Arab Americans
Overview
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,...
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Arab World Immigration
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 ...
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History of Arab Immigration
Arabs started to first immigrate to the United States between the years of 1880 and 1924. When the Immigration act of 1924 took effect, there was a dramatic decrease in A...
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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 cele...
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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 physica...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson told Arab Americans on Sunday that he has the diplomatic experience to work for peace in the Middle East.The New Mexico governor and former United Na...
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A career U.S. diplomat indicted this week for sending threatening messages to an Arab political organization has retired from the foreign service, the State Department said Thursday.Patrick Syring ...
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Dozens of Iraqi-Americans gathered late Friday at a Detroit-area mosque to celebrate reports that Saddam Hussein had been executed, cheering and crying as drivers honked horns in jubilation.Dave Al...
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With tears in his eyes and a grin on his face, 13-year-old Ali Al-Najjar watched his father celebrate the death of Saddam Hussein.The Dearborn resident was emotional Friday night _ not only did his...
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The area in southeast Michigan where 2,000 Iraqi refugees are expected to resettle already has 169,000 people out of work. Some fear the influx will push the state's unemployment rate even higher.I...
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Just as one controversy over alleged racism begins to settle down, the New York Police Department is drifting into trouble all over again.
While the killing of Sean Bell has attracted nationwide m...
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So what if they're running to be leader of the free world. The Democratic presidential candidates remain at the mercy of party leaders in four states _ Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolin...
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Homeland Security: New York City plans to give Brooklyn Arabs and Muslims their own public school where they can speak Arabic. The idea is to promote cultural harmony. But it's Pollyannaish, and po...
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Arab Americans
Arab World Immigration
History of and Current Status of Arab Immigrants in the United States
Iraqi-Americans pray for Saddam's death
