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Today, Arabs make up roughly 1.2 percent of the overall US population. [29] Between 1990 and 2000 the Arab American population increased by an estimated 30 percent. [29] Lebanese are the largest group of Arab Americans in every state except for New Jersey, where Egyptians make up the largest nationality. [28]
Of special concern, for example, is the fact that 45% of students and 37% of Arab Americans of the Muslim faith report being targeted by discrimination since September 11. [25] According to the FBI and Arab groups, the number of attacks against Arabs, Muslims, and others mistaken as such rose considerably after the 9/11 attacks. [26]
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). Cainkar, Louis A. Homeland insecurity: the Arab American and Muslim American experience after 9/11 (Russell Sage Foundation, 2009). Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck.
Donald Trump's allies are working to win over Arab American voter s who are unhappy with President Joe Biden’s support for Israel. The effort is led by Massad Boulos, whose son married Tiffany ...
Its founding was partly in response to the film True Lies, which Arab and Muslim groups condemned for its stereotyping of Arab and Muslim villains. [9] The offices opened a month before the film's release. CAIR's first advocacy campaign was in response to an offensive greeting card that used the term "shia" to refer to human excrement.
The Council on American Islamic Relations said 2023 was the year it received the highest number of bias reports in its 30-year history. A report released Tuesday from the Muslim civil rights ...
Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy accused a leading Muslim civil rights advocate of supporting extremism during a Senate hearing on hate incidents in the U.S., drawing criticism from many ...
The Arab American Institute ("AAI"), founded in 1985 by James Zogby, is a non-profit, membership organization and advocacy group based in Washington D.C. that focuses on the issues and interests of Arab American nationwide. The organization seeks to increase the visibility of Arab American involvement as voters and candidates in the American ...