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Educational Packet

Posted on Friday November 21, 2008

The Arab American Institute Foundation has put together a resource packet on Arab Americans, the Middle East, and Islam.

You can download the entire packet, or browse through and download the individual titles listed below.

To order print copies, please download and fill out the order form.

Contents:

• Healing the Nation: The Arab American Experience After September 11

• Profiling and Pride: Arab American Attitudes and Behavior Since September 11
Poll report comparing October 2001 and May 2002 surveys of Arab Americans

• Arab American Attitudes and the September 11 Attacks
Results of a poll conducted in Octber 2001

• American Leaders Speak Out Against Backlash in Wake of September 11 Tragedy
Excerpts of speeches by President Bush, members of Congress and national organizations

• Arab Americans: Making a Difference
by Casey Kasem. Updated 2006.

• Quick Facts about Arab Americans and Arab American Population Highlights

• Demographic Charts on Country of Origin and Religious Affiliation

• Who Are Arab Americans?
by Helen Samhan, from Grolier’s Multimedia Encyclopedia

• Arab Americans: A Century of Civic and Cultural Achievement

• Notes on Anti-Arab Racism

• Select Bibliography on Arab Americans | PDF download

• Select Websites on Arab Americans, the Middle East, and Islam

• “Are Arab Americans People Like Us?”
by James J. Zogby, Foreign Service Journal, May 2000

• “Arab Stereotypes and American Educators” Social Studies for the Young Learner (March/April 1995) by Marvin Wingfield and Bushra Karaman, courtesy of hte American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (print only)

• Teaching About Islam and Muslims in the Public School Classroom
by the Council on Islamic Foundation

• “Arab Americans” Cobblestone’s Children’s Magazine, May 2002 (print only; for teachers only)

• AMIDEAST Educational Resources information card (print only)

• AWAIR 2002 Catalog, from Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services (print only)

• “Arab Contribution to Civilization” from The Arab World Studies Notebook, reprinted by permission of Audrey Shabbas, ed. (print only)

To order print copies please download our order form and fax or mail it to:

ATTN: Tracy Kumar
The Arab American Institute Foundation
1600 K Street, NW Suite 601
Washington, DC 20006

phone: (202) 429-9210
fax: (202) 429-9214