As an institution that values individuals of all backgrounds and identities, heritage months are important opportunities to learn more about the communities around us and how we can celebrate and uplift them.
Because of the important work of advocacy groups like Arab America, the Arab American Institute and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, for the first time, the U.S. Department of State has announced April as Arab American Heritage Month. The month is a time to reflect on the history of Arab Americans and to commemorate the numerous contributions this diverse population has made to the United States.
Arab Americans have ancestry in one of the 22 Arab nations around the world, from northern Africa through western Asia. While Arabs are religiously, ethnically and politically diverse, they descend from a shared cultural and linguistic heritage. Further, a common misconception is that “Arab” and “Middle Eastern” mean the same thing. According to the Arab A
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There are nearly 3.5 million Arab Americans in the United States, according to the Arab American Institute. And while it s important to respect and recognize Arab American culture all year long, April marks Arab American Heritage Month. In 2019, two members of Congress pushed for the month to be recognized on a national scale. Establishing Arab American Heritage Month was critical in combatting post-9/11 anti-Arab sentiments, and while Arab Americans still face prejudice regularly, acknowledging their fight for recognition and equality and becoming better allies is something we can all contribute toward. We ve come up with a few ways to celebrate Arab American Heritage Month. Check out our list below:
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Funeral director Goulade Farrah is haunted by his clients, whose bereavement over loved ones lost to COVID-19 plays over and over in his head.
The hospital told us he was fine, and the next thing we know he’s on a ventilator.
They said go home and let us know when her oxygen level is this number, but when we went back it was too late.
We are devastated, we could not even be with him when he died.
Roughly 90% of the deaths Farrah handles at Olive Tree, the mortuary he oversees in Stanton, California, about 26 miles south of Los Angeles, are COVID-19-related. Many are Arab Americans.
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