Une migration instrumentalisée : politiques étatiques et pratiques institutionnelles lors du départ des Grecs d’Égypte (1945-1961)

The Greeks of Egypt were the largest foreign community in Egypt along the 19th and the middle of the 20th century. Historiography has long attributed their departure to the Suez crisis and the nationalization measures taken by Gamal Abdel Nasser in the early 1960s. This article shows that this emigr...

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Main Author: Angelos Dalachanis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2018-12-01
Series:Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/2600
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description The Greeks of Egypt were the largest foreign community in Egypt along the 19th and the middle of the 20th century. Historiography has long attributed their departure to the Suez crisis and the nationalization measures taken by Gamal Abdel Nasser in the early 1960s. This article shows that this emigration was not only the result of individual initiatives or the Egyptian nationalist policy but was also part of wider projects of international organizations and institutions of the Greek community and the Greek State alike, which promoted it for their own political or other interests.
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spelling doaj.art-0e851ddfe0a644f2a95346f2c0ca96e62024-02-13T13:36:07ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiDiasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire1637-58232431-14722018-12-013214116010.4000/diasporas.2600Une migration instrumentalisée : politiques étatiques et pratiques institutionnelles lors du départ des Grecs d’Égypte (1945-1961)Angelos DalachanisThe Greeks of Egypt were the largest foreign community in Egypt along the 19th and the middle of the 20th century. Historiography has long attributed their departure to the Suez crisis and the nationalization measures taken by Gamal Abdel Nasser in the early 1960s. This article shows that this emigration was not only the result of individual initiatives or the Egyptian nationalist policy but was also part of wider projects of international organizations and institutions of the Greek community and the Greek State alike, which promoted it for their own political or other interests.https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/2600diasporamigrationGreek communitynationalisminternational organizationsEgypt
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Une migration instrumentalisée : politiques étatiques et pratiques institutionnelles lors du départ des Grecs d’Égypte (1945-1961)
Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
diaspora
migration
Greek community
nationalism
international organizations
Egypt
title Une migration instrumentalisée : politiques étatiques et pratiques institutionnelles lors du départ des Grecs d’Égypte (1945-1961)
title_full Une migration instrumentalisée : politiques étatiques et pratiques institutionnelles lors du départ des Grecs d’Égypte (1945-1961)
title_fullStr Une migration instrumentalisée : politiques étatiques et pratiques institutionnelles lors du départ des Grecs d’Égypte (1945-1961)
title_full_unstemmed Une migration instrumentalisée : politiques étatiques et pratiques institutionnelles lors du départ des Grecs d’Égypte (1945-1961)
title_short Une migration instrumentalisée : politiques étatiques et pratiques institutionnelles lors du départ des Grecs d’Égypte (1945-1961)
title_sort une migration instrumentalisee politiques etatiques et pratiques institutionnelles lors du depart des grecs d egypte 1945 1961
topic diaspora
migration
Greek community
nationalism
international organizations
Egypt
url https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/2600
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