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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Doms of Egypt

The Doms of Egypt, numbering approximately 465,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a small, historically marginalized ethnic group who belong to the wider Dom people—an Indo‑Aryan diaspora community found across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Eurasia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Domari is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Domari Gypsy

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Egypt
People Cluster: Domari
Primary Language(s): Domari (rmt)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 465,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011494
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Pray for the Doms of Egypt

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Domari
Language Family: Indo-European

66%
%
Domari Speakers

Media Resources in Domari:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Domari:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Domari bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Doms:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Doms of Egypt

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

As mobile phones, radio, and satellite television, and other technologies become more available worldwide, pray for people who are developing digital gospel resources so that others can easily access the gospel.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Dom Across Countries (ROP3 - 102682) reported in the following countries:

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9 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DomsPG011494DomsEgypt465,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG042250DomsIran112,000Unengaged and UnreachedIranian PersianSunni Islam
DomsPG011710DomsIraq45,500Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG011838DomsLibya44,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG012205DomsSyria43,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG024575DomsTurkiye38,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG011753DomsIsrael15,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG023964DomsAfghanistan14,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG042750DomsJordan12,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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