Are Gaza Strip's population mostly indigenous, or are they Egyptian, Arabian, and SSA?

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Originally Posted by Haider

They do teach in Palestinian schools that Palestinians descend from Canaanites, but that Canaanites were Arabs.

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Lol, they weren't Arabs, but at least it's better than nothing, I guess.

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Originally Posted by Sikeliot

Looks roughly half indigenous, half migrant.

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No, it looks 100% indigenous to Gaza. Gaza was historically more connected to Egypt and the Sinai, it was never like Samaritans or Levant genetically.

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Originally Posted by Haider

No, it looks 100% indigenous to Gaza. Gaza was historically more connected to Egypt and the Sinai, it was never like Samaritans or Levant genetically.

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You're right. Gaza and the Negev desert already had a very large Arab and Egyptian group even back in pre-Islamic times. Yes, Egyptian and Arab elements are very important to us Palestinians in terms of culture, ancestry and genepool.

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Originally Posted by Toppo900

You're right. Gaza and the Negev desert already had a very large Arab and Egyptian group even back in pre-Islamic times. Yes, Egyptian and Arab elements are very important to us Palestinians in terms of culture, ancestry and genepool.

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The ancient Egyptians already mentioned Bedouins in the Sinai and Negev, who were probably the first inhabitants since the region was not populated before them.

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Originally Posted by Haider

They do teach in Palestinian schools that Palestinians descend from Canaanites, but that Canaanites were Arabs.

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Canaanites were actually closely related to Arabs, but they were not Arabs.

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Originally Posted by Toppo900

The same's true in the west bank and some parts of Acre or the Galilee. This Palestinian is from Acre, and yet, he looks very Egyptian. This look is common there and in the WB:
https://scontent-frx5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...b1&oe=5CCF47B2

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I don't think he looks Egyptian, but like a very dark Portuguese or something.

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Originally Posted by Haider

The ancient Egyptians already mentioned Bedouins in the Sinai and Negev, who were probably the first inhabitants since the region was not populated before them.

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Ahmad al Jallad confirm their presence even back in pre-Islamic times. Gaza already had great contacts with Egypt ever since the times of Narmer, the first pharoah of united Egypt, back more than 5,000 years, so it's not like Arabs or Egyptians for that matter were strangers in the Southern Levant. Muhammed Ali Pasha brought more than 50,000 Egyptians and even the Sudanese to Palestine which had a population of 300,000 which were spread all over Palestine. I have Berber, Arabian, Lebanese shi3a and Greek ancestries myself and happycow, another Palestinian member from the West Bank, had great deal of Egyptian, Arabian and local Levantine ancestries. Here are our G25 results you can see for yourself:
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...=1#post5676872
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...-s-G25-results

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Originally Posted by Sikeliot

I don't think he looks Egyptian, but like a very dark Portuguese or something.

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Huh? He looks uber Egyptian, rofl.

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Originally Posted by Toppo900

Huh? He looks uber Egyptian, rofl.

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That isn't the look I think of as Egyptian. To me Egyptian is more like this:

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/B8YX9F/egy...ypt-B8YX9F.jpg
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CPHMHP/por...ica-CPHMHP.jpg
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/port...-125519755.jpg

many of them are recent migrants from egypt and it shows