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Estevánico of Azamor may have
been the first Muslim to enter the historical record in North America.
Estevánico was a
Berber originally from North Africa who explored the future states
of
Arizona and
New
Mexico for the Spanish Empire. Source
Wikipedia
Middle Eastern-Americans
Middle Easterners are
one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in America. While
the size of the overall immigrant population (legal and
illegal) has tripled since 1970, the number of immigrants from
the Middle East has grown more than seven-fold, from fewer
than 200,000 in 1970 to nearly 1.5 million in 2000.
Source:
Center
for Middle Eastern Studies
Arab-Americans
Arab Americans constitute an
ethnicity made up of several waves of immigrants
from 22 Arab countries, stretching from Morocco in
the west to Oman in the east. Although
a highly
diverse ethnic group, Arab-Americans descend from
a
heritage that represents common linguistic,
cultural, and political
traditions.
Source:
Wikipedia
Jewish
Americans
"American
Jews, also known as Jewish Americans, are
Americans
who are also
Jews.
Population estimates vary; most surveys, the
majority of which treat "Jewish" as a religious
group, range from 5.2 million
to 6.4 million,
The population of ethnically Jewish people in the
United States
is not certain. Nonetheless, the overall
Jewish
population of the United States either the largest
or second-largest in the world after Israel. The
American Jewish community is composed mostly of
Ashkenazi Jews,
but there are also
Sephardic
and
Mizrahi Jews,
along with other
Jewish ethnic divisions,
encompassing a wide range of spiritual beliefs,
from the ultra-Orthodox
Haredi
communities to Jews who are entirely secular."
Source:
Answer.
com
Lebanese
Americans
"There are about 3
million people of Lebanese descent in
America
today. This is a significant number compared to
the
3.5 million who still live in Lebanon. And it
helps to explain the
interest in all things
Phoenician and Lebanese in the USA"
Source:
Lebanese-Americans
Middle Eastern-Americans
Arab-Americans
Egyptian
Americans
Jewish
Americans
Lebanese
Americans