Arab Dutch

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Arab Dutch

Total population
418,000[1] 2.5% of the Dutch population
Regions with significant populations
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Eindhoven
Moroccans 355,000 [2] Iraqis 55,000 [2] Egyptians 23,000 [2] Syrians 10,261 [2] Tunisians 8,558 [2] Algerians 7,733 [2] Lebanese 5,187 [2] Kuwaitis 1,524 [2] Jordanians 1,523 [2] Saudis 1,519 [2]
Languages
Arabic language Dutch language
Religion
Mainly Islam, minority Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Arabs, Assyrians, Berbers, Kurds

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.

Politics

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 Aljazeera's effective monopoly on Arabic broadcasting in the country.^[4]

Notable people

Of Moroccan descent:

• Khadija Arib, politician
• Ahmed Aboutaleb, politician
• Maryam Hassouni, actress
• Laïla Abid, journalist
• Ali B, rapper

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

Of Lebanese descent:

• Danny Ghosen, journalist

Of Syrian descent:

• Fawaz Jneid, Muslim leader

Of Algerian descent:

• Hakim Traïdia, artist

See also

• Arab European League
• Arabs in Europe
• Moroccan-Dutch

References

External links

• T-shirt project in The Netherlands to create understanding between the Arab Dutch and non-Arab Dutch

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