - 4 January 2006, Issue No. 775</ref> They speak [[Hejazi Arabic]]. |
The '''Rashaida''' are an ethnic group populating Eritrea and north-east Sudan. In 1846, the Rashaida migrated from Saudi Arabia into Eritrea and north-east Sudan after clan warfare had broken out in their homeland. <ref>[http://www.madote.com/2010/02/eritrea-rashaida-people.html Rashaida People History], [[Niaz Murtaza]] The pillage of sustainablility in Eritrea 1998, p.177</ref> The Rashaida are [[Arab]]s who kept their traditional dress, culture, customs and religion ([[Sunni Islam]]).<ref>[http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/775/tr41.htm Snap Shots], [[Al-Ahram]] Weekly, 29 December 2005 - 4 January 2006, Issue No. 775</ref> They speak [[Hejazi Arabic]]. |
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 The children from a family of the Rashaida ethnic group in the Eritrean lowlands | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Sudan: 120,000[citation needed] Eritrea:100,000 [1] | |
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| Sunni Islam |
The Rashaida are an ethnic group populating Eritrea and north-east Sudan. In 1846, the Rashaida migrated from Saudi Arabia into Eritrea and north-east Sudan after clan warfare had broken out in their homeland. [2] The Rashaida are Arabs who kept their traditional dress, culture, customs and religion (Sunni Islam).[3] They speak Hejazi Arabic.
References
- ^ [1] Eritrean Census,
- ^ Rashaida People History, Niaz Murtaza The pillage of sustainablility in Eritrea 1998, p.177
- ^ Snap Shots, Al-Ahram Weekly, 29 December 2005 - 4 January 2006, Issue No. 775
See also
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