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Arab Argentine

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Notable Arab Argentines:
Carlos Menem · Felipe Sapag
Julio Asad · Leonardo Favio
Regions with significant populations
Throughout Argentina
Languages
Rioplatense Spanish, Arabic and Arabic dialects.
Religion
Predominantly Christian
with Muslim and Jewish minorities
Related ethnic groups
Other Arabs, Arab American, Arab Brazilian, Lebanese Canadian, Lebanese Australian, Spanish Argentine

An Arab Argentine is an Argentine citizen or resident alien whose ancestry traces back to any of various waves of immigrants, largely of Arab cultural and linguistic heritage and/or identity, originating mainly from what is now Lebanon and Syria but also there are some individuals from the twenty-two countries which comprise the Arab World.

Although a highly diverse group of Argentines — in ancestral origins, religion and historic identities — Arab Argentines hold a heritage that shares common linguistic, cultural, and political traditions.

The majority of the Arab Argentines are from either Lebanese or Syrian background.[4] Of the total 784,000 Arab Argentines are Muslims.[5] The interethnic marriage in the Arab community, regardless of religious affilliation, is very high; most community members have only one parent who has Arab ethnicity. As a result of this, the Arab community in Argentina shows marked language shift away from Arabic. Only a few speak any Arabic, and such knowledge is often limited to a few basic words. Instead the majority, especially those of younger generations, speak Spanish as a first language.

History

In the 19th century, the first Arabs settled in Argentina. Most Arabs who came during this time period were Sirio-Libanese Arabs (During that time, Syria and Lebanon were one territory). When they were first processed in the ports of Argentina, they were classified as Turks because what is modern day Lebanon and Syria was a territory of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The causes for Arabs to leave their homeland were an accelerated increase in demographics in Lebanon, the persecution by the Ottoman Turks, and the Italo-Turkish War.[4] The Arab immigrants settle in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Salta, Jujuy, La Rioja, San Juan, Mendoza, Santiago del Estero, Misiones, Chaco, and the Patagonia. A large percentage on Arabs settled in the Cuyo region (which is made up of the provinces of San Juan, San Luis, Mendoza, and La Rioja).

Rocío Chalup, Queen of the Arab Collectivity in the Fiesta Nacional del Inmigrante in Oberá, Misiones.
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* Carlos Balá is a comedian -specialized in children's entertainment- with Lebanese ancestry.
* Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Alí Seineldín (1933-2009); commander of the 25th Regiment of the Argentine Army during the Falklands War and carapintada leader.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Worldstatesmen.org
  2. ^ Islamhoy
  3. ^ Inmigración sirio-libanesa en Argentina (in Spanish)
  4. ^ a b Bajaron de los Barcos: Sirios, Turcos y Libaneses
  5. ^ Pew Research Center

See also

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