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Nydell, Margaret K. (. K. Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times. Intercultural Press, Yarmouth, ME, 2006.

* Just because you are Arab does not define you as being a follower of Islam.

When it came to Arab culture there were many restrictions and less freedom with appearance and fashion. Even though the Arab culture may have many restrictions when it came to fashion it has been modernized. The Arab culture prohibits a few dress codes that may be considered norm in American culture. As an individual who grew up in an Arab culture household you have to adapt to the culture and rituals. Just as Andy Hinds mentioned in his article, I’m considering Becoming a Sports Fan How Do I Pick a Team? “In both of these exchanges, I had that old familiar feeling of not having a clue about something that was supposed to be important to me as an American male.” It may also prohibit multiple actions that may be dealt and interpreted in other cultures in a different way. Arab culture is made up of hundreds of years old traditions. Many fashion styles are considered disintegrating in the

Coming from an Arab American household, there has always been an emphasis on higher education and higher socio economic status. I believe that it is something that can be found in various Arab American Communities in the United States and these standards set in the household show when you look at the statistics as to where Arab Americans stand on both educational and socio economical scales. This paper will look into the history of Arabs in the United States, as well as the demographics of the Arab community in the U.S, and cultural and physiological backings that may all have influence on education. My goal for this research paper is to find the reasons behind the Arab American strive for education and socioeconomic success and whether the Arab culture has a positive or negative influence on the success of Arab Americans.

Arab Americans are defined primarily of their religious identity and they reside in all 50 states. The first generation of immigrants from the Middle East dates back to late 1800s. The majority of immigrants’ population came from Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan. Religion plays an important role in the Arab society and most of their way of life is not necessary because of their religion. Like many other immigrants, the reason these immigrants migrated to the United States was to escape the religious persecution, an opportunity to build a better life. Majority of how Arabs interact and the way their culture is has to do with the Koran and it is one of the foundations of Islamic law. In the Arab American culture, family is an important aspect and everyone plays their respective role. Fathers are the head of the households and are expected to provide for his wife and children. The women has restrictive education and they help support the family by caring for the house. Kids take on a role are taught by their parents depending on their gender. Boys are most likely to follow the footsteps of the father to prepare to care for his own family one day. The girls learn the basics of running a household. It is common for the children to live with their parents until they marry or live with them to care for them as they age and can no longer care for themselves. The Arab culture also value respecting the elders and they are often the decision makers in the family. The family

By World War II, the Arab American community was virtually indistinguishable from the larger American community, a process that was facilitated by their shared Christian faith and the fact that they did not exhibit easily discernible racial or ethnic features that distinguished them from the general population. By time the second generation of Arab Americans came of age, most did not speak Arabic and many had only a superficial understanding of their Arab heritage. The three major Arab American writers of this period, Vance Bourjaily, William Peter Blatty, and Eugene Paul Nassar, saw themselves as mainstream writers and did not identify as Arab Americans. On the few occasions when they did address the issue of their ethnic identity, they were

For this assignment the cultural manifestations I selected to discuss as being important to our Unit’s success are Wasta, Deference to authority, and Tendency to seek compromise. Of course understanding all of the cultural manifestations are important to our unit’s success, but each region within the Middle East-North African (MENA) region will have their own variations based upon which branch of Islam is dominant in the region, what that region’s experience has been with the U.S. or a Western presence in general and numerous other factors such as the prevailing socio-economic factors of the region.

What’s so hard about [being a Muslim Arab-American]? I pretty much eat the same foods. I coach football, I love watching sports, I watch the Super Bowl, I love basketball. I went to a college and I got educated. Isn’t that what most Americans do? So is there a difference? Quite honestly, for me personally, I don’t feel that there is a difference, asides me practicing my religion the way I practice it. (Quraishi, Fordson)

| There are 22 Arab countries, including Palestine, which are members of the Arab League and share a common history, language and culture. Arab Americans maintains contact with their extended family and member of their town of origin who may be located

Additionally, on page 104 of our textbook, it states that Arab Americans “believe in a more collectivist orientation” (Manning 104). Individuals tend to take care of themselves. The Arab culture is also male dominated and majority of Arabs are Muslims. Arab-American students could explain to their classmates their traditions or customs. They could explain their restricted diets or women who wear Hijabs, could explain the significance of them.

They included mostly Muslims and were highly educated. Arab-Americans as an ethnic group traced their roots from Arabic speaking countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Today most Arab- Americans are the descendants of the first wave. They are Americans whose regional, ancestral homeland include twenty-two Arab countries in the south western Asia and North Africa. Arabic Speaking immigrants are now estimated at roughly two million, arrived in two waves. (Bonnie Moradi and Nadia Talal Hassan 418).

To be considered Arab, you or your ancestors live or lived in the Arab world and speak Arabic. The “Arab world” is made up of 22 states and territories whom are part of the Arab League. However many people in these states do not consider themselves Arab, thus the Arabic language is the unifying factor among the Arabic people. A lot of the individuals who speak Arabic today are very diverse. There is a myriad of dialects of Arabic and over 150 million people speak it. Twenty-five countries consider Arabic an official language (even if few are fluent in it). They vary from African to West Asian countries, however Arabs also live as minorities in many other nations. For example, the United States (Banks, 2009).

The writer tries to voice out the Arab culture including the main characters Jasem and Salwa as members of the Arab-American minority group in America through including religious occasions as Ramadan and Eid. The Arab-American is going to be intercultural because there is a dialogic relation between the Arab culture and the American. For instance, in the novel, the wife of the Palestinian man from Syria who is American and lived in the Middle East quite a bit. She adopted some Arab cultural aspects like cooking and preparing for Eid and brought them to America. Another time, interculturality between the two cultures is portrayed in The ex-marine‟s

For over decades and decades, we have seen catastrophic events dismantle countries. With a population of approximately seven million people with the average life expectancy of 72 years of age. These citizens’ and or aliens that are located within the country of Jordan, which lies within the continent of Asia, has endured a lot over the years. The Syrian war was a catastrophic event that would alter ones view of the country’s, political standpoint, economic era, and the military’s current posture.

At the root of Arab culture is a religious, highly masculine, high context, polychronic atmosphere that affects all things from what is done on a daily basis to what is watched in movies and listened to on the radio.