The Doms of Egypt

The Doms of Egypt, numbering approximately 466,000 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: 466,000
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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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

Bible Resources in Domari:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Domari bible at Bible.com

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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
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Pray specifically for the Doms of Egypt

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
readMark 10:15

Pray for those who might be trapped in pride, that God will humble them and give them a childlike faith and complete dependence on Him through faith in Christ.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
readPsalm 105:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will glory in His holy name and that their hearts will rejoice.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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9 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DomsDomsEgypt466,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsIran112,000Unengaged and UnreachedIranian PersianSunni Islam
DomsDomsIraq45,500Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsLibya44,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsSyria43,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsTurkiye38,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsIsrael15,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsAfghanistan14,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsJordan12,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam

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