Arab Americans in the United States

Arab Americans in relation to Crime and Race

Arab Americans is included in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (1), beginning with: Arab Americans are citizens or permanent residents of the United States who trace their origin to countries in the Middle East or northern Africa (Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, or Yemen). This section provides a brief overview of the sociocultural background of Arab Americans and then describes their experiences of hostility and discrimination following the attacks of September 11,2001. The first influx of Arab immigrants to the United States took place between the late 1880s and the 1920s. A second wave began in the late 1940s, particularly after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Between 1925 and 1948, political restrictions were placed on Arab immigration to the United States, and it was further limited by the Depression and by World War II.

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Notes and References

1. Entry about Arab Americans in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime

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