Editing Arabs (section)

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[[Arab immigration to the United States]] began in significant numbers during the 1880s, and today, an estimated 2 million Americans trace their roots to an Arab background according the Census Bureau.<ref name="American Community Survey"/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kayyali|first=Randa|title=The Arab Americans|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=2006|page=26}}</ref> [[Arab Americans]] are found in every state, but more than two thirds of them live in just ten states, and one-third live in [[Los Angeles]], [[Detroit]], and [[New York City]] specifically.<ref name="aaiusa.org">{{Cite web|title=Demographics|url=http://www.aaiusa.org/demographics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023235625/http://www.aaiusa.org/demographics|archive-date=23 October 2016|access-date=18 December 2017|publisher=Arab American Institute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kayyali|first=Randa|title=The Arab Americans|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=2006|page=35}}</ref> Most Arab Americans were born in the US, and nearly 82% of US-based Arabs are citizens.<ref name="autogenerated42">{{Cite book|last=Orfalea|first=Gregory|url=https://archive.org/details/arabamericans00greg|title=The Arab Americans: A History|publisher=Olive Branch Press|year=2006|page=[https://archive.org/details/arabamericans00greg/page/189 189]|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="aai.3cdn.net2">{{Cite web|title=Arab American Population Highlights|url=http://aai.3cdn.net/9298c231f3a79e30c6_g7m6bx9hs.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723000336/http://aai.3cdn.net/9298c231f3a79e30c6_g7m6bx9hs.pdf|archive-date=23 July 2011|access-date=7 July 2011}} Arab American Population Highlights Arab American Institute Foundation</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=de la Cruz|first1=G. Patricia|last2=Angela Brittingham|date=December 2003|title=The Arab Population: 2000|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-23.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-23.pdf|archive-date=9 October 2022|access-date=17 October 2016|website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=18 March 2015|website=US Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>

Arab immigrants began to arrive in Canada in small numbers in 1882. Their [[immigration]] was relatively limited until 1945, after which time it increased progressively, particularly in the 1960s and thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Arab Community in Canada|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-621-x/89-621-x2007009-eng.htm|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> According to the website "Who are [[Arab Canadians]]", [[Montreal]], the Canadian city with the largest Arab population, has approximately 267,000 Arab inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 March 2015|title=Home|url=http://www.rcinet.ca/arabs-canada/|website=Canadians of Arab Origin – Who are they?}}</ref>

[[Latin America]] has the largest Arab population outside of the [[Arab World]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 May 2015|title=Out of MENA: Nine cities the Arab Diaspora calls home|url=http://www.albawaba.com/slideshow/out-mena-nine-cities-arab-diaspora-calls-home-691942|website=Al Bawaba}}</ref> Latin America is home to anywhere from 17–25 to 30 million people of Arab descent, which is more than any other diaspora region in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Arab roots grow deep in Brazil's rich melting pot|work=The Washington Times|url=http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/jul/11/20050711-092503-1255r/?page=all|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Origem e destino dos imigrantes do Levante|url=http://brasil500anos.ibge.gov.br/territorio-brasileiro-e-povoamento/arabes/origem-e-destino-dos-imigrantes|access-date=11 April 2016|publisher=ibge}}</ref> The [[Federal government of Brazil|Brazilian]] and Lebanese governments claim there are 7 million [[Lebanese Brazilians|Brazilians of Lebanese descent]].<ref name="itamaraty12">{{Cite web|title=Lebanese Republic|url=http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7223:lebanese-republic&catid=155&lang=en&Itemid=478|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923004630/http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7223:lebanese-republic&catid=155&lang=en&Itemid=478|archive-date=23 September 2015|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Itamaraty.gov.br}}</ref><ref name="libano12">{{Cite web|date=1996|title=Lebanon: Geography|url=http://www.libano.org.br/olibano_geografia.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529005221/http://www.libano.org.br/olibano_geografia.htm|archive-date=29 May 2008|website=Embassy of Lebanon in Brazil|language=pt}}</ref> Also, the Brazilian government claims there are 4 million [[Syrian Brazilians|Brazilians of Syrian descent]].<ref name="itamaraty12" /><ref name="IBGE2008"/><ref name="saudiaramcoworld12">{{Cite magazine|title=The Arabs of Brazil|url=http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/200505/the.arabs.of.brazil.htm|magazine=Saudi Aramco World|access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="dsbra2">{{Cite news|date=23 April 2010|title=Sleiman meets Brazilian counterpart, Lebanese community|work=The Daily Star|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Lebanon-News/2010/Apr-23/57092-sleiman-meets-brazilian-counterpart-lebanese-community.ashx#axzz0rLGUHTtA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1996|title=O Líbano: Geografia|trans-title=Lebanon: Geography|url=http://www.libano.org.br/olibano_geografia.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112211835/http://www.libano.org.br/olibano_geografia.htm|archive-date=12 November 2010|publisher=Lebanese Embassy in Brazil|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Estadão de Hoje|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/estadaodehoje/20091222/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101021406/http://www.estadao.com.br/estadaodehoje/20091222/index.htm|archive-date=1 January 2013|access-date=17 September 2011|publisher=Estadao.com.br}}</ref> Other large Arab communities includes [[Argentina]] (about 3,500,000<ref name="Fearab.org.ar" /><ref name="oni.escuelas.edu.ar2">{{Cite web|title=Sirios, turcos y libaneses|trans-title=Syrians, Turks and Lebanese|url=http://www.oni.escuelas.edu.ar/olimpi98/BajarondelosBarcos/Colectividades/Turcos,%20sirios%20y%20libaneses/inmigraci%C3%B3n.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211122017/http://www.oni.escuelas.edu.ar/olimpi98/bajarondelosbarcos/Colectividades/Turcos%2C%20sirios%20y%20libaneses/inmigraci%C3%B3n.htm|archive-date=11 December 2008|publisher=oni.escuelas.edu.ar|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 2009|title=Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population|url=http://www.pewforum.org/files/2009/10/Muslimpopulation.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619214725/http://www.pewforum.org/files/2009/10/Muslimpopulation.pdf|archive-date=19 June 2018|access-date=4 November 2016|publisher=Pew Research Center|page=24}}</ref>)

The interethnic marriage in the Arab community, regardless of religious affiliation, is very high; most community members have only one parent who has Arab ethnicity.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barros |first=Carolina |date=23 August 2012 |title=Argentina's Syrians |url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/109558/argentina's-syrians |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130112314/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/109558/argentina's-syrians |archive-date=30 November 2015 |access-date=4 November 2016 |work=Buenos Aires Herald}}</ref> [[Colombia]] (over 3,200,000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colombia y Medio Oriente|url=https://www.larepublica.co/analisis/simon-gaviria-munoz-401830/colombia-y-medio-oriente-3350223|access-date=12 July 2022|website=Diario La República|date=26 April 2022|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=6 July 2011|title=Brazil-Arab News Agency – Colombia awakens to the Arab world|url=http://www2.anba.com.br/noticia_diplomacia.kmf?cod=8701931|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706150728/http://www2.anba.com.br/noticia_diplomacia.kmf?cod=8701931|archive-date=6 July 2011|access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 March 2019|title=Los palestinos que encontraron un segundo hogar en el centro de Bogotá|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/mas-regiones/los-palestinos-que-encontraron-un-segundo-hogar-en-el-centro-de-bogota-334782|access-date=19 June 2022|website=El Tiempo|language=spanish}}</ref>), [[Venezuela]] (over 1,600,000),<ref name="thedailybeast.com" /><ref>[http://www.aljadid.com/content/arabs-making-their-mark-latin-america-generations-immigrants-colombia-venezuela-and-mexico Habeeb Salloum, "Arabs Making Their Mark in Latin America: Generations of Immigrants in Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico"], ''Al Jadid'', Vol. 6, no. 30 (Winter 2000).</ref> [[Mexico]] (over 1,100,000),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sierra|first=Mauricio|date=16 June 2021|title=Arab Ancestry in Latin America|url=https://berkeleyhighjacket.com/column/arab-ancestry-in-latin-america/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805180425/https://berkeleyhighjacket.com/column/arab-ancestry-in-latin-america/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2021|access-date=15 February 2022|website=Berkeley High Jacket|quote=Arab Mexicans are an important group within Mexican society. There are around 1,100,000 Mexican citizens of Arab descent}}</ref> [[Chile]] (over 800,000),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zalaquett pone a Chile como modelo de convivencia palestino-judía|url=http://www.lanacion.cl/zalaquett-pone-a-chile-como-modelo-de-convivencia-palestino-judia/noticias/2009-10-16/160813.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308011730/http://www.lanacion.cl/zalaquett-pone-a-chile-como-modelo-de-convivencia-palestino-judia/noticias/2009-10-16/160813.html|archive-date=8 March 2016|website=La Nación}}</ref><ref>''Arab and Jewish immigrants in Latin America'': images and realities, by Ignacio Klich, Jeff Lesser, 1998, p. 165.</ref><ref name="select.nytimes.com2">{{Cite news|last=Nemy|first=Enid|date=14 September 1969|title=In Santiago Society, No One Cares If Your Name Is Carey or de Yrarrazaval|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/09/14/archives/in-santiago-society-no-one-cares-if-your-name-is-carey-or-de.html}}</ref> and [[Central America]], particularly [[El Salvador]], and [[Honduras]] (between 150,000 and 200,000).<ref name="The Arabs of Honduras2">{{Cite web|date=27 June 1936|title=The Arabs of Honduras|url=http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/200104/the.arabs.of.honduras.htm|access-date=17 September 2011|publisher=Saudiaramcoworld.com}}</ref><ref name="Adnkronos.com" /><ref name="Laventana.casa.cult.cu" /> [[Arab Haitians]] (257,000<ref>{{Cite web|title=A brief history of Haiti as a destination for groups seeking refuge|url=https://haitiantimes.com/2022/05/19/a-brief-history-of-haiti-as-a-destination-for-groups-seeking-refuge/|website=Haitian Times|date=19 May 2022 |last1=Augustin |first1=Noah }}</ref>) a large number of whom live in the [[Port-au-Prince|capital]] are more often than not, concentrated in financial areas where the majority of them establish businesses.<ref name="al-shorfa.com2">{{Cite web|title=From Lebanon to Haiti: A Story Going Back to the 19th Century|url=http://al-shorfa.com/en_GB/articles/meii/features/main/2010/01/26/feature-02?format=mobile&mobile=true|access-date=30 January 2014}}</ref>