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Arab World Immigration Summary
10,726 words, approx. 36 pages
The 2000 U.S. Census reported 1.2 million people who claimed ancestry in the Arab world. This figure has doubled since 1980, when the census reported 610,000 Arab Americans. In 1990 it reported 860,000. According to the census, Arab Americans...
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Arab Americans Summary
8,792 words, approx. 29 pages
Arab Americans trace their ancestral roots to several Arab countries. Lebanon is the homeland of a majority of Arab Americans, followed by Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, and Jordan. The Arab world consists of 21 countries that span from North...
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Arab American Information
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Arab Americans are Americans of Arab ancestry and constitute an ethnicity made up of several waves of immigrants from twenty-two Arab countries, stretching from Morocco in the west to Oman in the south east to Iraq in the north. Arab Americans are also...


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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Arab-American
08/07/2002: 478 words, approx. 2 pages
Arab-American, Jewish comedians pair up amid tense times By KRISTA LARSON Associated Press Wednesday, August 7, 2002 Dorset, Vt. -- An Arab-American and a rabbi walk into a synagogue - - everybody laughs. Stand-up comedian Ahmed Ahmed has been sharing...
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The Washington Post
American Ignorance of Arabs
02/04/1991: 1,139 words, approx. 4 pages
Arab-Americanorganizations are reporting a large number of incidents of harassment, threats (including death threats) verbal abuse and physical attacks on members of their community. These are not incidents restricted to one region but appear to be widespread. Also, the FBI is conducting large-scale investigations...
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Iraqi-Americans pray for Saddam's death
12/30/2006: 566 words, approx. 2 pages
A group of Iraqi-Americans gathered late Friday at a mosque in anticipation of Saddam Hussein's execution, praying for the death of the former Iraqi dictator as drivers outside honked horns in celebration.Dave Alwatan wore an Iraqi flag around his shoulders and flashed a peace sign...
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White House disputes Rumsfeld on Muslims
11/1/2007: 254 words, approx. 1 pages
The White House on Thursday sympathized with Arab-Americans who took offense to a memo that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wrote saying that "oil wealth has made Muslims averse to physical labor."Rumsfeld's belief is "not at all in line with the president's views," White House...
 


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History of and Current Status of Arab Immigrants in the United States
2,119 words, approx. 7 pages
The history of Arab immigration to the United States, plus current issues facing Arab-Americans and a personal interview with an Arab woman.


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