A brief history of Dearborn, Michigan – the first Arab-American majority city in the US

The more interesting story about Dearborn, however, is what happens when the national spotlight is turned off. Then, as we have witnessed decade after decade, the city's residents, Arab and non-Arab, new and old, work to make their home a better, safer, healthier place to raise their families and their voices...

https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-dearborn-michigan-the-first-arab-american-majority-city-in-the-us-216700

‘Unlike 9/11, we’re fighting back’: Arab Americans in Dearborn are resilient in the face of Islamophobia

"More often than not, people are uninformed," Zeidan told the Guardian at the local Yemeni coffee shop. "It's my duty to lean into that education, because if we don't, then we let false narratives win. And it's really important for our community to reclaim that narrative in the face of a country that is trying to paint us in a false light."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/11/unlike-911-were-fighting-back