Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans (Arabic: عَرَبٌ أَمْرِيكِيُّونَ
or Arabic: أمريكيون من أصل عربي) are
Americans

Americans of
Arab

Arab ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage or identity, who
identify themselves as Arab.
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans trace ancestry to any of
the various waves of immigrants of the countries comprising the Arab
World.
According to the
Arab American Institute (AAI), countries of origin
for
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans include Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt,
Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman,
Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United
Arab

Arab Emirates and Yemen.[3]
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, there are 1,697,570
Arab

Arab Americans
in the United States.[4] 290,893 persons defined themselves as simply
Arab, and a further 224,241 as Other Arab. Other groups on the 2010
Census are listed by nation of origin, and some may or may not be
Arabs, or regard themselves as Arabs. The largest subgroup is by far
the Lebanese Americans, with 501,907,[1] followed by; Egyptian
Americans

Americans with 190,078, Syrian
Americans

Americans with 148,214, Iraqi Americans
with 105,981, Moroccan
Americans

Americans with 101,211, Somali
Americans

Americans with
85,700, Palestinian
Americans

Americans with 85,186, and Jordanian Americans
with 61,664. Approximately 1/4 of all
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans claimed two
ancestries.
A number of peoples that may have lived in
Arab

Arab countries and are now
resident in the United States are not classified as Arabs, including
Assyrians (aka Chaldo-Assyrians), Jews, Kurds, Iraqi Turkmens, Azeris,
Mandeans, Circassians, Shabaki, Armenians, Turks, Georgians, Yazidis,
Balochs, Iranians and Kawliya/Romani.
Contents
1 Population
2 Religious background
3 Arab-American identity
4 Politics
5 Non-
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans from
Arab

Arab countries
6
Arab

Arab American Heritage Month
7 Festivals
8 Notable people
8.1 Pageants
8.2 Entertainment
8.3 Sports
8.4 Writers and thinkers
8.5 Public figures and politicians
8.6 Business
8.7 Scientists
9 See also
10 Notes
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links
13.1 Festivals
13.2
Arab

Arab American organizations
Population[edit]
See also:
Arab

Arab immigration to the United States and List of Arabic
neighborhoods
Arab

Arab ancestry
The majority of
Arab

Arab Americans, around 62%, originate from the region
of the Levant, which includes Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan,
although overwhelmingly from Lebanon. The remainder are made up of
those from Egypt, Somalia, Morocco, Iraq, Libya, the GCC and other
Arab

Arab nations.
There are nearly 3.5 million
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans in the United States
according to The
Arab

Arab American Institute. Arab-
Americans

Americans live in all
50 states and in Washington, D.C., and 94% reside in the metropolitan
areas of major cities. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city
with the largest percentage of
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans is Dearborn, Michigan, a
southwestern suburb of Detroit, at nearly 40%. The Detroit
metropolitan area is home to the largest concentration of Arab
Americans

Americans (403,445), followed by the New York City Combined
Statistical Area (371,233), Los Angeles (308,295), San Francisco Bay
Area (250,000), Chicago (176,208), and the Washington D.C area.
(168,208).[5](Note: This information is reportedly based upon survey
findings but is contradicted by information posted on the Arab
American Institute website itself, which states that
California

California as a
whole only has 272,485, and
Michigan

Michigan as a whole only 191,607. The 2010
American Community Survey information, from the American Factfinder
website, gives a figure of about 168,000 for Michigan.)
Sorting by American states, according to the 2000 U.S. Census, 48% of
the Arab-American population, 576,000, reside in California, Michigan,
New York, Florida, and New Jersey, respectively; these 5 states
collectively have 31% of the net U.S. population. Five other states -
Illinois, Texas, Ohio, Massachusetts, and
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania - report
Arab-American populations of more than 40,000 each. Also, the counties
which contained the greatest proportions of Arab-
Americans

Americans were in
California, Michigan, New York, Florida, New Jersey, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
The cities with 100,000 or more in population with the highest
percentages of Arabs are Sterling Heights,
Michigan

Michigan 3.69%; Jersey
City,
New Jersey

New Jersey 2.81%; Warren,
Michigan

Michigan 2.51%; Allentown,
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania 2.45%; Burbank,
California

California 2.39% and nearby Glendale,
California

California 2.07%; Livonia,
Michigan

Michigan 1.94%; Arlington,
Virginia

Virginia 1.77%;
Paterson,
New Jersey

New Jersey 1.77%; and Daly City,
California

California 1.69%.[6]
Bayonne, New Jersey, a city of 63,000, reported an Arab-American
population of 5.0% in the 2010 US Census.[7]
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans in the 2000[8] - 2010 U.S. Census[9][note 1]
Ancestry
2000
2000 (% of US population)
2010
2010 (% of US population)
Lebanese
440,279
0.2%
501,988
%
Syrian
142,897
0.1%
148,214
%
Egyptian
142,832
0.1%
190,078
%
Palestinian
72,096
0.04%
93,438
%
Jordanian
39,734
0.03%
61,664
%
Moroccan
38,923
0.03%
82,073
%
Iraqi
37,714
0.01%
105,981
%
Yemeni
11,654
0.005%
29,358[10]
%
Algerian
8,752
%
14,716
%
Saudi
7,419
%
%
Tunisian
4,735
%
%
Kuwaiti
3,162
%
%
Libyan
2,979
%
%
Emirati
459
%
%
Omani
351
%
%
"North African"
3,217
%
%
"Arabs"
85,151
%
290,893
%
"Arabic"
120,665
%
%
Other Arabs
%
224,241
%
Total
1,160,729
0.4%
1,697,570
0.6%
Religious background[edit]
The religious affiliations of
Arab

Arab Americans
While the majority of the population of the
Arab

Arab world is composed of
people of the
Muslim

Muslim faith, most
Arab

Arab Americans, in contrast, are
Christian.[11]
According to the
Arab

Arab American Institute, the breakdown of religious
affiliation among persons originating from
Arab

Arab countries is as
follows:
63% Christian
35% Catholic (
Roman Rite

Roman Rite Catholics and Eastern Catholics —
Maronites and Melkites)
18% Orthodox (
Eastern Orthodox

Eastern Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox)
10% Protestant
24% Muslim
13% Other; no affiliation[11]
The percentage of
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans who are
Muslim

Muslim has increased in
recent years because most new
Arab

Arab immigrants tend to be Muslim. This
stands in contrast to the first wave of
Arab

Arab immigration to the United
States between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when almost all
immigrants were Christians. Most Maronites tend to be of Lebanese or
Syrian extraction; those Christians of Palestinian background are
often Eastern Orthodox. A small number are
Protestant

Protestant adherents,
either having joined a
Protestant

Protestant denomination after immigrating to
the U.S. or being from a family that converted to
Protestantism

Protestantism while
still living in the
Middle East
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Middle East (European and American Protestant
missionaries were fairly commonplace in the
Levant
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Levant in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries).
Arab

Arab Christians, especially from Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt,
continue to immigrate into the U.S. in the 2000s and continue to form
new enclaves and communities across the country.[12]
Arab-American identity[edit]
The
Arab

Arab American National Museum in Dearborn,
Michigan

Michigan celebrates the
history of
Arab

Arab Americans.
Paterson,
New Jersey

New Jersey has been nicknamed
Little Ramallah

Little Ramallah and contains a
neighborhood with the same name, with an
Arab

Arab American population
estimated as high as 20,000 in 2015.[13]
The
United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau is presently finalizing the ethnic
classification of MENA populations. This process does not pertain to
Jewish, Muslim, Christian,
Sikh
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Sikh and other religious adherents, whom
the bureau tabulates as followers of a religion rather than members of
an ethnic group.[14] In 2012, prompted in part by post-9/11
discrimination, the American-
Arab

Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
petitioned the Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development
Agency to designate the MENA populations as a minority/disadvantaged
community.[15] Following consultations with MENA organizations, the
Census Bureau announced in 2014 that it would establish a new MENA
ethnic category for populations from the Middle East,
North Africa

North Africa and
the
Arab

Arab world, separate from the "white" classification that these
populations had previously sought in 1909. The expert groups,
including some Jewish organizations, felt that the earlier "white"
designation no longer accurately represents MENA identity, so they
successfully lobbied for a distinct categorization.[16][17]
As of December 2015, the sampling strata for the new MENA category
includes the Census Bureau's working classification of 19 MENA groups,
as well as Turkish, Sudanese, Djiboutian, Somali, Mauritanian,
Armenian, Cypriot, Afghan, Iranian, Azerbaijani and Georgian
groups.[18]
The
Arab American Institute and other groups have noted that there was
a rise in hate crimes targeting the
Arab

Arab American community as well as
people perceived as Arab/
Muslim

Muslim after the
September 11 attacks

September 11 attacks and the
US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq.[19]
A new Zogby Poll International found that there are 3.5 million
Americans

Americans who were identified as "Arab-Americans", or
Americans

Americans of
ancestry belonging to one of the 23 UN member countries of the Arab
World (these are not necessarily therefore Arabs). Poll finds that,
overall, a majority of those identifying as
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans are
Lebanese
Americans

Americans (largely as a result of being the most numerous
group). The Paterson, New Jersey-based
Arab

Arab American Civic Association
runs an
Arabic

Arabic language program in the Paterson school district.[20]
Paterson,
New Jersey

New Jersey has been nicknamed
Little Ramallah

Little Ramallah and contains a
neighborhood with the same name, with an
Arab

Arab American population
estimated as high as 20,000 in 2015.[13] Neighboring Clifton, New
Jersey is following in Paterson's footsteps, with rapidly growing
Arab, Muslim, and Palestinian American populations.[21]
Politics[edit]
In a 2007 Zogby poll, 62% of
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans vote Democratic, while
only 25% vote Republican.[22] The percentage of Arabs voting
Democratic increased sharply during the
Iraq

Iraq War. However, a number of
prominent
Arab

Arab American politicians are Republicans, including former
New Hampshire Senator John E. Sununu, and
California

California Congressman
Darrell Issa, who was the driving force behind the state's 2003 recall
election that removed Democratic Governor
Gray Davis

Gray Davis from office. The
first woman
Supreme Court Chief Justice in Florida, Rosemary Barkett,
who is of Syrian descent, is known for her dedication to progressive
values.
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans gave
George W. Bush

George W. Bush a majority of their votes in 2000.
However, they backed
John Kerry

John Kerry in 2004 and
Barack Obama

Barack Obama in both 2008
and 2012. They also backed
Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton in 2016.
According to a 2000 Zogby poll, 52% of
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans are pro-life,
74% support the death penalty, 76% are in favor of stricter gun
control, and 86% want to see an independent Palestinian state.[23]
In a study,
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans living in
Detroit

Detroit were found to have values
more similar to that of the
Arab

Arab world than those of the general
population living in Detroit, on average, being more closely aligned
to the strong traditional values and survival values. This was less
the case when participants were secular, or belonged to second and
subsequent generations.[24]
Non-
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans from
Arab

Arab countries[edit]
There are many U.S. immigrants from the
Arab

Arab world who are not
classified as Arabs. Among these are Armenian Americans, Kurdish
Americans

Americans and Jewish
Americans

Americans of Mizrahi origin. Some of these groups
such as Assyrians and Chaldeans are Semites, while the vast majority
of the rest are not Semites. It is very difficult to estimate the size
of these communities. For example, some Armenians immigrated to the
U.S. from Lebanon, Syria, or Iraq. Estimates place these communities
at least in the tens of thousands.[25][26][27] Other smaller
communities include Assyrians (a.k.a. Chaldo-Assyrians), Berbers,
Turkmen, Mandeans, Circassians, Shabaki, Turks, Mhallami, Georgians,
Yazidis, Balochs, Iranians, Azerbaijans and Kawliya/Roma.
Most of these ethnic groups speak their own native languages (usually
another Semitic language related to Arabic) and have their own
customs, along with the
Arabic

Arabic dialect from the
Arab

Arab country they
originate from. Interestingly, Aviva Uri, in her study of Mizrahi Jews
in America, writes that "activists and writers in the United States,
both gentile
Arab

Arab and Jewish, are legitimizing through their various
activities and publications the identity of Mizrahim as Arab
Jews."[28]
Arab

Arab American Heritage Month[edit]
In 2014,
Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County, Maryland designated April as
Arab

Arab American
Heritage Month in recognition of the contributions that
Arab

Arab Americans
have made to the nation.[29]
Festivals[edit]
While the spectrum of
Arab

Arab heritage includes 22 countries, their
combined heritage is often celebrated in cultural festivals around the
United States.
New York City
The Annual Arab-American & North African Street Festival was
founded in 2002 by the Network of Arab-American Professionals of NY
(NAAP-NY).[30] Located in downtown Manhattan, on Great Jones Street
between Lafayette & Broadway, the Festival attracts an estimated
15,000 people, in addition to over 30
Arab

Arab and North African vendors
along with an all-day live cultural performance program representing
performers from across the
Arab

Arab world.
The New York Arab-American Comedy Festival was founded in 2003 by
comedian
Dean Obeidallah

Dean Obeidallah and comedian Maysoon Zayid. Held annually
each fall, the festival showcases the talents of Arab-American actors,
comics, playwrights and filmmakers, and challenges as well as inspires
fellow Arab-
Americans

Americans to create outstanding works of comedy.
Participants include actors, directors, writers and comedians.[31]
Seattle
Of particular note is ArabFest in Seattle, begun in 1999. The festival
includes all 22 of the
Arab

Arab countries, with a souk marketplace,
traditional and modern music, an authentic
Arab

Arab coffeehouse, an Arabic
spelling bee and fashion show. Lectures and workshops explore the rich
culture and history of the
Arab

Arab peoples, one of the world's oldest
civilizations. Also of new interest is the
Arabic

Arabic rap concert,
including the NW group Sons of Hagar, showcasing the political and
creative struggle of
Arabic

Arabic youth.[32]
Arab

Arab American Festival – Arizona
Phoenix
In 2008, the first annual
Arab

Arab American Festival in Arizona was held
on November 1 and 2 in Glendale, Arizona. There were more than 40,000
attendees over the two-day event; more than 35 international singers,
dancers and musicians from all over the
Arab

Arab World performed 20 hours
of live entertainment on stage. Activities included folklore shows, an
international food court, hookah lounge, kids rides and booth vendors,
open to the public, and admission was free.[33]
California
The Annual
Arab

Arab American Day Festival is a three-day cultural and
entertainment event held in Orange County. Activities include book and
folk arts exhibitions, speeches from community leaders in the county,
as well as music and poetry, dancing singing, traditional food, hookah
and much more.[34]
Wisconsin
Since 1996, Milwaukee's
Arab

Arab World Fest has been part of the summer
festival season. It is held during the second weekend of August. This
three day event hosts music, culture and food celebrating the 22 Arab
countries. The festival features live entertainment, belly dancing,
hookah rental, camel rides, cooking demonstrations, a children's area
and great
Arab

Arab cuisine. It is a family friendly festival on
Milwaukee's lakefront.[35]
Notable people[edit]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of
Arab

Arab Americans.
Here are a few examples of famous
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans and
Americans

Americans with
partial
Arab

Arab ancestry in a variety of fields.
Pageants[edit]
Jawahir Ahmed (Somali), Miss
Somalia

Somalia 2013, Miss Africa Utah 2013
Rima Fakih

Rima Fakih (Lebanese),
Miss USA

Miss USA 2010, Miss
Michigan

Michigan USA 2010
Jaclyn Stapp

Jaclyn Stapp (Jordanian), Miss New York 2004, Mrs.
Florida

Florida America
2008
Entertainment[edit]
Yousef Abu-Taleb

Yousef Abu-Taleb (Jordanian), actor, lonelygirl15; film producer
Moustapha Akkad (Syrian), film producer and director
Lorraine Ali (Iraqi), reporter, editor, culture writer, and music
critic for Newsweek
Mohammed Amer

Mohammed Amer (Palestinian parents, born in Kuwait), comedian, writer,
actor; Rolling Stone, Al Barnameg, Allah Made Me Funny
Paul Anka

Paul Anka (Lebanese), singer/songwriter
Michael Ansara

Michael Ansara (Syrian), actor
Zaida Ben-Yusuf

Zaida Ben-Yusuf (Algerian mother), portrait photographer
Yasmine Bleeth

Yasmine Bleeth (Algerian mother), actress
Dick Dale

Dick Dale (part Lebanese), musician, known as the "King of the Surf
Guitar"
Wafah Dufour (Saudi Arabian father), supermodel and singer
Shannon Elizabeth

Shannon Elizabeth (Syrian father), actress
Yousef Erakat

Yousef Erakat (Palestinian), YouTuber, more commonly known as
FouseyTube
Mohammed Fairouz

Mohammed Fairouz (Arab), musician, composer
Jamie Farr

Jamie Farr (Lebanese), actor and comedian, known for his role as
Maxwell Klinger in M*A*S*H
Ferras

Ferras (Jordanian), Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter
Fredwreck

Fredwreck (Palestinian), hip hop producer
Fawaz Gerges

Fawaz Gerges (Lebanese), ABC analyst and regular guest on "Oprah's
Anti-war series"
Hala Gorani

Hala Gorani (Syrian), CNN international news correspondent
Gigi Hadid

Gigi Hadid (Palestinian), television personality and model
Dave Hall (partly Lebanese) songwriter, composer
Sanaa Hamri (Moroccan), music video and movie director; her films
include the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Ray Hanania

Ray Hanania (Palestinians), winning journalist and stand-up
comedian[36]
Malek Jandali

Malek Jandali (Syrian), recording artist, composer and pianist
Anissa Jones

Anissa Jones (maternal grandparents were Lebanese), former child
actress, Family Affair
Casey Kasem
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Casey Kasem (Lebanese), radio personality and voice actor
Kassem G

Kassem G (Egyptian/Jordanian), born Kassem Gharaibeh, comedian, actor,
and the 18th most subscribed channel of all time on YouTube[citation
needed]
DJ Khaled

DJ Khaled (Palestinian), rapper, music producer
Ronnie Khalil (Egyptian), stand-up comedian
Qusai Kheder

Qusai Kheder (Saudi), rapper, singer/songwriter, record producer,
television personality, and DJ
Hoda Kotb

Hoda Kotb (Egyptian), broadcast journalist and TV host on Dateline NBC
and the Today Show
John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo (Lebanese Grandmother), Colombian-American actor and
comedian.
Rami Malek
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Rami Malek (Egyptian parents), actor
Wentworth Miller

Wentworth Miller (part Syrian/Lebanese), actor
Najee Mondalek (Lebanese), actor, producer, playwright
French Montana

French Montana (Moroccan), New York rapper
Remy Munasifi (Iraqi father/Lebanese mother), comedian also known as
GoRemy
Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy (Lebanese), actress in many American films, including
Sister Act
George Noory
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George Noory (Lebanese), radio host, host of Coast To Coast AM
Walid Phares (Lebanese), Fox News correspondent, Middle Eastern policy
advisor to the 2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign and the 2016
Donald Trump presidential campaign
Raef Haggag (Egyptian), singer
RedOne

RedOne (Moroccan), producer, songwriter, music executive
Stephan Said

Stephan Said (Iraqi descent), musician, writer, global justice
activist
Adam Saleh
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Adam Saleh (Yemeni), YouTuber
Jerry Seinfeld
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Jerry Seinfeld (Syrian mother), stand-up comedian, co-creator and
actor of Seinfeld
Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub (Lebanese), executive producer and actor of Monk
Dena Takruri (Palestinian), journalist, on-air presenter, and producer
Vic Tayback

Vic Tayback (Syrian), actor
Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas (Lebanese), actor, comedian; founder of St. Jude's
Medical Center for children; father of Marlo Thomas
Marlo Thomas

Marlo Thomas (partially Lebanese), actress
Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn (partially Lebanese), actor
Sean Yazbeck

Sean Yazbeck (Lebanese), winner of Donald Trump's The Apprentice, NBC
(2006)
Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa (half
Arab

Arab father), musician
Sports[edit]
Justin Abdelkader

Justin Abdelkader (Jordanian), ice hockey forward playing for the
NHL's
Detroit

Detroit Red Wings
Oday Aboushi

Oday Aboushi (Palestinian),
NFL

NFL player of the New York Jets
Sarah Attar

Sarah Attar (Saudi Arabian father), track and field athlete
Rocco Baldelli

Rocco Baldelli (Syrian), professional baseball player with the Red Sox
Doug Flutie
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Doug Flutie (Lebanese father),
NFL

NFL player of the
Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills and San
Diego Chargers
Bill George,
NFL

NFL player and Hall of Famer
Jeff George, quarterback for several
NFL

NFL teams
Isra Girgrah, boxer
Drew Haddad (Jordanian), of the Indianapolis Colts
Jim Harrick, UCLA’s coach
John Jaha, baseball player, of the
MLB

MLB Milwaukee Brewers
Ahmed Kaddour (Lebanese), professional boxer, from NBC show The
Contender
Sam Khalifa, baseball player of the
MLB

MLB Pittsburgh Pirates
Khalid Khannouchi

Khalid Khannouchi (Moroccan), marathon world record holder
Amir Khillah

Amir Khillah (Egyptian), mixed martial artist and The Ultimate Fighter
contestant
Rich Kotite,
NFL

NFL coach
Gavin Maloof, businessman and owner of the Sacramento Kings
George Maloof, Sr. businessman and former owner of the NBA’s Houston
Rockets
Ramsey Nijem

Ramsey Nijem (Palestinian), mixed martial artist and UFC fighter
Joe Robbie, former owner and founder of the NFL's Miami Dolphins
Brandon Saad

Brandon Saad (Syrian), ice hockey winger playing for the NHL's
Columbus Blue Jackets
Soony Saad (Lebanese), soccer forward playing for Sporting Kansas City
in Major League Soccer
Sabu (Lebanese mother), ECW wrestler
Damien Sandow

Damien Sandow (Lebanese), WWE wrestler
Rony Seikaly (Lebanese), former NBA player, now DJ
Omar Sheika (Palestinian), professional boxer, four-time world title
challenger
Writers and thinkers[edit]
Abdisalam Aato (Somali), film director, producer, entrepreneur, and
media consultant
Diana Abu-Jaber (Jordanian), novelist and professor
Yasmeen Sami Alamiri (Iraqi), journalist, first member of the White
House foreign press pool
Hady Amr (Lebanese father), diplomat, founding director of Brookings
Doha Center
Susan Chira (Syrian), journalist, former
New York Times

New York Times editor,
foreign correspondent
Ismail al-Faruqi (Palestinian), philosopher and authority on
Islam

Islam and
comparative religion
Susie Gharib, co-anchor of the Nightly Business Report, listed among
100 most influential business journalists[who?]
Brigitte Gabriel (Lebanese), journalist, author, and anti-Islam
activist
Khalil Gibran

Khalil Gibran (Lebanese), writer, philosopher, and painter
Hala Gorani

Hala Gorani (Syrian), journalist and anchor of CNN's International
Desk; Levantine Cultural Center
Ray Hanania

Ray Hanania (Palestinian), award winning journalist, columnist. Former
Chicago City Hall reporter
Laila Lalami

Laila Lalami (Moroccan), novelist, journalist, essayist, and professor
Ameen al-Rihani

Ameen al-Rihani (Lebanese), writer
Edward Said

Edward Said (Palestinian), literary theorist, thinker, and outspoken
Palestinian activist
Steven Salaita (Palestinian/Jordanian), expert on comparative
literature and post-colonialism, writer, activist
Anthony Shadid

Anthony Shadid (Lebanese), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, foreign
correspondent
Mona Simpson (Syrian father, Abdulfattah Jandali), novelist
Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas (Lebanese), reporter, columnist, and White House
correspondent
Nasser Weddady (Mauritanian), activist, Director of Civil Rights
Outreach at American Islamic Congress
Public figures and politicians[edit]
John Abizaid

John Abizaid (Lebanese), retired general
James Abourezk

James Abourezk (Lebanese), former U.S Senator from South Dakota
(1973-1979)
Spencer Abraham

Spencer Abraham (Lebanese), senator from
Michigan

Michigan and Secretary of
Energy under Bush
Justin Amash

Justin Amash (Palestinian/Syrian), United States Congressman from
Michigan
Victor G. Atiyeh

Victor G. Atiyeh (Syrian), former Governor of Oregon
Rosemary Barkett

Rosemary Barkett (Syrian), U.S. federal judge and the first woman
Supreme Court Justice

Supreme Court Justice and Chief Justice for the state of Florida
Charles Boustany

Charles Boustany (Lebanese),[37] US Representative from Louisiana;
cousin of Victoria Reggie Kennedy[38]
Sam Hindi (Palestinian), Mayor, City of Foster City
Darrell Issa

Darrell Issa (Lebanese), U.S. Congressman from California
Joe Jamail (Lebanese), Renown American trial lawyer and billionaire,
also known as the "King of Torts."
James Jabara

James Jabara (Lebanese), colonel and Korean War flying ace
George Joulwan

George Joulwan (Lebanese), retired general, former NATO
commander-in-chief
Jill Kelley

Jill Kelley (Lebanese), global advocate and American socialite[39]
Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Victoria Reggie Kennedy (Lebanese), attorney and widow of late Senator
Ted Kennedy
Muna Khalif
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Muna Khalif (Somali), fashion designer and MP in the Federal
Parliament of Somalia
Johnny Khamis (Lebanese), Councilmember from San Jose
George J. Mitchell

George J. Mitchell (Lebanese), United States of America special envoy
to the
Middle East
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Middle East under the Obama administration, U.S. senator from
Maine, Senate Majority Leader
Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader (Lebanese), political activist, author, lecturer, and
attorney
Ilhan Omar
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Ilhan Omar (Somali/Yemeni), politician, DFL Party member of the
Minnesota

Minnesota House of Representatives
Dina Powell

Dina Powell (Egyptian), Current U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor
for Strategy.
Nick Rahall

Nick Rahall (Lebanese), congressman from West Virginia
Selwa Roosevelt

Selwa Roosevelt (Lebanese), former Chief of Protocol of the United
States and wife of the late Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr., grandson
of President Theodore Roosevelt
Zainab Salbi
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Zainab Salbi (Iraqi), co-founder and president of Women for Women
International
Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala (Lebanese),
Secretary of Health and Human Services

Secretary of Health and Human Services under
Bill Clinton
John E. Sununu

John E. Sununu (Palestinian), senator from New Hampshire
John H. Sununu

John H. Sununu (Palestinian),
Governor of New Hampshire

Governor of New Hampshire and White
House Chief of Staff under George H. W. Bush
James Zogby

James Zogby (Lebanese), founder and president of the
Arab

Arab American
Institute
Business[edit]
Akram Atallah (Lebanese), CEO/President of ICANN[citation needed]
Mohamed A. El-Erian

Mohamed A. El-Erian (Egyptian), CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO
Najeeb Halaby

Najeeb Halaby (Syrian), father of Queen Noor of
Jordan

Jordan Lisa Elhalabi;
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; CEO and chairman
of Pan Am
Ray R. Irani (Palestinian), Chairman and CEO of Occidental Petroleum
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs (Syrian biological father, Abdulfattah Jandali), co-founder
of Apple Inc.[40]
John J. Mack (Lebanese), Chairman of the Board and CEO of Morgan
Stanley
Manuel Moroun, owner of CenTra, Inc., the holding company which
controls the
Ambassador Bridge

Ambassador Bridge and
Michigan

Michigan Central Depot
Jacques Nasser (Lebanese), former president and CEO of Ford Motor
Company
Ayad B. Saad (Egyptian), first Vice President of Morgan
Stanley[citation needed]
Moose Scheib

Moose Scheib (Lebanese), founder and CEO of LoanMod.com
John Zogby

John Zogby (Lebanese), founder and current President/CEO of Zogby
International
Scientists[edit]
Farouk El-Baz

Farouk El-Baz (Egyptian), scientist who worked with NASA to assist in
the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon
Elias James Corey

Elias James Corey (Lebanese), winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry
Charles Elachi

Charles Elachi (Lebanese), director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ali Said Faqi (Somali), leading scientist and researcher in toxicology
Mona Hanna-Attisha

Mona Hanna-Attisha (Iraqi), pediatrician, public health advocate and
Flint Water Crisis

Flint Water Crisis whistleblower
Adah al-Mutairi (Saudi Arabian), inventor and scholar in
nanotechnology and nanomedicine
Ali H. Nayfeh (Palestinian), scholar in mechanics
Nawal M. Nour (Sudanese), obstetrician and gynecologist
Mohammad S. Obaidat

Mohammad S. Obaidat (Jordanian), computer science/engineering academic
and scholar
Fawwaz T. Ulaby (Syrian), professor of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, former Vice President of Research for the University
of Michigan
Elias Zerhouni

Elias Zerhouni (Algerian), former director of the National Institutes
of Health
Ahmed Zewail

Ahmed Zewail (Egyptian), winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
See also[edit]
Arab

Arab world portal
United States portal
American-
Arab

Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
List of
Arabic

Arabic neighborhoods
Arab

Arab American Institute
Arab

Arab American Political Action Committee
Arab

Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services
Arab

Arab diaspora
Arab

Arab immigration to the United States
Arab

Arab lobby in the United States
Arabs in Europe
Diaspora politics in the United States
History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit
Hyphenated American
Iraqi diaspora
Islam

Islam in Europe
List of American Muslims
Refugees of Iraq
Notes[edit]
^ In this list are not included Sudanese since, in 2000 and 2010,
Sudan

Sudan and South
Sudan

Sudan were yet one country and yet we only have
quantitative data from these groups together. Only the people of
Northern
Sudan

Sudan are Arabs, but most Sudanese
Americans

Americans hailed from the
South Sudan. The 2000 - 2010 US Census indicate not the number of
Americans

Americans of Sudanese (excluding South Sudanese) origin or descent.
References[edit]
^ a b "B04003. Total Ancestry Reported". United States Census Bureau.
2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. Retrieved July 17,
2016.
^ "Demographics -
Arab

Arab American Institute". www.aaiusa.org.
^ "Texas" (PDF).
Arab

Arab American Institute. 2003. Archived from the
original (PDF) on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^ Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS). "American FactFinder -
Results". Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^ "
Arab

Arab American Population Highlights" (PDF).
Arab

Arab American Institute
Foundation. Washington, DC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23
July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
^ de la Cruz, G. Patricia; Angela Brittingham (December 2003). "The
Arab

Arab Population: 2000" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 17 October
2016.
^ "American FactFinder - Results". US Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved
18 March 2015. [dead link]
^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry
Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau.
Retrieved 2010-12-02.
^ "Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more
ancestry categories reported 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year
Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 November
2012.
^ "CITIZENSHIP STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES: Total population in the
United States. 2006-2010 American Community Survey Selected Population
Tables". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
^ a b "
Arab

Arab Americans: Demographics".
Arab

Arab American Institute. 2006.
Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved 18 March
2015.
^ "
Arab

Arab Christians, minorities, reshaping US enclaves". Yahoo News. 11
November 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^ a b Deena Yellin (2015-05-03). "Palestinian flag-raising is
highlight of heritage week in Paterson". North Jersey Media Group.
Retrieved 2015-05-04.
^ "2015 National Content Test" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau.
pp. 33–34. Retrieved 13 December 2015. The Census Bureau is
undertaking related mid-decade research for coding and classifying
detailed national origins and ethnic groups, and our consultations
with external experts on the Asian community have also suggested Sikh
receive a unique code classified under Asian. The Census Bureau does
not currently tabulate on religious responses to the race or ethnic
questions (e.g., Sikh, Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, Lutheran,
etc.).
^ "Lobbying for a 'MENA' category on U.S. Census" Wiltz, Teresea. USA
Today. Published October 7, 2014. Accessed December 14, 2015.
^ "Public Comments to NCT Federal Register Notice" (PDF). U.S. Census
Bureau; Department of Commerce. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
^ Cohen, Debra Nussbaum. "New U.S. Census
Category to Include Israeli'
Option". Haaretz. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
^ "2015 National Content Test" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 60.
Retrieved 13 December 2015.
^ Paulson, Amanda. "Rise in Hate Crimes Worries Arab-Americans"
(
Christian

Christian Science Monitor, April 10, 2003). [1]
^ "Paterson school district restarts
Arab

Arab language program for city
youths". Paterson Press, North Jersey Media Group. 2014-12-10.
Retrieved 2014-12-10.
^ Andrew Wyrich (2016-04-17). "Hundreds in Clifton cheer raising of
Palestinian flag". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved
2016-04-17.
^ "US elections through
Arab

Arab American eyes by Ghassan Rubeiz - Common
Ground News Service". Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^ "
Arab

Arab american Demographics". Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^
Detroit

Detroit
Arab

Arab American Study Group (2 July 2009). Citizenship and
Crisis:
Arab

Arab
Detroit

Detroit After 9/11. Russell Sage Foundation.
pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-1-61044-613-6.
^ "Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more
ancestry categories reported 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year
Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 December
2012.
^ "2006–2010 American Community Survey Selected Population Tables".
Government of the United States of America. Government of the United
States of America. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
^ Ben-Ur, Aviva (2009). Sephardic
Jews

Jews in America: A Diasporic
History. New York: NYU Press. p. 35.
ISBN 9780814786321.
^ Ben-Ur, Aviva (2009). Sephardic
Jews

Jews in America: A Disasporic
History. New York: NYU Press. p. 136.
ISBN 9780814786321.
^ "April is
Arab

Arab American Heritage Month". Montgomery College.
Retrieved 26 December 2014.
^ Network of Arab-American Professionals of NY (NAAP-NY)
^ "Arab-American & North African Cultural Street Festival 2017 in
New York, NY Everfest". Everfest.com.
^ "Live At
Seattle

Seattle Center". seattlecenter.com.
^ "
Arab

Arab American Festival - المهرجان العربي
الأمريكي". Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^
Arab

Arab American Festival
^ "Welcome arabworldfest.com - BlueHost.com". Retrieved 18 March
2015.
^ "Ray Hanania".
Arab

Arab News. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
^ Thomas Omestad (11 May 2011). "Boustany Calls for Clear U.S.
Strategy on Lebanon". Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^ Brandon Richards (28 August 2009). "Crowley native, wife of Kennedy
at center of national spotlight". Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/us/from-petraeus-scandal-an-apostle-for-privacy.html?_r=1
^ "Steve Jobs' Father Regrets Adoption, Hasn't Met Apple Founder"
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-biological-father-regrets-adoption-report/story?id=14381769
Further reading[edit]
Abraham, Nabeel, and Andrew Shryock, eds.
Arab

Arab Detroit: From Margin to
Mainstream (Wayne State UP, 2000).
Cainkar, Louis A. Homeland insecurity: the
Arab

Arab American and Muslim
American experience after 9/11 (Russell Sage Foundation, 2009).
Köszegi, Michael A., and J. Gordon Melton, eds.
Islam

Islam in North
America: A Sourcebook (2 vol. 1992).
Pennock, Pamela E. The Rise of the
Arab

Arab American Left: Activists,
Allies, and Their Fight against Imperialism and Racism, 1960s–1980s
(U of North Carolina Press, 2017). xii, 316 pp
Shahin, Saif. "Unveiling the American-
Muslim

Muslim press: News agendas,
frames, and functions." Journalism (2014) 16#7 884-903
https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884914545376
External links[edit]
2000 U.S. Census Report on the Arab-American population
Learn more at the
Arab

Arab American Museum located in Dearborn, Michigan
A full definition of
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans at the
Arab

Arab American Institute
Us4Arabs -
Arab

Arab American Social Network
Festivals[edit]
Arab

Arab American Festival
New York
Arab

Arab American Comedy Festival
Seattle

Seattle ArabFest
Concert of Colors: Metro Detroit's Diversity Festival (ACCESS/AANM)
Arab-American and North African Cultural Festival
Arab

Arab American organizations[edit]
Arab

Arab Center of Washington
Arab

Arab American Association
List of
Arab

Arab American organizations
American-
Arab

Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Association of Patriotic
Arab

Arab
Americans

Americans in Military
The
Arab

Arab American Council of Trade
Levantine Cultural Center
Network of Arab-American Professionals (NAAP)
Arab

Arab American Civic Council
Tunisian Community Center
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