Arab American

be seen in the media’s portrayal of the Arab region, which is often reduced to the role of non-A. Within that, many varying ethnicities and religions are vastly simplified or even erased, such as the many Jews and Christians who live in the region. Because of the media’s continued use of negative characterization of all Arab…

Dervartanian Kulwicki and Miller (1999) sought to investigate beliefs and actions about domestic violence in Arab American immigrant families with the purpose of providing education and intervention. The results revealed that moderate percentages of women approved of husband perpetrated violence and control against their wives under certain circumstances (Dervartanian Kulwicki and Miller 1999). The majority of women agreed or strongly agreed that men could tell their wives if they were allowed…

society to understand that there is different ways to share way of life, lifestyle, background, and heritage. Arab culture within a close friend of mine followed many of the primary components of culture, as any other one, but the difference is the ways to follow them. The Arab and Hispanic culture are similar and different by their approach to the cultural components. Welcome to a sneak peak of the Arabian and Hispanic culture. I will introduce similarities and differences between my…

of 9/11, Arab actors have been heavily type cast into playing a similar type of role in television. This is usually the role of the villain and in within the crime genre, often a terrorist. The shows often attribute characteristics to these Arab characters such as; unreasonable, stupid, primitive, sex crazed, aggressive and violent***. All of these characteristics contribute to an unflattering depiction of the Arab characters and often translates to how the audience of these shows view the Arab…

In week five, in the class of Introduction to Humanities there was information that was presented to us by The Creative Impulse about the art forms of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. I knew for our class discussion that there needed to be a picture of Islamic art, so that we could discuss the art of that period. Consequently, I went to the Arab American National Museum for some examples of Islamic art that I could photograph. The museum is only open Wednesday thru Saturday and is closed for…

Arab American History Arab Americans encompass people from 22 nations of North Africa and the Middle East. Southeastern Michigan accounts for one of the largest concentrations of Arabs outside the Middle East. It can be difficult to trace when some Arab Americans actually arrived in the US due to inaccuracy of census records as they do not have a classification for Arab heritage and people identify themselves differently (100 Questions and Answers About Arab Americans). Zammouri is known…

I’m sure there are people committing crimes and voicing racial slurs motivated by prejudices, biases and directed toward Arab-Americans; I am glad not to see or hear much in this area; consequently, some states have set laws embellishing strict penalties; to safeguard Arab-American citizens. I believe people still demonstrate racial profiling of most races based on their appearance alone, but there tend to be a substantial act of discriminating for the Arab-Americans if they identify a robust…

Trade Center in New York, and the destruction of the Pentagon. “The building began to sink” recalled Eric Levine, an American who was on the 65th floor of the World Trade Center. As a result of the raid, 2,996 people died and infrastructure damage came close to 10 billion. Since Al-Qaeda is a terrorist group from the Middle East, the attack distorted the image of many Muslim and Arab Americans. In part as an attempt to pacify hatred and bias towards Muslim/Arab Americans, some media, most…

Billionaires, bombers, and belly dancers are what Americans see arabians as. The movie American Arabs proves those stereotypes wrong. Usama Alshabai, the producer, director, and editor of the documentary works hard to make sure that it is clear Arabs in America mean no harm. The arabians featured in the documentary are hard working, normal, strong people. So what is it that makes it hard for Americans to picture these people as such? Americans love tv. As of 2015 40 million Americans had a…

Hassoun, Rosina in the article ‘‘Arab Americans in Michigan” discussed the different origins and religions of the Arab American communities in Michigan. Arab immigrants from Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan came to the United States to settle. Other immigrants who arrived from Iran or Turkey were not considered to be Arabs because they did not speak the Arabic language. All who have arrived to the United States were of different religious background such as Christian, Muslim,…