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The cuisine of Algeria is a distinct fusion of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines.

Description[link]

Location of Algeria

Lamb shanks

Chakhchoukha. Marqa mixed with Rougag on individual plate ready to eat

Algerian cuisine differs slightly from region to region. Algerian cuisine has strong Berber but also Ottoman Turkish influence due to the Ottoman occupation. The main varieties are Algiers, Oran , Constantine (largely , Kabylie and Sahara. Dairy products come mainly from Kabylie. Breakfasts, which exist since the French colonization, is generally light. Tea or Turkish coffee are served with some pastries. At noon, street stalls which sell often shawarma, are very common in the cities. The dinner, which is very copious, is often eaten late in the night, especially during the month of Ramadan. Every region has its own cuisine like Kabylie (tikourbabine,ftir oukessoul,berkoukes,felfel, aghrum aquran abazine, tahabboult s elmerqua) Algier (mtewwew,chtitha djej,sfiria,khdiwej,chorba bida,momo fi hjer mmo,tagine khokh ,tagine mechmach....) Constantine (rechta ,rrfiss ,chebah el soffra ,trida,tlitli,......). Pork consumption is forbidden in accordance with Sharia, religious laws of Islam.

Ingredients[link]

Algeria, like other Maghreb countries, produces a large range of Mediterranean fruits and vegetables and even some tropical ones.^[1] Lamb is commonly consumed. Mediterranean seafood and fish is also eaten and produced by the little inshore fishing.

Dishes[link]

The khabz, traditional Amazigh(Berber)flatbread, is the base of Algerian cuisine and eaten at all meals. An Algerian dish is merguez, a spicy lamb sausage, that originate from the Atlas mountains. Other common dishes include berber couscous, chakchouka, Karantita, pastilla that is a speciality from Tlemcen and the Chaoui dish chakhchoukha. Spices used in Algerian cuisine are dried red chillies of different kinds, caraway, ras el hanout, black pepper and cumin, among others. Spices like cumin, nutmeg, coriander, fennel, ginger, mace, star anise, chillies etc. are very popular in Algerian cuisine. Algerians also use tagines, handmade in many parts of the cities in Algeria, frequently Algerian food is cooked in clay recipients, much like Maghrib cuisine, Algerian cuisine represents the region north of the sahara desert and west of the Nile. Algerian chefs take a lot of pride in cooking skills and methods and their many secrets lie in the variety of ways they mix special spices .

There are many different types of Algerian salads, influences by the french and turkish, and can include some very individual ingredients such as beetroot or in some salads anchovies.

There are also dishes of Spanish origin in Algeria, like the Gaspacho Oranais, an Algerian version of a Manchego dish.^[2]

Desserts and drinks[link]

Sweets like seasonal fruits are typically served at the end of meals. Common pastries include makroudh, nougat and asida. Halwa are cookies eaten during the month of Ramadan. Algerians are the second greatest consumers of honey per capita in the world. Mint tea is generally drunk in the morning and for ceremonies with pastries. Algerians are heavy coffee consumers and Turkish coffee is very popular. Fruit juice and soft drinks are very common and are often drunk daily. Algeria previously produced a large quantity of wine during the French colonization but production has decreased since its independence.

Additional dishes[link]

Merguez, a spicy sausage   Kanafeh, a vermicelli-like pastry   Asida, a traditional wheat-based dessert

References[link]

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Arab Americans
عرب أمريكا

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Total population
1,680,018[1] 0.5% of the U.S. population (2009)
Regions with significant populations
California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and scattered in others.
Languages
American English, Arabic, Syriac, Kurdish, French and others.

This article contains Arabic text, written from right to left in a cursive style with some letters joined. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined Arabic letters written left-to-right instead of right-to-left or other symbols instead of Arabic script.

An Arab American (Arabic: عرب أمريكا‎) is a United States citizen or resident of Arab ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage or identity, who identifies themselves as Arab. Arab Americans trace ancestry to any of the various waves of immigrants of the countries comprising the Arab World. Americans descended from immigrants of the Arab world via other countries are also included.

Countries of origin for Arab Americans include Lebanon, Syria, Palestine (mostly pre-1948 Palestine Christians as well as what since corresponds to the Gaza Strip and West Bank, plus Arab citizens of Israel), Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait in West Asia and Libya, Sudan, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Mauritania and Morocco (plus also Sahrawis from the disputed Western Sahara) in North Africa.

According to the 2008 ACS, there are 1,573,530 Arab Americans, accounting for 0.5% of the American population.^[1] The largest subgroup is by far the Lebanese Americans, with 501,907,^[1] nearly a third of the Arab American population. Over 1/4 of all Arab Americans claimed two ancestries, having not only Arab ancestry but also non-Arab. Some groups from the Arab World are non Arabs; Assyrians were listed in the US census under Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac.^[1] Arab Americans, and Arabs in general, comprise a highly diverse amalgam of groups with differing ancestral origins, religious backgrounds and historic identities. Instead, the ties that bind are a shared heritage by virtue of common linguistic, cultural, and political traditions.

Population[link]

The majority of Arab Americans, around 62%, originate from the region of the Levant, which includes Syria, Lebanon, Palestine/Israel and Jordan, although overwhelmingly from Lebanon. The remainder are made up of those from Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Morocco and other Arab nations, which are small in numbers but present nonetheless.

There are nearly 3.5 million Arab Americans in the United States according to The Arab American Institute. Arab-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 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 (403,445), followed by the New York City Combined Statistical Area (371,233), Los Angeles (308,295), Chicago (176,208), and Washington D.C. (168,208).^[2] (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 as a whole only has 272,485, and Michigan as a whole only 191,607. 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 - report Arab-American populations of more than 40,000 each. Also, the counties which contained the greatest proportions of Arab-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 3.69%; Jersey City, New Jersey 2.81%; Warren, Michigan 2.51%; Allentown, Pennsylvania 2.45%; Burbank, California 2.39% and nearby Glendale, California 2.07%; Livonia, Michigan 1.94%; Arlington, Virginia 1.77%; Paterson, New Jersey 1.77%; and Daly City, California 1.69%.^[3]

Arab Americans in the 2000 U.S. Census^[4]

Ancestry	2000	% of population
Lebanese	440,279	0.2%
Syrian	142,897	0.1%
Egyptian	142,832	0.1%
Palestinian	72,112	0.04%
Jordanian	39,734	0.03%
Moroccan	37,462	0.03%
Iraqi	37,714	0.01%
Yemeni	15,000	0.005%
Other Arabs	424,807	0.2%
TOTAL	1,500,641	0.42%

Religious background[link]

The religious affiliations of Arab Americans

While the majority of the population of the Arab World is composed of people of the Muslim faith, most Arab Americans, in contrast, are Christian.^[5]

According to the Arab American Institute, the breakdown of religious affiliation among Arab Americans is as follows:

• 63% Christian
  • 35% Catholic (Roman Rite Catholics & Eastern Catholics — Maronites and Melkites)
  • 18% Orthodox (Eastern Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox)
  • 10% Protestant
• 24% Muslim
• 13% Other; Jewish, No Affiliation^[6]

The percentage of Arab Americans who are Muslim has increased in recent years, because most new Arab immigrants tend to be Muslim; this stands in contrast to the first wave of Arab immigration to the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during which almost all immigrants were Christians. Most Maronite Catholics tend to be of Lebanese or Syrian extraction; those Christians of Palestinian background are often Eastern Orthodox. A small number are Protestants, either having joined a Protestant denomination after immigrating to the U.S. or being from a family that converted to Protestantism while still living in the Middle East (European and American Protestant missionaries were fairly commonplace in the Levant in the late 19th and early 20th centuries).

There are substantial numbers of American Jews originating from the Arab World, notably of Mizrahi Jewish extraction. Most migrated from their respective countries of origin to the United States during the late 20th century. The number of Arab Jewish-Americans is difficult to determine. Overlapping identification as Jewish Americans (along with other American Jews of various backgrounds) and Arab Americans (along with other American Arabs of various religious traditions) seldom occurs for political reasons.

Arab Christians continue to immigrate into the U.S. in the 2000s and continue to form new enclaves and communities across the country. ^[7]

Census category[link]

The Arab American National Museum celebrates the history of Arab Americans

The current U.S. Census definition includes white "people having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa."^[8] However, just like different groups within each country, some of the ancestral and racial heritage of the peoples of not only each Middle East and North African country (Arab or otherwise) is a complex mosaic of elements indigenous to their respective regions, influenced to varying degrees by other elements introduced from historic interactions with Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and Europe, either because of conquests, slave trade, or simply due to proximity.

In 2010, a group of Arab-Americans in Orange County, California, launched a campaign with the slogan "check it right, you ain't White"^[9] to encourage Arabs to check the box that says "Other" when filling out their 2010 United States Census form and identify themselves as "Arab" or their specific country of origin.

Many Arab Americans, especially those with darker complexions (irrespective of their religious tradition), have been increasingly targeted for discrimination and hate crimes after the September 11 attacks.^[10]

A new Zogby Poll International found that there are 3.5 million Americans who were identified as "Arab-Americans", or 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 Americans are Lebanese Americans (largely as a result of being the most numerous group), although proportionally, as a group by national origin, Lebanese Americans identifying as Arab Americans may be smaller than, for instance, Yemeni Americans.

Politics[link]

Arab Americans tend to vote more Democratic than Republican. In a recent 2007 Zogby poll 62% of Arab Americans vote Democratic, while only 25% vote Republican.^[11] The percentage of Arabs voting Democratic increased sharply after the Iraq War and is likely to have increased further since the Obama election. However, a number of prominent Arab American politicians are Republicans, including former New Hampshire Senator John E. Sununu, and California Congressman Darrell Issa, who was the driving force behind the state's 2003 recall election that removed Democratic Governor Gray Davis from office. The strong sense of family values characteristic of Arab Americans does not necessarily translate to Republican values in Arab American statesmen, however; the first woman Supreme Court Chief Justice in Florida, Rosemary Barkett, is known for her dedication to progressive values and has been publicly criticized by Republican politicians at various stages of her career. Ralph Nader is another example of a liberal Arab American politician.

Arab Americans gave George W. Bush a majority of their votes in 2000. However, as a group they backed John Kerry in 2004 and Barack Obama in 2008.

According to a 2000 Zogby poll, 52% of Arab 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.^[12] Arab American Republicans often view the GOP as more in line with Arab culture, which tends to be more socially conservative and values entrepreneurship and free enterprise. Arab American members of the Democratic party may choose to do so through a sense of social justice and traditional values of tolerance, or because of concerns over foreign policy and, in recent years, the Iraq War, Racial Profiling and the War on Terror.

Festivals and pageants[link]

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While the spectrum of Arab heritage includes 22 countries, their combined heritage is often celebrated in cultural festivals around the United States.

Pageants[link]

Miss USA Pageant[link]

On May 16, 2010 Lebanese American Rima Fakih won the 2010 Miss USA title, after winning the Miss Michigan USA title.

Miss Arab USA Pageant[link]

In 2010 Mr. Ashraf Elgamal has founded the first Miss Arab USA Pageant. The Annual Pageant is founded on the basis of advancing the cause for women of Arab descent. The Pageant is a charity event for the community, uniting Arabs and friends of Arabs in celebrating the Arab cultural heritage in the great nation of The United States of America.

The Miss Arab USA Pageant is managed and produced by The Arab American Association (AAA), a Non-profit organization headquartered in the State of Arizona. The Mission of AAA is a Non-political, Non-religious, Non-profit Organization established to serve and present the Arab American Community, the mission is to document, preserve, celebrate, and educate the public on the history, life, culture and contributions of Arab Americans. AAA strive to serve as a central resource to the public and media to enhance knowledge and understanding about Arab Americans and their presence in USA.

The pageant is just one out many existing development projects that the AAA embarks on. The AAA takes Pageantry to the next level for young Arab women by grooming Arab Queens as great Ambassadors for humanity. The pageant redefines the image of the Arab woman as a leader and a vital partner in the development of The Middle East and the world.

Festivals[link]

New York City[link]

The Annual Arab-American & North African Street Festival was founded in 2002 by the Network of Arab-American Professionals of NY (NAAP-NY). 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 and North African vendors along with an all-day live cultural performance program representing performers from across the Arab world.

The New York Arab-American Comedy Festival was founded in 2003 by comedian Dean Obeidallah and comedienne 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 to create outstanding works of comedy. Participants include actors, directors, writers and comedians, including director Piter Marek.

Seattle[link]

Of particular note is ArabFest in Seattle, begun in 1999. The festival includes all 22 of the Arab countries, with a souk marketplace, traditional and modern music, an authentic Arab coffeehouse, an Arabic spelling bee and fashion show. Lectures and workshops explore the rich culture and history of the Arab peoples, one of the world's oldest civilizations. Also of new interest is the Arabic rap concert, including the NW group Sons of Hagar, showcasing the political and creative struggle of Arabic youth.

Phoenix[link]

In 2008, the first annual Arab American Festival in Arizona was held on November 1 and 2 in Glendale, Arizona. More than 40,000 attendees over the two-day event, More than 35 international singers, dancers and musicians from all over the Arab World perform 20 Hours of live entertainment on stage. Activities include folklore shows, an international food court, hookah lounge, kids rides and booth vendors, open to the public, Free Admission, Official web site http://ArabAmericanFestival.Com

California[link]

The Annual 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. Official website http://www.aafestival.com

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  Arab American Festival - Arizona

Famous Americans of Arab descent or from Arab nations[link]

Here are a few examples of famous Arab Americans. Arab Americans are also involved in politics.^{[citation needed]}

Entertainment[link]

• Ferras, (Jordanian) Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter.
• RedOne, (Moroccan) Producer, Songwriter, Music Executive.
• Jerry Seinfeld, (Syrian Jewish mother) Comedian.
• Najee Mondalek, (Lebanese) Actor/Producer/Playwright.
• Moustapha Akkad, (Syrian) film producer and director.
• Malek Jandali, (Syrian) recording artist, composer and pianist.
• DJ Khaled, (Palestinian) rapper, music producer.
• Frank Zappa, (half Arab father) musician.
• Mohammed Fairouz, (Arab) musician/composer.
• Kassem Gharaibeh, (Jordanian) comedian and actor and the 18th Most Subscribed of all time on YouTube.
• Paul Anka, (Lebanese) singer/songwriter.
• Vince Vaughn, (partially Lebanese) actor.
• Danny Nucci, (Moroccan mother) actor.
• Ronnie Khalil, (Egyptian) stand-up comedian.
• Alia Shawkat, (Iraqi father) actress
• Valerie Domínguez Tarud, (Lebanese) previous Miss Colombia.
• Shannon Elizabeth, (Syrian father) actress.
• Tony Shalhoub, (Lebanese) executive producer and actor of Monk.
• Fredwreck, (Palestinian) hip hop producer.
• Hoda Kotb, (Egyptian) television news personality for Dateline NBC and the Today Show.
• Jamie Farr, (Lebanese) Hollywood actor especially famous for his role as Klinger (also Lebanese) in the TV series "M*A*S*H".
• Danny Thomas, (Lebanese) actor and his daughter Marlo Thomas, actress.
• Casey Kasem, (Lebanese) radio personality and voice actor.
• Anissa Jones, {Lebanese maternal grandparents} actress Family Affair.
• Vic Tayback, (Syrian), actor.
• Michael Ansara, (Syriac), actor.
• Fawaz Gerges, (Lebanese) ABC analyst and regular guest on Oprah's Anti-war series.
• Kathy Najimy, (Lebanese) actress in many American films that include Sister Act.
• Wafah Dufour, (Saudi Arabian Father) supermodel and singer
• Lorraine Ali, (Iraqi) reporter, editor, culture writer, and music critic for Newsweek.
• Wentworth Miller, (Part Syrian/Lebanese) actor.
• Sanaa Hamri, (Moroccan) music video and movie director; her films include the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
• George Noory, (Lebanese) radio host, host of Coast To Coast AM with George Noory.
• Hala Gorani, (Syrian) CNN International news correspondent.
• Yousef Abu-Taleb, (Jordanian) actor Lonelygirl15, Film Producer
• Rima Fakih, (Lebanese) Miss USA 2010
• Remy Munasifi, (Iraqi father/Lebanese mother) comedian also known an GoRemy
• Sahar Dika, (Lebanese) MTV's The Real World: New Orleans (2010) participant
• Salma Hayek, (Lebanese), Actress, director and producer
• Paula Abdul, ( Syrian Jewish father), recording artist, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality
• Wendie Malick, (Egyptian), actress and fashion model
• Sean Yazbeck, (Lebanese), winner of Donald Trumps 'The Apprentice', NBC (2006)
• Yasmine Bleeth, (Algerian mother), actress
• Dick Dale, (Part Lebanese), musician, known as the "King of the Surf Guitar."
• French Montana,(Moroccan) New York rapper

Sport[link]

• Robert Saleh, NFL Coach Houston Texans Linebackers, 2011 to Present Seattle Seahawks.
• Abe Gibran, former Cleveland Brown
• Ahmed Kaddour, (Lebanese) professional boxer, from NBC show The Contender
• Bill George, NFL player and Hall of Famer
• Drew Haddad, (Jordanian) of the Indianapolis Colts
• Doug Flutie, (Lebanese father) NFL Player of the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers.
• Gavin Maloof, own the Sacramento Kings
• George Maloof, Sr. owned the NBA’s Houston Rockets
• Isra Girgrah, female boxer.
• Jeff George, quarterback for several NFL teams
• Jim Harrick, UCLA’s coach
• Joe Maloof, own the Sacramento Kings
• Joe Robbie, former owner and founder of the NFL's Miami Dolphins.
• John Jaha, sports athlete, of the MLB Milwaukee Brewers.
• Justin Abdelkader, (Jordanian) an American ice hockey forward playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
• Khalid Khannouchi, (Moroccan) marathon world record holder.
• Nader Abdallah, (Palestinian) NFL Player of the Baltimore Ravens.
• Omar Sheika, (Palestinian) professional boxer, four-time world title challenger.
• Rich Kotite, NFL coach
• Rocco Baldelli, (Syrian) professional baseball Red Sox.
• Rony Seikaly,(Lebanese) Former NBA Player, now DJ
• Ramsey Nijem (Palestinian) Mixed Martial Artist and UFC fighter.
• Amir Khillah (Egyptian) Mixed Martial Artist and The Ultimate Fighter Contestant

Writers and thinkers[link]

• Gibran Khalil Gibran, (Lebanese) writer, philosopher, and painter.
• Edward Said, (Palestinian) literary theorist and outspoken Palestinian activist.
• Diana Abu-Jaber, (Jordanian) novelist, and professor.
• Anouar Majid, (Moroccan) critic, essayist, novelist, and professor.
• Helen Thomas, (Lebanese) reporter, columnist and White House correspondent.
• Ismail al-Faruqi, (Palestinian) philosopher and authority on Islam and comparative religion.
• Laila Lalami, (Moroccan) novelist, journalist, essayist, and professor.
• Mona Simpson, (Syrian father Abdulfattah Jandali) novelist.
• Susie Gharib, co-anchor of the Nightly Business Report, 100 most influential business journalists.
• Hala Gorani, (Syrian) journalist and anchor of CNN's International Desk.

• Jordan Elgrably, (Moroccan American) journalist, editor and founder of the Levantine Cultural Center.

Public figures and politicians[link]

• Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, (Syrian) The first Orthodox bishop to be consecrated in North America.
• Victor G. Atiyeh, (Syrian) former Governor of Oregon.
• Victoria Reggie Kennedy, (Lebanese) attorney and widow of late Senator Ted Kennedy.
• 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.
• Mitch Daniels, Assyrian governor of Indiana.
• John E. Sununu, (Palestinian) senator from New Hampshire.
• Spencer Abraham, (Lebanese) senator from Michigan and Secretary of Energy under Bush.
• Nick Rahall, (Lebanese) congressman from West Virginia.
• Ralph Nader, (Lebanese) consumer advocate, politician, first Arab American to run for President of the United States.
• Justin Amash (Palestinian/Syrian) United States Congressman from Michigan
• John H. Sununu, (Palestinian) Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff under George H. W. Bush.
• George J. Mitchell, (Lebanese) United States of America special envoy to the Middle East under the Obama administration, U.S. senator from Maine, Senate Majority Leader.
• John Abizaid, (Lebanese), retired general.
• George Joulwan, (Lebanese), retired general, former NATO commander-in-chief.
• Zainab Salbi, (Iraqi), co-founder and president of Women for Women International.
• Rosemary Barkett, (Syrian), U.S. federal judge and the first woman Supreme Court Justice and Chief Justice for the state of Florida.
• James Zogby, (Lebanese) founder and president of the Arab American Institute.
• Nadya Suleman, (Iraqi father), "Octomom"

Business[link]

• Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. (Syrian biological father Abdulfattah Jandali).^[13]
• Kaysar Ridha, (Iraqi) businessman and contestant on reality series Big Brother.
• John Zogby, (Lebanese) founder and current President/CEO of Zogby International.
• Najeeb Halaby, (Syrian) father of Queen Noor of Jordan Lisa Elhalabi, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. CEO, and chairman of Pan Am.
• Manuel Moroun, owner of CenTra, Inc., the holding company which controls the Ambassador Bridge and Michigan Central Depot.
• Jacques Nasser, (Lebanese) former president and CEO of Ford Motor Company.
• John J. Mack, (Lebanese) Chairman of the Board and CEO of Morgan Stanley.
• Ray R. Irani, (Palestinian) Chairman and CEO of Occidental Petroleum.

Scientists[link]

• Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh, (Sudanese) executive director of the Fiqh Council of North America.^[14]
• Mohammad S. Obaidat, (Jordanian) President of and a Fellow of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). Obaidat has received many awards, including the SCS McLeod Founder's Award for his outstanding technical contribution to Computer modeling and simulation.
• Charles Elachi, (Lebanese) director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
• Elias Zerhouni (Algerian) current director of the National Institutes of Health.
• Ahmed Zewail (Egyptian) winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• Farouk El-Baz Egyptian American scientist who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon.
• Fawwaz T. Ulaby (Syrian) winner of the 2006 IEEE Edison Medal and former Vice President of Research for the University of Michigan.
• Nawal M. Nour, (Sudanese) an obstetrician and gynecologist and 2003 Genius Award winner (Sudanese).^[15]

See also[link]

• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
• Arab American Institute
• Arab lobby in the United States
• Arab immigration to the United States
• Arab diaspora
• Diaspora politics in the United States
• Hyphenated American
• Iraqi diaspora
• Refugees of Iraq
• Western Muslims
• Arabs in Europe

References[link]

External links[link]

• Us4Arabs.com - Arab American Community Website
• Arab American List - Classified Ads and Jobs
• 2000 U.S. Census Report on the Arab-American population
• Learn more at the Arab American Museum located in Dearborn, Michigan.
• 100 Questions and Answers about Arab Americans
• A full definition of Arab Americans
• Arab American Demographics
• A collection of readings and A/V materials on Arab Americans
• Comprehensive demographics of Arab Americans
• ArabAmerican.Net
• "What's Happening TV Show" Arab Americans in the News
• "Arabic social network and music video web site"
• Arab American Outreach
• Arab Christians Minorities reshaping U.S. enclaves

Books[link]

• The Arab Americans (The New Americans) High-school level look at Arab Americans

Festival Links[link]

• Arab American Festival
• New York Arab American Comedy Festival
• Seattle ArabFest
• Concert of Colors: Metro Detroit's Diversity Festival (ACCESS/AANM)
• Dearborn Arab International Festival

Arab American Organizations[link]

• Arab Center of Washington
• Arab American Association
• List of Arab American Organizations
• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
• Arab American Institute
• Arab Artists Resources & Training
• Arab American National Museum
• Association of Patriotic Arab Americans in Military
• The Arab American Council Of Trade
• Levantine Cultural Center
• Network of Arab-American Professionals (NAAP)

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v t e Asian Americans East Asian Chinese (Tibetan1) Japanese Korean Mongolian Taiwanese South Asian2 Bangladeshi Indian Indo-Caribbean Nepalese Pakistani Sri Lankan Tamil Southeast Asian Burmese Cambodian Filipino Hmong Indonesian Laotian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Afro-Asian Amerasian Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans Eurasian Multiracial American Punjabi Mexican History General Immigration Military Topics Arts and Entertainment Demographics Politics Stereotypes 1 The US Census Bureau reclassifies anyone identifying as "Tibetan American" as "Chinese American".[4] 2 The US Census Bureau considers Afghanistan a South Asian country, but does not classify Afghan Americans as Asian.[5]