Egyptians are the people originating from the country of Egypt.  Their identity is closely tied to geography. The population is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, a small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to the Mediterranean and enclosed by desert both to the east and to the west. This unique geography has been the basis of the development of Egyptian society since antiquity. The country is majority Sunni Muslim (estimated to be 85-95% of the population), with the next largest religious group being Coptic Christians (with estimates ranging from 5 -15%. The exact numbers are subject to controversy.

Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian, or simply Masri, is the spoken vernacular Arabic dialect of Egypt.  Sometimes it is also called Modern Egyptian language.

Even though Egypt is mostly located in North Africa, Egypt and the Egyptian people do not generally have an African identity.  In 2017, the National Geographic Genographic Project published a 10-year study on several nations where it revealed that Egypt is indeed a North African population, but African identity is not that common in Egypt and not many identify as African.

Source:   Egyptians – Wikipedia