Arabs in Germany
Total population | |
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Estimated at around 1000,000+[1] (1%) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Cologne, Hanover, Bremen, Dortmund, Essen, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Bonn, Gelsenkirchen, Offenbach, Leipzig | |
Languages | |
Arabic, German | |
Religion | |
Majority Islam, but also Christianity. |
Arabs in Germany are people of Arab descent living in Germany. They form the second-largest predominantly Muslim immigrant group in Germany after the large German–Turkish community. There is an estimated number of 400,000–500,000 people of Arab origin residing in Germany.[2] Most Arabs came to Germany in the 1970s, partly as Gastarbeiter from Morocco, the Turkish Province of Mardin (see: Arabs in Turkey) and Tunisia. However, the majority of Arabs are refugees of the conflicts in the Middle East, e.g. the Lebanese Civil War, Palestinian expulsion from Kuwait and the recent Iraq War, Libyan Civil War, and current Syrian Civil War.
Geographical distribution
The largest concentration of Arab people in Germany, can be found in Berlin, where they make up 2%–3% (1000,000 people) of the population. The percentage is significantly higher in the Berlin neighborhoods of Neukölln, Kreuzberg and Gesundbrunnen. Other significant centres of Arab populations in Germany can be found in Frankfurt am Main, Cologne, Munich, in the Ruhrgebiet, Hanover, Bonn and Hamburg.[3] Most Arabs reside in urban areas and cities in former West-Germany. The only place in former Eastern Germany with a sizeable number of Arabs is Leipzig, where people of any Arab descent make up 0.8% of the total population (4,000 out of 522,800).[4]
Notable Germans of Arab descent
- Laith Al-Deen, pop musician of Iraqis origin
- Baba Saad, rapper of Lebanese origin
- Bushido, rapper of Tunisian origin
- Adil Chihi, football player of Moroccan origin
- Samy Deluxe, rapper and hip hop artist of Sudanese origin
- Loco Dice, DJ and electronic music producer of Tunisian origin
- Rola El-Halabi, boxer of Lebanese origin
- Sami Khedira, football player of Tunisian origin
- Fady Maalouf, singer of Lebanese origin
- Elyas M'Barek, actor of Tunisian/Austrian origins
- Tarééc, singer of Lebanese-Palestinian origin
- Adel Tawil, singer of Egyptian-Tunisian origin
- Hisham Zreiq, Filmmaker and Visual artist of Palestinian Origin
- Karo Murat, professional boxer Iraqis origin
- Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, German citizen of Iraqis origin
- Rafed El-Masri, swimmer of Syrian origin
- Adel Karasholi, Arabic writer of Syrian origin
- Murat Salar, football player of Egyptian-Turkish Origin
- Mustapha Amari, football player of Algerian Origin
- Karim Benyamina, football player of Algerian Origin
- Soufian Benyamina, football player of Algerian Origin
- Senna Guemmour, singer and pop of Algerian-Moroccan Origin
- U-cee, soul singer of Egyptian-Tunisian origin
- Mohammad Baghdadi, football player of Lebanese origin
- Tony D (rapper), rapper of Lebanese origin
- Mounir Chaftar, footballer of Tunisian origin
- Sofian Chahed, footballer of Tunisian origin
- Massiv rapper of Palestinian Origin
- Lexi Alexander film director of Palestinian Origin
- Mohamed Amsif footballer of Moroccan origin
- Farid Bang rapper of Moroccan origin
- Rachid El Hammouchi footballer of Moroccan origin
- Souad Mekhennet journalist and author of Moroccan-Turkish origin
- Khalid al-Maaly Arab writer and publisher of Iraqis origin
- Najem Wali journalist and novelist of Iraqis origin
See also
- Arabs in Berlin
- Arabs in Europe
- Arab diaspora
- Iraqis in Germany
- Lebanese people in Germany
- Immigration to Germany