An Arab American is a United States citizen or resident of Arab cultural and linguistic heritage and/or identity whose ancestry traces back to any of various waves of immigrants originating from one or more of the twenty-three countries comprising the Arab World, from the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, etc.),Libya,Egypt and Sudan in North Africa, to the Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine - Gaza Strip and West Bank;Israel, Jordan, Iraq.) and t...
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An Arab American is a United States citizen or resident of Arab cultural and linguistic heritage and/or identity whose ancestry traces back to any of various waves of immigrants originating from one or more of the twenty-three countries comprising the Arab World, from the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, etc.),Libya,Egypt and Sudan in North Africa, to the Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine - Gaza Strip and West Bank;Israel, Jordan, Iraq.) and the Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia,Yemen,Oman,UAE,Qatar,Bahrain,Kuwait ). Although the majority of the Arab World is Muslim the overwhelming majority of Arab Americans, or some 65%, are Christians, while only 25% are Muslims, and the remaining 10% are of other faiths ( Jews,Druze ).
Although Arab Americans comprises a highly diverse group of people, differing in ancestral origins, religious backgrounds and historic identities; Arab Americans hold a heritage that shares common linguistic, cultural, and political traditions, and it is these...
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