A Brief History of Dearborn, Michigan – The First Arab-American Majority City in the US

February 12, 2024

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5-15 mins
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Presented by The Conversation

As of 2023, Dearborn, Michigan, has become the largest city with an Arab majority in the US, with 55% of its 110,000 population claiming Middle Eastern or North African roots in the latest census. In this article from The Conversation, history professor Sally Howell and criminology assistant professor Amny Shuraydi discuss the history of Dearborn and how it became the center of Arab American culture.

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