Download or read book Identifying as Arab in Canada written by Houda Asal and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-11T00:00:00Z with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While “Arabs” now attract considerable attention – from media, the state, and sociological studies – their history in Canada remains little known. Identifying as Arab in Canada begins to rectify this invisibilization by exploring the migration from Machrek (the Middle East) to Canada from the late 19th century through the 1970s. Houda Asal breathes life into this migratory history and the people who made the journey, and examines the public, collective existence they created in Canada in order to understand both the identity Arabs have constructed for themselves here, and the identity that has been constructed for them by the Canadian state. Using archival research, media analysis, laws and statistics, and a series of interviews, Asal offers a thorough examination of the institutions these migrants and their descendants built, and the various ways they expressed their identity and organized their religious, social and political lives. Identifying as Arab in Canada offers an impressively researched, but accessibly written, much-needed glimpse into the long history of the Arab population in Canada.
Download or read book Arabs in Canada written by Raja G. Khouri and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking work identifies the challenges facing the Canadian-Arab community vis-a-vis racism, integration, government policy and community building. The first Part provides a comprehensive snapshot of the position of Arabs in Canada in a post September 11 world. The second Part outlines the internal and external barriers to community development from a conflict management framework. Together, these primary narratives provide insight into an often-misunderstood community.
Download or read book Targeted Transnationals written by Jenna Hennebry and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following 9/11, the securitization of state practices and policies has chipped away at the citizenship and personal rights of all Canadians, particularly those of Arab descent. This book argues that in a securitized global context and through racialized immigration and security policies, Arab Canadians have become "targeted transnationals." Media representations have further legitimized their homogenization and racialization. The contributors to this book examine state practices towards, and media representations of, Arab Canadians. They also present voices that counter the dominant discourse and trace forms of community resistance to the racialization of Arab Canadians.
Download or read book Being Arab written by Paul Eid and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2007-07-10 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eid looks at the significance of religion to ethnic identity building, a largely understudied issue in ethnic studies, and the extent to which social and cultural practices are structured along ethnic and religious lines. Being Arab also analyzes whether gendered traditions act as identity markers for young Canadians of Arab descent and whether men and women hold different views on traditional gender roles, especially regarding power within romantic relationships and sexuality.
Download or read book An Olive Branch on the Family Tree written by Baha Abu-Laban and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1980 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Domestic Battleground written by David Taras and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1989 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle East has always been a source of great power confrontations, vast religious movements, and historic "about- faces." It has also had a magnetic pull, enticing commitments and allegiances from other countries. The conflict between Israel and the Arab states has been characterized by failure to compromise, deep animosities, and drastic misperceptions that have remained, despite the passage of generations, bitter and intractable. Although this conflict is essentially a struggle between two national movements - Arab and Jewish - its impact reaches far beyond the Middle East.
Download or read book Canada s Foreign Policy and the Arab Israel Conflict written by Kamaran M.K. Mondal and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the historical and comparative approaches of study, this book traces the roots of the Arab-Israel conflict in general and the Palestine-Israel conflict in particular, as well as Canada’s role in the thorny issue of the conflict and peace processes through multilateral fora and institutions. It shows that the Canadian perception and policy, while uniquely Canadian, have operated within the broader Anglo-American framework of support for a Jewish ‘homeland’ and the two state theory. The book argues that three significant factors have impacted Canada’s outlook and actions. Firstly, Canada’s perception and policy towards the Arab-Israel conflict have been shaped by religio-cultural and historical factors, rather than by its acclaimed Liberal Internationalism. Second, growing economic and commercial interests after the 1973 Arab-Israel War and its perceived national interest made it adopt a more nuanced and balanced approach towards the conflict. Finally, it argues that the elite perception, the initiatives by Lester Pearson, and the presence of an active Jewish community have had a significant influence on Canadian perception towards the Arab-Israel conflict.
Download or read book The Gulf Within written by Zuhair Kashmeri and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 1991 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Canadian government went to war against Iraq in 1991, many Canadians of Arab or Muslim background became the targets of hostility, harassment, and racism. This book recounts and analyzes their experiences during the Gulf War. Journalist Zuhair Kashmeri interviewed over seventy Arabs and Muslims across Canada before finally focusing on the experiences of nine families. The nine case studies illustrate the reaction of different social institutions, including schools, the media, police, municipal governments, the work place, and churches. The Gulf Within also includes a detailed discussion of the actions of police and security services who targeted Canadian Arabs and Muslims during the first Gulf War.
Download or read book Canada and the Arab World written by Tareq Ismael and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 1985 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada and the Arab World examines the important issues that have arisen in the past decades that involve Canada's dealings with and understanding of Middle Eastern countries.
Download or read book Arab Canadians written by Audrey C. Jamal and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Fought as I Believed written by Muhammad Said Massoud and published by [s.l. : s.n.], c1976 ([Montreal : Ateliers des sourds (Mtl)]). This book was released on 1976 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Arab American Experience in the United States and Canada written by Michael W. Suleiman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arabs in America written by Michael Suleiman and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Setting the record straight about Arab American culture.
Download or read book My Arab Spring My Canada written by Qais Ghanem and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book by Arab Canadians about Arab Canadians written for Arab Canadians, as well as Canadians at large, describing the current situation of immigration into Canada, and speculating on how the Arab Spring might influence the place and role of future generations of Arab Canadians in Canadian society. "In My Arab Spring, My Canada, authors Qais Ghanem and Elie M. Nasrallah have given this country, their country, a valuable gift. This book -- co-authored by a Muslim and a Christian, both of Arab descent, both proud Canadians -- is a pocket guide for those who come from the Middle East as well as a useful reference for those already here. Nasrallah has roots that go all the way back to the Titanic, so these are hardly starry-eyed or discouraged newcomers. They examine immigration from earliest days to today and they look to the future with great optimism." Roy MacGregor, author of Canadians: A Portrait of a Country and Its People
Download or read book Arabic speaking Immigrants in the United States and Canada written by Mohammed Sawaie and published by Lexington, KY : Mazdâ Publishers. This book was released on 1985 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Al Rashid Mosque written by Earle H. Waugh and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al Rashid Mosque, Canada’s first and one of the earliest in North America, was erected in Edmonton in the depth of the Depression of the 1930s. Over time, the story of this first mosque, which served as a magnet for more Lebanese Muslim immigrants to Edmonton, was woven into the folklore of the local community. —Baha Abu-Laban, Foreword Edmonton’s Al Rashid Mosque has played a key role in Islam’s Canadian development. Founded by Muslims from Lebanon, it has grown into a vibrant community fully integrated into Canada’s cultural mosaic. The mosque continues to be a concrete expression of social good, a symbol of a proud Muslim Canadian identity. Al Rashid Mosque provides a welcome introduction to the ethics and values of homegrown Muslims. The book traces the mosque’s role in education and community leadership and celebrates the numerous contributions of Muslim Canadians in Edmonton and across Canada. Al Rashid Mosque is a timely and important volume of Islamic and Canadian history. "Forty years ago, as a young scholar in Islamic Studies at the University of Alberta, Al Rashid’s Muslims welcomed my queries, tolerated my ignorance, and joyfully opened their homes and their hearts." —Earle H. Waugh
Download or read book Brief on Canadian Arab Trade in Relation to Canada s Middle Eastern Policy written by Canadian Arab Federation and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
