Vol 2, No 8 2001 pp. 465 - 477
UDC 316.347:327.58(497)
NEW ETHNIC IDENTITIES IN THE BALKANS:
THE CASE OF THE EGYPTIANS
Elena Marushiakova,Vesselin Popov
Ethnographic Institute and Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia,
Bulgaria
Abstract. After the Kosovo crisis the world discovered the existence
of a new community, unknown till then. This was the community of the so
called Balkan Egyptians. The international institutions (such as KFOR,
UNHCR, OSCE and others), the non-governmental and human rights organizations
and the mass media were puzzled and confused by this new phenomenon and
they did not know how to react to it.
Key words: Romanies, Balkan Egyptians, Ashkali
NOVI ETNIČKI IDENTITETI NA BALKANU:
SLUČAJ EGIPĆANA
Posle krize na Kosovu, svet je otkrio postojanje nove, do tada nepoznate,
zajednice. Ta se zajednica nazivala Balkanski Egipćani. Internacionalne
institucije (kao što su KFOR, UNHCR, OEBS i druge), nevladine i organizacije
za ljudska prava i mas medija bili su u konfuziji povodom novog fenomena:
nisu znali da reaguju na to.
Ključne reči: Romi, Balkanski Egipćani, Aškalije
