Arab Detroit 9/11: Life in the Terror Decade

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399 abaya, 250 Abbas, Rana, 172 Abdullah, Luqman, 175–176; background , 170; shooting of, 156, 168–169, 236–237 Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk, 249 Abinader, Elmaz, 261 abortion, 43 Abraham, Nabeel, 21, 385 Abraham, Robert, 316, 334, 337 Abraham, Spencer, 67, 339 Abu Ghraib, 11, 228 academic performance, 359–360 acceptance, multicultural, 307 activism, 164; anti-Muslim, 165; by Arab Americans, 69; political, 68; transnational, 74 adhan (call to prayer), 166 Adopt-A-Refugee-Family initiative, 134 advocacy groups, 6, 82, 139, 156. See also American Arab AntiDiscrimination Committee; American Civil Liberties Union; American Muslim Council; Arab American Institute; Arab Community Center for Social and Economic Services; Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan; Council on AmericanIslamic Relations Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust (ALPACT), 153, 171, 176–177 aesthetics, 136 affirmative action, 5 Afghanistan, 370 African American Muslims, 328 age, 386–387 Aghajan, Sarkis, 140 agnosticism, 214 Ahmad, Israr, 165 Ahmed, Abdo Ali, 241 Ahmed, Ismael, 81, 330, 333–334, 337 Ahmed, Shabab, 318 airline security, 242–243 Ajami, Ali, 279 Ajrouch, Kristine J., 17–18, 388–389 Alasry, Khadigah, 18–19, 235, 386 Algeria, 293 Alhusein, Dalia, 218 Ali, Mahdi, 158–161, 163 alienation, political, 332 Ali-Haimoud, Farouk, 89 Alkhatib, Ihsan, 152 Index Note: Page numbers in italics indicate figures and tables. 400 Index Allen, James, 329, 330, 336 Almadhagi, Wadhah, 353 Almarabh, Nabil, 89 Amash, Justin, 319, 334, 339 Amen, Ron, 87–88 American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), 81, 84n3, 88, 151, 271, 322 American Arab Chamber of Commerce, 69, 75, 77, 176, 271, 275, 322 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 84, 99, 172, 181–182 American Community Survey (ACS), 34–35 Americanism, 388. See also antiAmericanism Americanization, 18, 215, 388 American Moslem Society (AMS), 156–158, 161 American Muslim Council (AMC), 78, 271, 272 American Muslim Task Force, 162 Americanness, 80 American Orthodox Church, 107 Al-Amin, Jamil Abdullah, 170, 172 El-Amin, Abdullah, 318 ancestry, 33; Chaldean, 32; diversity of, 49; education and, 49; groups, 60; labor force and, 50; occupation by, 51 anti-Americanism, 270, 310 Antiochian Orthodox Church, 105– 106; Arab identity and, 113; heritage of, 106; identity and, 16–17, 113– 116; Orthodox Christianity and, 106; politics and, 111; refugees and, 110; as transnational ethnoreligion, 107. See also St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Basilica anti-Semitism, 11, 243, 279 Antoon, Sinan, 261 Anuzis, Saul, 280 Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC), 84n3, 92, 331 Arab American Center for Civil and Human Rights, 93 Arab American Institute (AAI), 31, 79, 81, 137, 196, 325 Arab American National Museum (AANM), 6–7, 11, 61, 92, 94, 289, 291, 292; “Citizenship,” 305, 305–306; “Coming to America,” 297, 299, 302; content of, 288; controversial topics, 302; courtyard, 298; Cultural Competency Workshops of, 292–294, 296; exhibits, 290; funding, 94, 302; layout, 296–297; “Living in America,” 304, 305, 307; “Making an Impact,” 308–309, 309; military and, 291, 306, 307; 9/11 and, 287; plans for, 81, 287; practices, 296; representational politics and, 20; sections, 297 Arab American News, 271, 351, 357 Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC), 322, 324, 341 Arab Americans: activists, 69; advocacy groups, 82; Arabic language and, 107; Census Bureau and, 31–32; Christianity of, 14–15, 106; citizenship , 13; classifying, 32–33, 60, 80; contributions by, 305; in Dearborn, 16, 39, 69; demographics, 3, 13; deportation, 299–300; education, 47–48, 48; as elected officials, 21, 317, 318, 321; empathy with, 295–296; ethnicity, 33, 312, 335; family values of, 295; identity of, 70, 105, 107, 291; image, 21; inclusion of, 290; income, 52; incorporation of, 56; invisibility of, 312, 382; labor force of, 50; marginalization of, 13; in media, 294, 297; in military, 291, 306, 307; misunderstandings of, 293; neutralizing of, 297; in news, 76–77; occupations, 51; political representation of, 315–316; population, 31–34; portrayals, 290; professional, 40; representational politics of, 20; research on, 93; self-employment of, 50; success of, 75–76; as target of opportunity, 4–5; threat of, 3; views Index 401 of, 22; visibility of, 152, 269; voting by, 34 Arab Community Center for Social and Economic Services (ACCESS), 4, 8–9, 11, 109; arts programs, 8, 287; funding, 71, 84n3; human services by, 92; 9/11 and, 272, 287; political participation and, 330–331; at Sahara Fest, 119, 121 Arab Culture Week, 115 Arab Detroit: adaptations of, 61; area composition of, 40; Bush, G. W., and, 16; changes...