Syrian Brazilians

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}{{Infobox ethnic group | group = Syrian Brazilians<br />''Sírio-brasileiros''<br />البرازيليون السوريون | native_name = | native_name_lang = | flag = {{flagicon|Brazil}}{{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} | image = | caption = | population = 3 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/11/syrians-refuge-brazil-latin-america-war-refugees|title=A long way from home: Syrians find unlikely refuge in Brazil|first=Jonathan|last=Watts|date=11 March 2015|via=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/unhcr-welcomes-brazil-humanitarian-visas-syrians-fleeing-conflict | title=UNHCR welcomes Brazil humanitarian visas for Syrians fleeing conflict | website=www.unhcr.org}}</ref> | popplace = Brazil (mainly Southeastern Brazil) | langs = Brazilian Portuguese, Arabic | rels = Roman Catholicism, Greek Orthodox, minorities of Islam, Judaism. | related = Other Asian Brazilians and Arab Brazilians }}

'''Syrian Brazilians''' ({{langx|pt|Sírio-brasileiros}}) are Brazilian citizens of full, partial, or predominantly Syrian ancestry, or Syrian-born immigrants in Brazil. [[File:Grupo Folcórico Sírio.JPG|250px|right|thumb|bottom|Syrian descendants in São Paulo]]

== History == Syrians have immigrated to Brazil from the Ottoman Empire beginning in the 19th century, the population of Brazil of either full or partial Syrian descent is estimated by the Brazilian government to be around 3 or 4 million people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/en/templates/mre/pesquisa-postos/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6822&Itemid=478&cod_pais=SYR&tipo=ficha_pais&lang=en-GB|title=Syrian Arabic Republic|website=Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=2018-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jonathan |first=Jonathan |date=11 March 2015 |title=A long way from home: Syrians find unlikely refuge in Brazil |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/11/syrians-refuge-brazil-latin-america-war-refugees |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312202749/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/11/syrians-refuge-brazil-latin-america-war-refugees |archive-date=2015-03-12 |access-date=4 August 2018 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |quote="Brazil is home to 15 million people of Arabic descent, including 3 million of Syrian heritage"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Menezes |first=Ana Raquel Torres |year=2020 |title=Syrian refugees in Brazil: Labor Integration in the Absence of Specific Public Policies and the Role of Civil Society Organizations |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342474210_Syrian_refugees_in_Brazil |url-status=live |journal=Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia |location=Uberlândia |publisher=Federal University of Uberlândia |publication-date= |volume=48 |issue=1 |page= |pages=113–133 |doi=10.14393/RFADIR-v48n1a2020-50515 |issn=2178-0498 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209112512/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342474210_Syrian_refugees_in_Brazil |archive-date=2020-12-09 |access-date=2024-07-20 |via=ResearchGate|doi-access=free }}</ref> Syrians, along with Lebanese and East Asian descendants, make up the majority of the Asian Brazilian community in the country.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Petrucceli |first=José Luis |last2=Saboia |first2=Ana Lucia |year=2013 |title=Características Étnico-raciais da População: Classificações e Identidades |trans-title=Ethnic-racial Characteristics of the Population: Classifications and Identities |url=https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/livros/liv63405.pdf |url-status=live |format=PDF |journal=Estudos & Análises: Informação Demográfica e Socioeconômica |language=pt-BR |publisher=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics |volume=2 |issue= |page=53 |isbn=978-85-240-4244-7 |issn=2236-5265 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610162017/https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/livros/liv63405.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-10 |access-date=2021-07-28 |quote=descendentes e os asiáticos – japoneses, chineses, coreanos, libaneses, sírios, entre outros}}</ref> According to research conducted by IBGE in 2008, 0.9% of White Brazilian respondents said they had familial origins from the Middle East, which equals less than 1 million people. They are mostly of Lebanese and Syrian descent.<ref name="IBGE2008">{{Cite book |url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/caracteristicas_raciais/PCERP2008.pdf |title=Características Étnico-raciais da População: Um Estudo das Categorias de Classificação de Cor ou Raça 2008 |publisher=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics |year=2011 |isbn=978-85-240-4200-3 |location=Rio de Janeiro |language=pt-BR |trans-title=Ethnic-racial Characteristics of the Population: A Study of Color or Race Classification Categories 2008 |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903031653/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/caracteristicas_raciais/PCERP2008.pdf |archive-date=2013-09-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable people== * Joseph Safra, banker who was Brazil’s richest man and the richest banker in the world. * Moise Safra, billionaire businessman; co-founder of Banco Safra. * Edmond Safra, billionaire banker * Alberto J. Safra, billionaire businessman * Eli Horn, billionaire businessman; founder of Cyrela Brazil Realty, the largest homebuilder and real estate company by revenue and market value in Brazil.

* Alexandre Kalil, politician; he served as mayor of Belo Horizonte, and as president of the football club Clube Atlético Mineiro. * Romeu Tuma, former director of the Federal Police of Brazil.

* Tirone E. David, cardiac surgeon, known for his 2007 development of the "David Operation".

== See also == {{Portal|Brazil|Asia}}

* Immigration to Brazil * Lebanese Brazilians

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Arab diaspora in Brazil Category:Brazilian people of Syrian descent Category:Ethnic groups in Brazil Category:Syrian diaspora in South America