Palestinian Haitians ( ar, فلسطينيو هايتي) are
Haitians
Haitians ( French: , ht, Ayisyen) are the citizens of Haiti and the descendants in the diaspora through direct parentage. An ethnonational group, Haitians generally comprise the modern descendants of self-liberated Africans in the Caribbean te ...
of
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
descent, or Palestinians with Haitian citizenship.
Notable Palestinian Haitians
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Antoine Izméry
Antoine Izméry (died 11 September 1993) was a Haitian businessman and pro-democracy activist.
Career
Izméry, who was of Palestinian descent, was among the wealthiest people in Haiti. He was one of the most prominent backers of former President J ...
, murdered wealthy businessman and political activist
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Nathalie Handal
Nathalie Handal is an American poet, writer and educator,
described as a “contemporary Orpheus.” A New Yorker of Mediterranean roots, she has published seven prize-winning collections, including ''Life in a Country Album.'' She is praised fo ...
, award-winning poet, writer, and playwright
See also
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Arab Haitians
Arab Haitians are Haitian citizens of Arab descent. In Haiti, there are a sizable number of Haitians that are either of Middle-Eastern Arab ancestry or who trace their origins to Arab descendants. Hadrami and Levantine Arabic ancestry can be fo ...
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Mulatto Haitians
Mulatto (french: mulâtre, ht, milat) is a term in Haiti that is historically linked to Haitians who are born to one white parent and one black parent, or to two mulatto parents. Contemporary usage of the term in Haiti is also applied to the bour ...
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Lebanese Haitians
Lebanese Haitians are Haitians of Lebanese descent or Lebanese with Haitian citizenship.
Notable Lebanese Haitians
* André Apaid Jr., American-born tycoon (partial Lebanese descent because his mother is a Haitian native)
* André Apaid Sr., ...
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Syrian Haitians
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White Haitians
White Haitians (french: link=no, Blancs haïtiens, ; Haitian Creole: ''blan ayisyen''), also known as Euro-Haitians, are Haitians of predominant or full European descent.
History European conquest and colonization
The presence of whites in Haiti ...
References
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Arab Haitian
Ethnic groups in Haiti
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...