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A plaque honoring Aleksandrinke, Slovenes in Egypt. (source)
It’s a national holiday today: Preseren Day. Among other happenings, they’ll be unveiling a plaque honoring the thousands of Slovenian women that left the littoral region for Egypt. That’s right, Egypt. I had no idea about this. Writes Brian:
“The migration was tied to the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, which saw many European businessmen relocate to Egypt. They were hesitant to hire locals as servants but Slovene women were prized for their cleanliness and trustworthiness. Others worked for wealthy Egyptians – for example, Milena Fagannelli, a Slovene from the village of Mirna near Trieste, was the nanny of Boutros-Boutros Ghali, who was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992-1996.”
How about that? A great round-up of their story is here, and makes for perfect holiday reading: Slavs of Alexandria.
Happy Prešeren Day!
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Very interesting!
I was equally surprised when my grandma once told me that a lot of women went to Iceland after WWII. If I remember right they were also kind of invited to come.
Interesting read, to say the least. Looks like Slovene women will one day rule the world (which will be a better place for it, of course. There’s already one who’s nestled herself at the seat of European power; how very strategic, Poulette)…
A phenomenon also recorded in Slovene legends. Just remember “Lepa Vida”.
Arf: indeed, if I do say so myself. Unfortunately, I’m too busy to moonlight as a nanny to some future European Commission President…
This was news to me, of course Slavs have ended up in the Middle East before, usually not as paid help. Can everyone say devširme?