Arab American

prior the terrorist attacks were 28. In the immediate year after 9/11, 481 incidents were reported against the Muslims and Arabs(FBI 2002). The hate crime statistics of FBI conforms a staggering increase of 1617 percent in such a short period of time. The Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) reported that over 700 violent incidents were ruthlessly targeted against Arab Americans within the first 9 weeks after the 9/11(Ibish 2003). These incidents included physical violence, death threats, harassment

Arab Americans and Muslim Americans can at often times be viewed as one in the same, which can be confusing for the average person. Each culture has their story and ancestral root that can be traced from different countries spanning from the Middle East to North Africa and into the Persian Gulf. This is one of the reasons why Arab Americans and Muslim Americans aren’t the same will be discussed further. The second reason is Muslims are people who follow a religion called Islam. It is because

News Media as well as entertainment helped fuel the suspicion against Arab-Americans, with sensationalized news reports and depicting Arabs as terrorists. This worked to desensitize the average American to the plight of the Arab American while also inciting their anger towards a group of innocent people. Suheir Hammad writes in reference to a woman she saw crying in a parked car after the terrorist attack in New York, “I offered comfort, extended a hand she did not see before she said, ‘we’re gonna

that of the Arab Americans. This ethnicity typically describes those of ancestry from the Middle East, but this group can have a wide range of religious and cultural beliefs from different countries. Often Arab Americans are perceived to all have similar appearances, however phenotypically they can range from "people with blonde hair, blues eyes, or kinky hair and dark skin" (Alimahomed, 2011). The experience of Arab Americans changed drastically after the September 11th attacks on American soil in 2001

According to Steven Salaita, the author of Anit-Arab Racism in the USA, “Anti-Arab racism has existed in the United States since the arrival of the first Arab in North America, but since 9/11 anti-Arab racism is, to use a cliché, America’s elephant in the living room—an enormous elephant, at that” (Salaita 7). Therefore, it is more accurate to think of 9/11 not so much as the beginning of anti-Arab racism, but rather the turning point of Arab and Muslim American engagements with race and racialization.

Many countries in the 21st Century became multicultural with the increase in global movement. The purpose of this study is to explore perceptions, experiences, and patterns of health care practices among Arab Americans and then to discover perceptions and experiences of health care providers associated to culturally competent care. I selected this cultural as we are caring lot of patients from this background especially in the pediatric oncology unit where I am working at MD Anderson. They are the

The current view of Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans has been misconstrued by the media leading to extreme contempt towards these groups of people. Most Arab Americans have been generalized as Muslim extremists or refugees, when in fact this is not the case. This paper will explain how these people became a “group of interest”, depict what kind of people make up the Arab American population, parallel refugees and terrorists to expose common misconceptions of Arab-Americans, explain the sects of

Subtle Bias Against Perceived Arab-Americans Job Applicants in Personnel Decision The terrorist attack of 9/11 is one of the most devastating tragedies in the history of U.S. On one hand, it filled American’s heart with an invariable amount of terror, but at the same time Arab Americans and Muslims were prejudicially challenged and discriminated at economic, social, and educational level. Therefore, this paper will specifically analyze how one’s religious preference significantly impacts on his

will explore American of Arab descent, an overview of Arab culture, and their psychological and social factors (i.e discrimination and prejudice). The two main objectives that will be discuss throughout my research paper are (a) discuss the appropriate culturally counseling for the following topics: religion, gender relations, communication, family, stereotypes and behavior issues (b) recommendations and implications for culturally appropriate considerations working with Arab Americans with multicultural

In “Arab American Femininities: Beyonf Arab Virgin/ American(ized) Whore,” author Nadine Naber interviews Arab American women in order to argue against the falseness of the notion of ‘good Arab girls’ and ‘bad American(ized) girls.’ Many of these women are heavily influenced by their parent’s cultural values about ethics and modesty. After interviewing a group of Arab American women, Naber found a parallel between the vessel of their families