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| | Arab American - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Arab Americans are Americans of Arab ancestry and constitute an ethnicity made up of several waves of immigrants from 22 Arab countries, stretching from Morocco in the west to Oman in the east. | | | While the overwhelming majority of the population of the Middle Eastern region, and, in particular, the countries of the Arab world, are identified as adherents of Islam, the vast majority of Arab Americans are Christian, not Muslim. | | | The largest Arab American religious community is comprised by Maronite Catholics (Eastern Rite) who account for 42%, followed by Orthodox Christians and Muslims, each accounting for 23% of the Arab American population. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_American
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| | Arab American Demographics |
| | Lebanese Americans constitute a greater part of the total number of Arab Americans residing in most states, except New Jersey, where Egyptian Americans are the largest Arab group. | | | Their Arab heritage reflects a culture that is thousands of years old and includes 22 Arab countries as diverse as Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Yemen, Tunisia and Palestine. | | | In Virginia, the population of Arab Americans grew |
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http://www.aaiusa.org/demographics.htm
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| | Arab-American Literature |
| | Arab American Bibliography annotated bibliography from the American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee | | | Literary Conference on Arab American and Ethnic Writing October, 1999 in Chicago | | | ARAB AMERICANS page of links about the ethnic group |
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http://www.accd.edu/pac/lrc/lit-arabam.htm
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| | NITLE Arab World Project |
| | This unit begins with the question, "Who are the Arabs?" It then moves on to address the status of those Arabs who are not Muslim, as well as the status of those non-Arabs, both Muslim and not, who form the minority communities of the region. | | | This is an account of the forces that have shaped the Arab world into the kind of society it is today. | | | You will also find samples of writing by Arab-Americans, of the Francophone tradition in the Arab World, and even writing by non-Arabs who use Arabic as their literary language. |
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http://arabworld.nitle.org/main_menu.php
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| | Arab-American Business |
| | Arabs immigrating since World War II have tended to be from capitalist classes -- landed gentry and influential urban-based families -- replaced by new leadership in their various home countries. | | | Because U.S. Arabs come from so many different countries, and have different religious and cultural backgrounds, there is no one "Arab- American community"; common to all Arab immigrants, however, is the Arabic language. | | | Moreover, until recently, non-Syrian Asian Arabs were counted as "other Asians," and others categorized as "other Africans." Palestinians, the main postwar group, were counted as refugees, Israelis or nationals of their last country of residence. |
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http://www.arabamericanbusiness.com/issue1_nov2001/sr_badry.htm
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| | Discrimination against Arab Americans |
| | Mosques, Arab community centers, and Arab-owned businesses were vandalized, women and girls wearing the traditional Muslim head covering, the hijab, were harassed and assaulted, and a Moroccan man in Bridgeview, a suburb of Chicago with a large Arab and Muslim population, was spat on by two people and then attacked with a machete. | | | He is Arab American, from California, and he was traveling to Saudi Arabia. | | | Most Arab Americans are admitted under refugee or asylee status, and there are also a significant number of F-1 and H-1 visas issued. |
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http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/soc/355lect14.htm
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| | U.S. Society and Values, "Contemporary U.S. Literature: Multicultural Perspectives, Department of State, International ... |
| | Many believe that this strong presence of Arab American literature is part of or followed the upsurge of "ethnic literature" in the United States of the 1970s. | | | Some of the understanding and presence of Arab American writing is a result of writers who have developed a scholarly domain for studying this work. | | | Second, the themes of Arab American writing are not limited to issues of culture and identity, but are extensive and far-reaching. |
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http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0200/ijse/abinader.htm
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| | Aljazeera.Net - Bush losing Arab American support |
| | Bush won nearly 46% of the Arab American vote in 2000, versus 38% for the Democratic candidate, Al Gore. | | | There are roughly 235,000 Arab American voters in Michigan alone, something Zogby said would likely give their community a greater voice than in years past. | | | Others said attempts to court Arab Americans had been minimal at best. |
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6AA38FBF-2DF5-45EA-BA6D-C7FC8BBA0955.htm
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| | Tolerance.org: Who are the Arab Americans? |
| | Royalty: Jordan's Queen Noor married King Hussein of Jordan and became the first Arab American to be queen of a foreign country. | | | Some 3.5 million Arab Americans live in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. | | | September 13, 2001 -- Learn more about who the Arab Americans are and how they've contributed to American life in the last century. |
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http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=274
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| | Arab-American Activism |
| | If this trend continues, the report predicts that Arab Americans will be a "significant portion" of the new majority of non-European-origin Americans by the year 2030. | | | According to the report, during the 1980s the Arab world as a whole was the 10th largest source of immigrants to the US. | | | 56, which seeks to protect Arab Americans from unwarranted governmental investigations and to encourage federal and state enforcement agencies to monitor and counter hate crimes against Arab Americans. |
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http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0391/9103068a.htm
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| | Famous Arab Americans |
| | There are about 3 million Arab Americans, and as a community, we've been demonstrating loyalty, inventiveness, and courage on behalf of the United States for over 100 years. | | | His daughter, Lisa, married King Hussein of Jordan and became the only Arab American to be queen of a foreign country, Queen Noor. | | | We Arab Americans are proud of our heritage and proud to be Americans. |
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http://www.aaiusa.org/famous_arab_americans.htm
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| | Arab-American Activism |
| | Arab Americans from across the United States gathered in Washington, DC May 6 through 10 for “Vote ’98: A Winning Strategy,” a national leadership conference co-sponsored by the Arab American Institute, Palestinian American Congress and the National Arab American Business Association. | | | She went on to say that the plights of the American Indians and the Palestinian people also have many parallels. | | | He said the Arab countries will have to downsize “extremely fat, bloated bureaucracies and shift power to the private sector” because the “pressure to open up and streamline affects every country from Morocco to Kuwait...There is an invasion of information capital going on, and it is going to be hugely transforming.” |
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http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0798/9807106.html
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| | The American Gulag -- A record of anti-Arab bigotry in America |
| | Too many Americans refuse to acknowledge that this country is driven by racist bigotry and hatred of people based on color, religion and national origin. | | | But after bloggers alleged that the event was a thinly veiled terrorist indoctrination, anonymous callers bombarded the Muslim American Society of Tampa with death threats and curses. | | | Well, 14 people were murdered in the weeks after Sept. 11th and reports continue to show that acts of bigotry and assault against Arabs and Muslims in this country continue. |
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http://antiarabbigotry.blogspot.com
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| | The Arab Street.Com, your portal to the views, opinions and events of the Arab American and Arab World people ... |
| | While many Arabs and Muslims are angry with Israel and have been been for the mistreatment of Palestinians since 1948, the blood libel claim that the Holocaust is a myth is an exploitation of that anger and frustration. | | | The Arab Street.Com, your portal to the views, opinions and events of the Arab American and Arab World people... | | | Individuals who are Arab, Muslim, or who have expressed views critical of his government's illegal actions are being illegally spied upon in violation of American laws. |
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http://www.thearabstreet.com
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| | Arab American Newspapers publications Press Community outreach |
| | AMC has built an effective relationship with International Muslim and Arab media outlets, which makes us one of the rare agencies capable of effectivelly planning your advertising campaign and place it in The Arab Media. | | | There are more than 7 million Muslims in the United States and More than 4 million Arab Americans. | | | Arab newspapers - Arab Magazines - Arab and Arab American community outreach |
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http://www.allied-media.com/Arab-American/muslim-media.htm
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| | Dearborn center captures contributions to U.S. life - 05/03/05 |
| | The opening of the Arab American National Museum, the first of its kind in the country, is a striking achievement for Arab-Americans. | | | Regardless of the universal quality of their appeal, the Arab American National Museum is a particular point of ethnic pride. | | | But like the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and the Holocaust Memorial Center, the Arab American National Museum may ultimately say more about America than just Arab-America. |
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http://www.detnews.com/2005/metro/0505/03/A01-169972.htm
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| | NITLE Arab World Project |
| | While the accomplishments of Americans of Arab descent are many, their lives in this country have not been without difficulty. | | | In a program on Arab culture designed for a consortium of American colleges and universities, it seems appropriate to deal with the history and current status of Arab immigrants to the United States. | | | While this unit is intended to give an overview of the history of communities of Arab descent in this country, much more needs to be said. |
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http://arabworld.nitle.org/introduction.php?module_id=9
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| | Arab-Americans turning away from Bush - Politics - MSNBC.com |
| | “Many Arabs are unhappy with [Bush’s] conduct in the war on terror, his handling of the war in Iraq, his biased handling of the Palestine-Israel conflict and he recently approved legislation targeting Syria. | | | All of these factors have shifted the view on Bush,” said Sarab Al-Jijakali, 28, co-founder of The Network of Arab American Professionals in New York. | | | “The Network of Arab American Professionals and other Arab organizations conduct direct election outreach in Arab neighborhoods,” said Al-Jijakli. |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6056602
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| | Open Directory - Society: Ethnicity: Asian: Middle Eastern: Arab: Arab-American |
| | Al-Hewar : Arab American Discrimination in the US Government Workplace and Its Ramifications - Wendy Ghannam, a USAID career woman, reports that she was forced out of her job because she's married to a Palestinian. | | | The Arab American Institute - Promotes the concerns of the Arab-American community in the United States society and abroad. | | | Stories of Early Arab Presence in America - Covers the early presence of Arabs in American. |
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http://dmoz.org/Society/Ethnicity/Asian/Middle_Eastern/Arab/Arab-American
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| | Al Jadid Magazine |
| | Al Jazeera Revolutionizes Arab Media by Carole Corm Tawfic Hakem’s documentary, "Al Jazeera: The Voice of Arabia," in Arabic and French with English subtitles, produced with European funding, is a brilliant documentary on Al Jazeera, the most famous Arab news channel. | | | Hate crimes against Arab Americans and Muslims have risen exponentially since 9-11, just as government surveillance and litigation against them have increased. | | | Three recent documentaries examine the lives of Arab Americans, Arabs, and Muslims living in America after 9/11. |
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| | Arab American Museum Showcases Arab Achievements - US Department of State |
| | The last exhibit focuses on the hundreds of Arab American individuals and organizations who have made an impact as athletes, activists, scientists, writers, doctors, entrepreneurs, politicians, engineers and entertainers. | | | “Our mission at the Arab American National Museum is to tell the history of Arab Americans, but to do that we must tell about the roots and ties that go back to the Arab World,” said Sarah Blannett, curator of the museum. | | | Another push of a button and visitors hear, “ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.” The display says that these words, spoken by President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in his 1961 inaugural address, were inspired by Arab American poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran. |
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http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/May/24-925511.html
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| | Welcome to www.arabmedia.com, your gateway to the Arab community in the United States |
| | As one of the few Arab American employees in the department, Monsour said he'd felt some discrimination before 9.11, being non-white in a rural area of the country. | | | Two Arab American federal workers expose racist harassment and discrimination in the U.S. Department of Justice and Homeland Security. | | | After the attacks, he said, the harassment and discrimination intensified. |
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| | Ray Hanania's Books and Writings |
| | I met you at the Arab Americans of Central Ohio hafleh in Columbus in June 2005. | | | The first-ever look at Chicago's Arab American community and their immigration to Chicago. | | | The most comprehensive media and resource guide to the Arab American community available -- the only one to include both Muslim and Christian Arab American media and contact resources. |
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http://www.hanania.com/book.htm
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| | Improving Arab-American Relations |
| | Third, have former President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush, or whoever the chairs are, strongly impress on participants the need to set aside their differences to make practical recommendations on how the US government could work to strengthen the incentives for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. | | | It’s a model that can be replicated in finding ways for Americans to help Israelis and Palestinians move beyond their differences. | | | This is how it might emerge and what would be required: First, a prominent Washington think tank convenes a panel of leading Arab-American and American Jewish leaders, along with some former Republican and Democratic political leaders who have worked on the Middle East and have recently demonstrated the ability to work together. |
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http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=64197&d=23&m=5&y=2005
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| | Amazon.com: Bint Arab: Books |
| | Shakir's family was Christian, as were most of the earlier generations of Arab immigrants, and her account of their generation draws much from family memories. | | | Taken as a whole, Bint Arab is a very readable and richly detailed portrayal of an ethnic group with whom other Americans would do well to become better acquainted. | | | Bint Arab is a worthwhile book for Arab Americans and all others interested in knowing more about the women of this little-known ethnic group.”– |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0275956725?v=glance
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| | The Arab American Mirror |
| | Recently and in a very timely manner, a new realignment emerged within Arab America with the Egyptians surfacing as a political force ready to assert itself and assum a leadership role parallel to the role they are gradually evolving back into in the Arab World. | | | With that came the pleasant discovery that the world of Arab American activism is much larger than once thought. | | | For two centuries, the American ideology would be put to the test. |
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http://www.geocities.com/aamirror
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| | Chicagoland Arab American Directory |
| | In those instances where an Arab newspaper or media doesn't exist, you can distribute information through local organizations, major retail restaurants and grocery stores to reach the Arab community. | | | We can also help you devise a media campaign to reach Arab Americans and Muslim Americans and have a proprietary list we produce. | | | The most comprehensive media and resource guide to the Arab American community available -- the only one to include both Muslim and Christian Arab American resources. |
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http://www.hanania.com/arabdir.htm
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| | Dove's Eye View |
| | Maalouf is an Arab but not a Muslim, by the way. | | | And while Islam and the Arabs are not one and the same, you must understand this early Islamic history to "get" anything about the Arab world today. | | | Abu-Aardvark's book is out: Voices of the New Arab Public; Iraq, al-Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today, by Marc Lynch. |
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http://bedouina.typepad.com
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| | The Arab American Institute |
| | "Are Arab Americans People Like Us?" by James Zogby. | | | Surveys of Arab American and Jewish American Opinion | | | AAI's resource packet on Arab Americans, the Middle East, and Islam |
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http://www.aaiusa.org/about_arab_americans.htm
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| | American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee |
| | Evelyn Shakir, Bint Arab: Arab and Arab American Women in the United States (Praeger Publishers, 1997). | | | We especially recommend the video “Young Voices from the Arab World,” a colorful and appealing presentation of Arab culture as reflected in the lives of five young people in Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Kuwait and Morocco. | | | As part of its response to the aftermath of the September 11 hijacking attacks and the anti-Arab backlash in some quarters of American society, ADC has compiled and made available the following resource guide for Americans seeking more information on Arab-Americans, the Arab World and Islam. |
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http://www.adc.org/action/2001/15september2001v002.htm
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| | Tolerance.org: TOLERANCE WATCH: A Backlash Continues Against American Arabs and Muslims |
| | Despite pleas for tolerance from President George W. Bush and others, violence and incidents of crude verbal harassment against Muslim and Sikh citizens and those of Arab descent continue to be reported. | | | He's just one man among millions of Arab American citizens. | | | TOLERANCE WATCH: A Backlash Continues Against American Arabs and Muslims |
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http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=280
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| | ArabAmerican.Net A site for progressive Arab-Americans and their friends. |
| | Simply put, Arab and Muslim nations' disdain for the Bush administration is a natural human response to colonization, military oppression, and the degrading regimes they bring about. | | | It's disturbing to think that the president truly believes that Arab and Muslim contempt for his government stems from Arab media detractors, rather than his administration's misguided policies. | | | Because I believe in the American system of justice, I sued George Tenet, the former CIA director, last week. |
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http://www.arabamerican.net
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| | BBC News AMERICAS Bush warns against Arab-American backlash |
| | President of the Arab American Institute Dr James Zogby told BBC News Online it had been a trauma for all Americans, including Arab-Americans, many of whom had lost friends and relatives in the disaster. | | | US President George W Bush has warned Americans not to blame Arab-Americans for the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. | | | "Regardless of who is ultimately found to be responsible for these terrorist murders, no ethnic or religious community should be treated as suspect and collectively blamed," the Arab American Institute, based in Washington, said. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1540000/1540371.stm
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| | Arab American Studies - Academic Info |
| | Includes articles on Arab American experiences after September 11th. | | | "...explores what it means to be an American with the face of the enemy [Japanese American in 1941 and Arab American in 2001]. | | | Sections include: Muslim Marriage ; Arab American Immigration ; Publications. |
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http://www.academicinfo.net/usaarab.html
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| | Tolerance, Civil Rights and Justice in Wake of September 11 Tragedies |
| | 100 Questions and Answers about Arab Americans - This is a journalist's guide put together by the Detroit Free Press listing basic facts concerning the Arab American community. | | | Commission Reaffirms Commitment to Protecting Rights of Arab Americans and Muslims | | | Civil Rights Issues Facing Arab Americans in Michigan |
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| | Access Community |
| | She is a very active and hard-working Arab American, involving herself in groups like Seeds of Peace, the Arab American Institute, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and the Islamic Center of America. | | | , and with approximately 500,000 Arab Americans in | | | Not only was each school honored at the reception, but the GM Middle Eastern Affinity Group has donated $2,000 to ACCESS to launch the Arab American Youth Leadership Scholarship. |
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| | Arab American Heritage Month |
| | We are looking for web sites that celebrate Arab American Heritage Month on an elementary student level. | | | - Develop a Arab American Oral History Project, learn about the Arab American Chamber of Commerce and find out about the Arab-American Mirror which takes a critical look at Contemporary Arab American issues. | | | - This is Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services. |
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http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/oipd/diversity/arabamatvs.html
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| | US Homeland Security Gets Data on Arab-Americans |
| | James Zogby, head of the Arab American Institute, told the newspaper the data sharing would harm efforts to build trust within Arab-American communities. | | | The Census Bureau disclosed the data sharing in response to a request from a civil liberties group, Electronic Privacy Information Center, which shared the documents with The Times. | | | Copyright: Arab News © 2003 All rights reserved. |
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http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=49156&d=31&m=7&y=2004
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| | Arab Files |
| | Using Saddam as an excuse to continue the sanctions and to bomb at random Iraqi targets is a crime against humanity. | | | As long as we remain silent, the blood of all Palestinian children indelibly stains our hands. | | | Who would really stand to gain the most from such an attack against the American people? |
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http://www.hejleh.com/edna_yaghi
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| | Welcome to www.arabmedia.com, your gateway to the Arab community in the United States |
| | The Directory is also considered a major source of information about Arab businesses, entrepreneurs and professionals in the United States. | | | The Arab-American Directory plays a major role in informing the public about the Arab world, Arab embassies in Washington, D.C. and the major Arab, Muslim and American organizations throughout the United States. | | | Hikmat Beaini / President of Arab Media House. |
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http://www.arabmedia.com/directory.html
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| | American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee - Austin |
| | Anthony Shadid is that rarest of Americans: an Arab American, fluent in Arabic and entrusted by major media to report from Iraq. | | | One major policy axiom rooted in US foreign policy in relation to Arab and Muslim nations has been the offer of political validation to those governments that choose to normalise with Israel, while displaying utter hostility toward those who opt not to. | | | Editor-in-Chief of "U.S News & World Report" Makes Inflammatory Comments About Arabs |
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| | 'Alienated' Arab-Americans flock to Kerry campaign - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - July 28, 2004 |
| | James Zogby, the President of the Arab American Institute and a member of the DNC Executive Committee, spoke to Arab-American delegates and politicians who gathered under the auspices of the Arab American Institute at the Boston Center for the Arts on Monday. | | | Salhab, who heads the Florida Arab American Leadership Council, said that while Mr. | | | There are 46 Arab-American delegates at the Democratic convention this year, the highest number since the 1988 convention, said James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute. |
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http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040728-121518-8142r.htm
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| | D. H. Melhem |
| | Harry, one of the ground people, conspires to murder their tyrannical leader, Edam, in a plot that involves Joseph as accomplice
.Illustrated with fey line drawings, this lyrical allegory raises basic questions about interspecies communication and cooperation, whether murder is ever justified, and how to heal our ruptured relationship with the earth. | | | Ziryab Monthly Reading Series (Arab American Writers and Friends). | | | An extensive book review of Conversation with a Stonemason appeared in American Book Review, March-April 2004. |
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http://dhmelhem.home.att.net
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| | Open Directory - Society: Ethnicity: Asian: Middle Eastern: Arab |
| | Arabesque - Weekly Arab society and culture guide edited by Saleh Badrah. | | | ArabiaLine - United Kingdom-based Arab portal, offering news, classified and personal ads, business directory, discussion forums and chat, and related links. | | | Open Directory - Society: Ethnicity: Asian: Middle Eastern: Arab |
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