Definitions by SomeIraqi
shroogi
a person who is from countryside of southern Iraq especially from the marshes of Mesopotamia around the cities of Basra, Amarah and Nasiriyah. It's considered a racist word mainly used by Bedouin tribes, Baghdadis and Sunni Arabs of Iraq.
Bedouins look down on the peasants of southern Iraq in cause they are on the shia sect and their profession in cultivating the land, Bedouins believe that peasants are Lowly people and don't deserve the respect, they also deny their Arab ancestry.
in Iraqi Arabic it literally means "the easterners".
Bedouins look down on the peasants of southern Iraq in cause they are on the shia sect and their profession in cultivating the land, Bedouins believe that peasants are Lowly people and don't deserve the respect, they also deny their Arab ancestry.
in Iraqi Arabic it literally means "the easterners".