Muslim Life in America - Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State

Arabs and Non-Arabs Stand
United in Dearborn, Michigan

By Laura J. Brown
Washington File Staff Writer, October 10, 2001

In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the community of Dearborn, Michigan, has achieved a "new level of cooperation" among different religious groups and ethnic cultures, according to University of Michigan Professor Ronald Stockton.

Stockton, who chairs the university's Center for Arab-American Studies, cited a number of recent community events and statements from political leaders as encouraging signs that Americans -- both those of Arab descent and non-Arabs --are uniting during this difficult time.

Dearborn is home to the largest concentration of Michigan State's more than 400,000 Arab-Americans, many the second and third generations of immigrant families. Dearborn schools teach in both English and Arabic; about half of the students in the school system are of Arab descent. (Complete text at http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/islam/a101001a.htm)

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