Arabs in the Netherlands
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| Amsterdam: 80,000 (10% of the population), Rotterdam: 46,000 (7.5% of the population), The Hague: 35,000 (7% of the population) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mainly Islam, minority Christianity and Judaism |
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Arab Dutch (Arabische Nederlanders), also referred to as Dutch Arabs (Nederlandse Arabieren), are citizens or residents of the Netherlands whose ancestry traces back to the Arab World. It is worth mentioning that many of them might not actually be ethnically Arab but due to the general confusion between the meaning of Arab and other groups coming from the same area (such as the case of Kurds, Berbers, Turkemen etc.) the exact number of the actual Arab population in the Netherlands may be greatly biased.
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Politics [edit]
In 2001, two Arab immigrants to the Netherlands, Egyptian-born Farouk Ibrahim (58) and Moroccan-born Mustafa Aboustib, set up the Arab Democratic Party (Arabische Democratische Partij), complaining that Arabs were not well represented in mainstream political parties except as "pretty Arab faces".[3] In 2007, a group of Arab Dutch have complained about the television network Al Jazeera's effective monopoly on Arabic broadcasting in the country.[4]
Notable people [edit]
Of Moroccan descent:
- Khadija Arib, politician
- Maryam Hassouni, actress
- Laïla Abid, journalist
- Ali B, rapper
- Badr Hari, super heavyweight kickboxer
Of Egyptian descent:
- Nahed Selim, writer
- Ramses Shaffy, singer
- Sabri Saad El Hamus, actor
- Monique Samuel, writer
- Yesser Roshdy, rapper
Of Palestinian descent:
- Hany Abu-Assad, film director
- Kefah Allush, TV presenter
- Arjan El Fassed, politician
- Ramsey Nasr, writer
- Wasif Shadid, scholar
- Senad Abou Imran Elfallastini, political scientist
- Radi Suudi, political scientist
Of Lebanese descent:
- Sebastian Husseini, Motocross rider
- Danny Ghosen, journalist
- Rachid Finge, journalist
- Arthur Blok, journalist
Of Syrian descent:
- Fawaz Jneid, Muslim leader
- Ahmad Salaam, Muslim leader
Of Algerian descent:
- Hakim Traïdia, artist
Of Tunisian descent:
- Chazia Mourali, TV presenter
- Karim Rekik, footballer
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Dutch media perceived as much more biased than Arabic media - Media & Citizenship Report conducted by University of Utrecht", Utrecht University, 2010-09-10, retrieved 2010-11-29
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Bevolking; generatie, geslacht, leeftijd en herkomstgroepering, 1 januari, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 2010-01-01, retrieved 2010-06-02
- ^ "We zijn de valse beloftes zat (We are fed up with false promises)", de Volkskrant, 2001-08-11, retrieved 2010-06-02
- ^ "Arabische Nederlanders in actie tegen Al Jazeera (Arab Dutch defy Al Jazeera news coverage)", De Pers, 2007-11-22, retrieved 2010-06-02
External links [edit]
- T-shirt project in the Netherlands to create understanding between the Arab Dutch and non-Arab Dutch
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