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In the Public Interest Celebrates Arab American Heritage Month

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By Jacquelyn Carter
In the Public Interest Host

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Photo by Sarah Bey.
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    In the Public Interest Celebrates Arab American Heritage Month

 

April is Arab American Heritage Month. Arab Americans are immigrants or descendants of from the Arab world. This includes people who are Syrian, Lebanese, Egyptian, Palestinian, Iraqis, Jordanians and Yemenis.

Join your hosts Jacquelyn Carter and DaLyah Jones to celebrate people of Middle Eastern descent who have migrated to America and their contributions to the nation. This episode features stories from reporters Sarah Bey, Carlos Marquez III and Kat Huerta.

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    In the Public Interest Celebrates Arab American Heritage Month

After 9/11, discrimination increased against those who were Middle Eastern or perceived to be so. Sarah Bey covered the stigmas associated with being Muslim in America.

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    In the Public Interest Celebrates Arab American Heritage Month

Carlos Marques did a story on Muslim wear in the Arab American culture.

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    In the Public Interest Celebrates Arab American Heritage Month

Kat Huerta discussed the generational changes within the Arab American culture.

Be sure to follow your hosts and reporters on Twitter and tell them what you think about this week’s episode. Also, like us on Facebook and tell us what you think next week’s show topic should be about.

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