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🧵 The Bosniaks in the Levant
Bushnak Arabic: بشناق, meaning "Bosniak", is a surname common among Levantines of Bosniak origin.
Bushnak Arabic: بشناق, meaning "Bosniak", is a surname common among Levantines of Bosniak origin.
Those sharing this surname are the descendants of Bosniaks apprehensive of living under Christian rule after the 🇦🇹🇭🇺 occupation of Bosnia in 1878, who immigrated to Ottoman #Syria.
While not originally from one family, most Bosniaks who immigrated to the Levant adopted Bushnak as a common surname, attesting to their origins. Bushnak is also used colloquially among Palestinians to refer to someone who is fair-skinned.
