Post by Shenuda on Jan 18, 2005 5:20:38 GMT -5
Alexandrian said:
I only saw negroid admixture in two of the martyrs you posted....I do think you're posting pics of Egyptians that are too dark to represent the typical egyptian population. Naguib Sawiris is from an Assiuti Coptic family, probably a direct descendant of the Pharoahs, and he is very light-skinned, when I posted his pic in the guess race page, someone thought he was russian.I think that at least 3 of them have visible negroid admixture.I don´t think that the people in picks which I posted are too dark to represent Egyptians. Certainly not that family in the first pick. Actually they look very Egyptian.As for Naguib Sawiris he is light-skined but his father is a little bit darker.Maybe his mother is white and he inherited his complexion from her. In Egypt it´s very common that members of the same family have different skin tones.
As for LUxoris, When I went to Luxor, they looked the same as Cairenese, my tour guide, who was Coptic, looked like a mirror image of Zahi Hawass, and another Coptic merchant (who had an air-conditioned store, if it makes a difference) had light, rosy skin, a r oundish head, and straight, very thing, brown hair.
The problem is that also Cairenese don´t look all alike.In Cairo, there are people from all parts of Egypt, so it´s hard to say if there is any specifical "Cairo look". Anyway I seriously doubt that people from Luxor look like most Cairenese.
As for Yemenis, those in Sanaa would fit in well in very southern Egyptian villages, and would probably stand out as dark if they were in Alexandria or Cairo. Have you seen Sultan Qaboos of Oman, he is much darker and more negroid than the average Egyptian. YEmenis, Omanis, and southern Saudis do have a tendency to be darker than Lower and Middle Egyptians and similar to many Upper Egyptians. Palestinians is debatable, but Palestinian refugees are indistinguishable from the native Cairene population.
Sultan Qaboos is maybe darker and more negroid than an average Egyptian, but there are maybe also some Egyptians who are darker and more negroid looking than an average Omani or Yemeni so ... People in Delta are light-skined and on average very similar to Palestinians or Northern Lybians but Upper Egyptians are mostly dark-skined and partially negroid. Middle Egyptians are mixed and something between that.
This man is a sufi singer(munshid, his name is Ahmed el Tuni) from a small village near to Asyut:
He looks like a typical Upper Egyptian from more southern places as Qena or Luxor. Naguib Sawiris is light mediterrean type and this one is dark and partially negroid. 3ady
Another picks from Asyut:
As for race, I have no doubt numerous Egyptians, especially in the south, have some Negroid blood, but I think they are far from the majority, especially in Middle and Lower Egypt where most of the population resides. Even in Upper Egypt, I think it is a rare occurence that someone's Negroid admixture goes beyond 30-40%.
Well, maybe they are far from majority which lives in Delta,but as you said in Upper Egypt they are numerous and quite typical,tab eeh el moshkela