%0 Journal Article
%T The presence of emigrants from Poland in Arabic countries and cultures
%A Knopek, Jacek
%J Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora
%V 2019 (XLV)
%R 10.4467/25444972SMPP.19.020.10846
%N Vol. 2 (172)
%P 185-205
%K Emigration, Polish Diaspora, Arab Countries
%@ 2081-4488
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/smpp/article/obecnosc-emigrantow-polskich-w-krajach-i-kulturach-arabskich
%X 
	The regions considered in the text embrace north-western and north-eastern Africa, the Near East and the Arabian Peninsula – regions dominated by the peoples of Arabic descent.
	The first emigrants from the Polish territories began to arrive in Arabic countries as early as the Middle Ages and early Modern times. It was only from the end of the 18th century that the numbers began to grow, yet this part of the world has never been an attractive destination for settlement for Polish emigrants. The largest groups settled there during World War II, comprised of political refugees from the territories occupied by the Third Reich and those evacuated from the Soviet Union.
	The emigrants from Poland who made their way to Arabic countries can be divided into three groups. The first was formed by the political-military emigration – officers in the Turkish army, soldiers of the French and Spanish Foreign Legion, military troops participating in the battles of World War II. The economic and gainful employment-oriented emigration were the second group, constituted by craftsmen, professionals, artists, research and engineering personnel of the 19th and 20th centuries. Finally, the third was derived from socio-cultural emigration, i.e. members of the clergy who provide their services in this part of the world or Polish-Arabic married couples.