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Reference
Arab American Almanac
Glendale, Calif. : News Circle Pub. Co., c1984-
E184.A65 .A45 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

Arab American Encyclopedia
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) ; Anan Ameri and Dawn Ramey, editors. Detroit : U X L, c2000.
E184.A65 A48 2000 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Reference Dept.

The Arabs in America, 1492-1977 : A Chronology & Fact Book
Compiled and edited by Beverlee Turner Mehdi. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Oceana Publications, 1978.
E184.A65 M44 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

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General
1998-2000 Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Arab Americans
Washington, DC : American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, c2001.
HV6250.4.E75 A44 2000 Law Library (Blgtn) - General Collections

A Community of Many Worlds : Arab Americans in New York City
edited by Kathleen Benson and Philip M. Kayal. New York : Museum of the City of New York ; Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2002.
F128.9.A65 C66 2002 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

Ameen Rihani : Bridging East and West : A Pioneering Call for Arab-American Understanding
Edited by Nathan C. Funk, Betty J. Sitka Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2004.
PJ7860.I45 Z56 2004 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

Arab-American faces and voices : the origins of an immigrant community
Elizabeth Boosahda. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.
F74.W9 B67 2003 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

Arab Dress : A Short History, From the Dawn of Islam to Modern Times
By Yedida Kalfon Stillman ; and edited by Norman A. Stillman. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.
GT1380 .S75 2000 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Folklore Collection

Arabs in the New World : Studies on Arab-American Communities
Edited by Sameer Y. Abraham and Nabeel Abraham. Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University, Center for Urban Studies, 1983.
E184.A65 A73 1983 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

Becoming American : the early Arab immigrant experience
Alixa Naff. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1985.
E184.S98 N26 1985 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

The Development of Arab-American Identity
Edited by Ernest McCarus. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1994.
E184.A65 D48 1994 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

The Middle East and the United States : A Historical and Political Reassessment
Edited by David W. Lesch. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2003.
DS63.2.U5 M43 2003 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

Not quite American? : the shaping of Arab and Muslim identity in the United States
Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad. Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2004.
E184.A1 H119 2004 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

Race and Ethnicity : An Anthropological Focus on the United States and the World
Edited by Raymond Scupin. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2003.
E184.A1 R237 2003 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

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Arab American Women
Arab Women Writers : An Anthology of Short Stories
Edited, translated, and with an introduction by Dalya Cohen-Mor.
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.PJ7694.E8 A719 2005 Wells Library Research Coll. - Stacks

Bint Arab : Arab and Arab American Women in the United States
Evelyn Shakir. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1997.
E184.A65 S48 1997 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

Culture, class, and work among Arab-American women
Jen'nan Ghazal Read. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2004.
E184.A65 R43 2004 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

Scheherazade's legacy : Arab and Arab American women on writing
edited by Susan Muaddi Darraj ; foreword by Barbara Nimri Aziz. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
PS153.A73 S34 2004 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks

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Newspapers
ADC Times
the Newsletter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.

The Arab American View
Chicagoland Arab American Monthly Newspaper

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Databases
eHRAF: Arab American Human Relations Area Files
The Arab Americans file consists of thirty-one documents, all in English, most of the works in this file focus on the Syrian-Lebanese populations in the United States with specific reference to their concentrations in large urban areas.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press in America on news, culture and history. searchable in English and Spanish.
Coverage: 1960-present

Index Islamicus
The primary, international classified bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world, extensive name and subject indices.

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Websites
American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee
"ADC is a grassroots civil rights organization which welcomes people of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnicities as members."
http://www.adc.org/

Arab American Institute
"Founded in 1985, the Arab American Institute (AAI) is a non-profit organization committed to the civic and political empowerment of Americans of Arab descent."
http://www.aaiusa.org/

100 Questions and Answers About Arab Americans
A guide developed by the Detriot Free Press to act as a step toward more accurate journalistic portrayals of Arab Americans.
http://www.freep.com/jobspage/arabs/

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last updated: 11/23/2009