Arab Detroit : from margin to mainstream

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Contributors: Shryock, Andrew., Abraham, Nabeel.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2000.
Series:Great Lakes books
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Table of Contents:
  • On margins and mainstreams /
  • Andrew Shryock and Nabeel Abraham
  • 8 houses from the birthplace of Henry Ford /
  • Hayan Charara
  • Building the infrastructure of Arab American identity in Detroit : a short history of ACCESS and the community it serves /
  • Karen Rignall
  • A demographic portrait of Arab Detroit /
  • Kim Schopmeyer
  • You only exist inside me /
  • Lawrence Joseph
  • In the tenth year of war /
  • Lawrence Joseph
  • Dumb like a fox /
  • Don Unis
  • Growing up in Detroit : an immigrant grocer's daughter /
  • Alixa Naff
  • Fandy /
  • Kevin Rashid
  • Behind the bulletproof glass : Iraqi Chaldean store ownership in metropolitan Detroit /
  • Gary C. David
  • There I am again /
  • Lawrence Joseph
  • On the road with Bob : peddling in the early sixties /
  • Nabeel Abraham
  • What they did /
  • Hayan Charara
  • The American journey of a Chaldean from Iraq /
  • Sharkey Haddad
  • Egyptian Copts in Detroit : ethnic community and long-distance nationalism /
  • Richard R. Jones
  • Finding the straight path : a conversation with Mohsen and Lila Amen about faith, life, and family in Dearborn /
  • Sally Howell
  • Arab Detroit's "American" mosque /
  • Nabeel Abraham
  • Aliya Hassan
  • Important things to an eight year old : for Haji Aliya Hassan /
  • Saladin Ahmed
  • After Karbala : Iraqi refugees in Detroit /
  • Linda S. Walbridge and T. M. Aziz
  • Politics, pragmatism, and the "Arab vote" : a conversation with Maya Berry /
  • Sally Howell
  • Status : refugee /
  • Amira Saad
  • Daughter of America /
  • Shams Alwujude
  • Coming home /
  • Lara Hamza
  • Becoming the center of mystery /
  • Hayan Charara
  • To Palestine and back : quest for place /
  • Nabeel Abraham
  • Hope, figs, and a place called home /
  • Jeffrey Ghannam
  • What's not in a name /
  • Marilynn Rashid
  • The art and artistry of Arab Detroit : changing traditions in a new world /
  • Sally Howell
  • Continuity and adaptation in Arab American foodways /
  • William G. Lockwood and Yvonne R. Lockwood
  • The sound of culture, the structure of tradition : musicians' work in Arab Detroit /
  • Anne Rasmussen
  • Family resemblances : kinship and community in Arab Detroit /
  • Andrew Shryock
  • Steps /
  • Naomi Shihab Nye.