UNDERSTANDING THE ARAB AMERICAN PEOPLE THEIR ORIGINS AND

UNDERSTANDING THE ARAB AMERICAN PEOPLE, THEIR ORIGINS, AND WHAT THEY ARE LIKE TODAY. By Sandra Ellison

ARAB PEOPLE COME FROM 22 COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA.

THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OF ARAB PEOPLE IS ARABIC.

EVEN THOUGH ARAB PEOPLE SHARE THE SAME LANGUAGE, SO MANY OF THEM HAVE DIFFERENT SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES.

TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE ARAB POPULATION IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

THE U. S. CENSUS BUREAU IDENTIFIES ARABS AS THOSE WHOSE ANCESTRY ORIGINATED FROM ARABIC-SPEAKING COUNTRIES EVEN THOUGH SO MANY OF THEM DON’T CONSIDER THEMSELVES ARAB.

ARAB COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE LEBANON, SYRIA, JORDAN, IRAQ, YEMEN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, BAHRAIN, OMAN AND QATAR.

ETHNIC DIVERSITY IS NOT WELL REFLECTED IN THE U. S. CENSUS BECAUSE ARABS ARE CONSIDERED WHITE.

ALL ARABS DON’T SHARE THE SAME RELIGION THEY CAN BE MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN, JEWISH OR ANY OTHER RELIGION. HOWEVER A LARGE AMOUNT ARE OF THE MUSLIM RELIGION.

MOST OF THE LARGEST MUSLIM COUNTRIES INCLUDE. Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Turkey and Nigeria and are not Arab.

ARAB MEANS A PERSON WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGE IS ARABIC AND WHO LIVES ACCORDING TO ARAB CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND VALUES.

ARAB AMERICANS ARE IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS WITH ETHNIC ROOTS IN ASIAN AND AFRICAN ARABIC SPEAKING LANDS.

ALL ARABS DON’T LOOK THE SAME AS SO MANY THINK. Arabs can be black, interracial or white.

SIMPLE THINGS THAT WE EXPECT FROM CHILDREN AND ADOLECENTS IN AMERICA CAN BE SO DIFFERENT IN ARAB OR MUSLIM CHILDREN. EXAMPLE: EYE CONTACT

SOURCES MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, FIFTH EDITION BY M. LEE MANNING AND LEROY G. BARUTH //www. youtube. com/watch? v=M 8 rd. Qpw 24 yg.