ABSTRACT
The Syrian-Lebanese community in Egypt constituted a separate group with no connection from a political point of view with the local population, and in general was also unpopular in their eyes. The number of Syrian and Lebanese migrs in Egypt during World War I has been estimated at 100,000, of whom 35,000 were in Cairo, and the rest in Alexandria, Tanta, Mansura, and other cities in Lower Egypt. The society, which was called The Lebanese-Syrian Society of Egypt, grew quickly, and in January 1919 it already had branches in Alexandria, Tanta, and Mansura, with its central committee located in Cairo. The society strove for the establishment of a Syrian federation, which would be composed of autonomous provinces, in whose framework would be preserved the special autonomous status of Mount Leban. The society was established officially after the Anglo-French declaration of November 1918 regarding the establishment of local governments according to the inhabitants will in the regions liberated from the Ottoman's.
