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Arab American National Museum in Dearborn. By 2007 Metro Detroit, if defined as Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Washtenaw counties, had the United States's largest Arab American population, larger than that of Greater Los Angeles if that region was defined as Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties.
That year, Wayne County had 77,207 Latinos, the largest number of Latinos in any Michigan county, with 61% of them living in Detroit. Of the Latinos, 53,538 were Mexican, 9,036 were Puerto Rican, and 1,595 were Cuban. In Michigan Wayne County has the highest numbers of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans.
It is the same for Metro Detroit's Arab American community which has been watching what has been happening 6,000 miles away with worry. "It's extremely tense right now - we have family and friends ...
The Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee typically holds its annual convention in Washington D.C. This year, it needed to be in Dearborn. ‘We are not OK:’ Arab Americans, feeling ...
Abraham, Nabeel, and Andrew Shryock, eds. Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream (Wayne State UP, 2000). Ameri, Anan, and Holly Arida. Daily Life of Arab Americans in the 21st Century (Greenwood, 2012). Alsultany, Evelyn. Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 (New York University Press, 2012).
Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to Biden, traveled to metro Detroit in March to meet with Lebanese Americans and discuss efforts to prevent the conflict from expanding along Israel’s northern border, where Hezbollah operates. Multiple White House officials also traveled to Dearborn in February to meet with Arab American leaders to discuss ...
Within the city of Dearborn, which is 55% Arab American, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Lansing, a supporter of Israel, crushed Hill Harper, an outspoken critic of Israel endorsed by several Arab ...
Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream is a book published by Wayne State University Press in 2000, edited by Nabeel Abraham and Andrew Shryock. It discusses the Arab population in Metro Detroit . [ 1 ]