Learn and explore during Arab American Heritage Month

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Who is considered an Arab American? Arab Americans have ancestry in one of the world’s 22 Arab nations, which are located from northern Africa through western Asia. The people of these nations are ethnically, politically, and religiously diverse but share a common cultural and linguistic heritage.

The world’s 22 Arab nations are Algeria, Bahrain, the Comoro Islands, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Yemen.

Insight Into Diversity. (2021, March 16). National Arab American Heritage Month. insightintodiversity.com/national-arab-american-heritage-month/

Engagement

• National Arab American Heritage Month
• Activities – Celebrate and Learn about Arab American Heritage

Heritage and Resources

• Arab America Foundation
• ArabAmerica.com
• Arab American Institute
• Arab Americans – Washington, DC
• The Story of Arab Americans’ Beginning in America – And the Quest for Fair Representation
• Arab American Museum
• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee