Arab Americans in Michigan

Index

79 Index A Abraham, Nabeel, 15, 22 Abraham, Spencer, 5, 35 Abu-Lughud, Abrahim, 37 acculturation, 25, 35, 52, 53, 54, 55–56, 59, 60, 61 activism, scholarly, 37–38 African Americans, 5, 29, 43, 49, 54, 57; Arab-American relations with, 31, 32, 50, 72 (n. 78) Al Bassa, 20, 35–36, 59 Algeria, 17 American Druze Foundation, 29, 58 American Friends (Quakers), 19 Ann Arbor, Michigan, 12, 37–39, 59 anti-terrorist laws, 3, 24 Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), 48, 49, 50, 60, 65, 68 (n. 19); Community Health Center, 3, 4 Arab counties, 6, 17 Arab Americans, 7, 8, 17; affluent, 13, 14, 20, 48, 50, 52, 58, 59, 84; congressmen, 5; demographics, 5, 8–12, 70 (n. 49); and exercise, 54; males, 21, 31, 53; professional , 12, 55; U.S. Census Bureau racial/ethnic classification of, 6; women, 46, 48, 52, 53, 60; working-class, 13, 14, 24, 45, 47 Arab American Institute (AAI) Foundation, 8 Arab American studies, 22 Arab-American National Museum, 66 Arab and Chaldean Council (ACC), 7, 50, 60, 65 Arab Jewish populations, 7 Arab League, 58 Arab settlement patterns, in Michigan, 21–25 Arab World: brain drain from, 38, 58; ethnic and religious diversity in, 7, 52, 60; urbanization in, 19 Arab/Israeli War (1967), 22 Arabian Gulf, 6 Arabic language, 7, 55, 61, 72 (n. 87) Arabic music, 48 Arabs, 2, 6 Aramaic, 7, 49 Armenians, 7 assimilation, 52 Association of Arab American University Graduates (AAUG), 37–38, 59 Assyrians, 6, 17, 19 asthma, 52 Aswad, Barbara, 22, 45 automobile: factories, 33, 47, 57; industry, 2, 51 B Ba’athist party, 19 Baghdad, 19 Bait Hanina, 19 Bashur, Rashid, 37 Bawardi, Hani, 27, 31 Baydoun, Nasser, 1 Beit Hanina, 46, 58 Berbers, 7 Bint Jebail, 18, 44, 58 businesses, Arab-American, 4 C Chaldeans, 2, 6, 7, 15, 17, 19, 50, 52, 53, 58; Arabized, 49 Carney, Nebraska, 34 Catholics, 36 Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies, 12, 38 chain migrations, 21 Chicago, 10 child care, 53 children, 53 Christians, 7, 12, 13, 17, 19, 27, 36, 38, 39, 49, 53, 58 Christ’s Church, 13 climate, Michigan, 47, 51 coffee, Arabic, 53 Comoros Islands, 17 concentration of Arab Americans, 5, 10 convenience stores, 4, 5, 50, 84 cooking, 53, 60 crime, 52 culture, Arab-American, 52–54; Arabic, 55; creatives, 38; values, 60 D dating, 53 Dbayeh camp, 36, 59 Dearborn, Michigan, 12, 13, 41, 48, 58, 59, 60; East, 42, 47–48; Southend, 1, 2, 3, 41, 45–47; West, 13, 42, 60 Deir Dagae’eh, 35 Deir Mimas, 20, 33, 34, 55, 58, 59 demographics: Arab American, 5, 8–12, 70 (n. 49) Department of Homeland Security, 6 Detroit: ethnic enclaves in, 41; Greater area, 38; Metropolitan area, 8, 12, 13, 15, 42–43, 44, 52, 58, 60; suburbs of, 50 diabetes, 54, 61 Diamond Reo Truck factory, 33 Dix and Warren Avenues, 46 door-to-door salesmen (peddlers), 42, 57 E East Lansing Islamic Center, 37 East Lansing, Michigan, 36 Eastern Europeans, 47 Eastern Rite Catholic Christians, 49 education, 24, 48, 53, 55 Egypt, 7, 17 Rosina J. Hassoun 80 Egyptians, 38 El Badri, Samia, 23 El Bireh, 19, 20 engineers, Arab American, 12, 13 English language acquisition, 53, 60 entrepreneurs, 50 environmental pollutants, 45, 51–52 exclusion, of Arab Americans, 3 Eyde family, 35 F factories, 47–48; line workers in, 4; row houses, 46 family; 19, 60; Arab-American, 52–54; extended, 53, 60 Farah, Ameen, 27 Farhat family, 35 Farhat Leo, 35 Farhat Leo, Jr., 35 Farmington Hills, 50, 59 fear of backlash, 3, 61. See also hate crime Fertile Crescent, 6 film, Egyptian, 15 Flint, Michigan, 12, 20, 27, 55, 58, 59; Arab American demographics in, 33; “Arab town,” 31; “Little Syria,’’ 31; Muslims in, 28–29; sit-down strike, 70 (nn. 46–47) food, 55, 60–61, 63–64; ArabAmerican , 52–54; Iraqi, 54; grape leaves, 53, 55; healthy, 54; lamb, 53; meat, 53, 60; Yemeni, 54 Ford Motor Company, 5; Rouge Plant, 1, 45, 47, 52 Ford, Henry, 2 Fortune 500 businesses, 5 G Galilee, 35, 58 gas stations, 50; owners of, 5 gender roles, 53, 60 General Motors, 31 Genesee County, 12, 57 Grand Rapids, Michigan, 12, 39, 59 Great Depression, 42 great strike of 1936–37, 31 Greater Syria, 27 Greek Town, 41 grocery business, 27, 31...