Syrians in Austria, the Glossary
Syrians in Austria include migrants from Syria to Austria, as well as their descendants.[1]
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28 relations: Alawites, Alisar Ailabouni, Angela Merkel, Arabic, Arabs in Austria, Atheism, Austria, Christianity, Demographics of Austria, Der Tagesspiegel, Druze, Fadi Merza, German language, Islam, Islam in Austria, Kurdish language, Nadja Maleh, Omar Hamdi, Refugees of the Syrian civil war, Sunni Islam, Syria, Syrian diaspora, Tarafa Baghajati, Turkish language, Turks in Austria, Vienna, Werner Faymann, 2015 European migrant crisis.
- Austrian people of Syrian descent
- Ethnic groups in Austria
- Middle Eastern diaspora in Austria
- Syrian diaspora in Europe
Alawites
The Alawites, also known as Nusayrites, are an Arab ethnoreligious group that live primarily in the Levant and follow Alawism, a religious sect that splintered from early Shi'ism as a ghulat branch during the ninth century.
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Alisar Ailabouni
Alisar Ailabouni (أليسار عيلبوني; born 21 March 1989) is a Syrian-born Austrian fashion model and the winner of Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 5.
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Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel (born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and was the first woman to hold that office.
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Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
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Arabs in Austria
Arabs in Austria (عرب النمسا) are Austrians of Arab ethnic, particularly Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian, Iraq, Jordan and also small groups from Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Yemen and Sudan, who emigrated from their native nations and currently reside in Austria. Syrians in Austria and Arabs in Austria are Austria stubs, ethnic groups in Austria and middle Eastern diaspora in Austria.
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Atheism
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities.
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Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Demographics of Austria
Demographic features of the population of Austria include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
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Der Tagesspiegel
(meaning The Daily Mirror) is a German daily newspaper.
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Druze
The Druze (دَرْزِيّ, or دُرْزِيّ, rtl), who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (lit. 'the monotheists' or 'the unitarians'), are an Arab and Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion whose main tenets assert the unity of God, reincarnation, and the eternity of the soul.
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Fadi Merza
Fadi Merza (born 8 March 1978 in Derbassiah, Syria) is a retired Syrian born Austrian-Assyrian middleweight kickboxer. Syrians in Austria and Fadi Merza are Austrian people of Syrian descent.
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German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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Islam in Austria
Islam in Austria is the largest minority religion in the country, practiced by 7.9% of the total population in 2016 according to the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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Kurdish language
Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria.
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Nadja Maleh
Nadja Maleh (born 9 June 1972 in Vienna) is an Austrian actress, singer, cabaret artist and director. Syrians in Austria and Nadja Maleh are Austrian people of Syrian descent.
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Omar Hamdi
Omar Hamdi (1952–2015), known as Malva, was a Syrian Kurdish artist who lived and worked in Vienna, Austria.
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Refugees of the Syrian civil war
Refugees of the Syrian civil war are citizens and permanent residents of Syria who have fled the country throughout the Syrian civil war.
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Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
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Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
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Syrian diaspora
Syrian diaspora refers to Syrian people and their descendants who chose or were forced to emigrate from Syria and now reside in other countries as immigrants, or as refugees of the Syrian Civil War.
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Tarafa Baghajati
Tarafa Baghajati (طرفة بغجاتي, born September 1, 1961) is a Syrian-born, Austrian Muslim activist and writer.
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Turkish language
Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.
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Turks in Austria
Turks in Austria, also referred to as Turkish Austrians and Austrian Turks, (Türken in Österreich; Avusturya'daki Türkler) are people of Turkish ethnicity living in Austria. Syrians in Austria and Turks in Austria are ethnic groups in Austria and middle Eastern diaspora in Austria.
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Vienna
Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.
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Werner Faymann
Werner Faymann (born 4 May 1960) is an Austrian former politician who was Chancellor of Austria and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) from 2008 to 2016.
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2015 European migrant crisis
During 2015, there was a period of significantly increased movement of refugees and migrants into Europe.
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See also
Austrian people of Syrian descent
- Fadi Merza
- Krayem Awad
- Nadja Maleh
- Syrians in Austria
Ethnic groups in Austria
- Afro-Austrians
- Albanians in Austria
- Arabs in Austria
- Armenians in Austria
- Assyrians in Austria
- Austrians
- Bosnian Austrians
- Burgenland Croats
- Carinthian Slovenes
- Chechens in Austria
- Czechs in Austria
- Greeks in Austria
- Hungarians
- Hungarians in Austria
- Macedonians in Austria
- Nepalis in Austria
- Portuguese in Austria
- Romani in Austria
- Romani people in Austria
- Russians in Austria
- Serbs in Austria
- Sinti
- Slovaks in Austria
- Syrians in Austria
- Turks in Austria
- Walser people
- Yenish people
Middle Eastern diaspora in Austria
- Arabs in Austria
- Armenians in Austria
- Assyrians in Austria
- Syrians in Austria
- Turks in Austria
Syrian diaspora in Europe
- Lina Chawaf
- Syrians in Austria
- Syrians in Denmark
- Syrians in Finland
- Syrians in Germany
- Syrians in Norway
- Syrians in Sweden
- Syrians in Turkey
- Syrians in the United Kingdom