Arab Immigration to Canada

That figure was, in 1998, estimated to be some 300,000 citizens. The Encyclopedia also points out the major distinction that "'Arab Canadian' does not refer to one religious affiliation, country of origin or distance from the immigration generation but to the mixture of characteristics and beliefs that members of this ethnic group have inherited from the past or acquired in Canada" (Canadian Encyclopedia, 1998).

In his 1991 book Abu-Laban explains that more than 90 percent of the earliest immigrants were Christians who were seeking refuge from poverty and the Ottoman colonial regime. The post-WWII wave of Arab immigrants, on the other hand, "comprised a broader mixture of Christian groups and a substantial number of Muslims and Druzes who were motivated by the desire to escape unfavourable social, economic and political conditions in their homelands" (Abu Laban, 1991, 17).

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n that country? That is the issue we shall consider in the remainder of this paper. The Current Climate For Arabs Judging from information provided by the Canadian Arab Federation, the National Council on Canada Arab Relations and others, there is an active group of Arabs interested in furthering the cause of successful settlement. For instance, the organization of the Canadian Arab Friendship Society states as its founding goals "from its inception the society did not pretend to have or seek a mass following. Its goals were to some extent social, but for the most part, educational. However, through the years, defense of the Palestine cause and attempts to correct the Arab image in the media overshadowed the social and educational objectives" (Salloum, 2000, Online). The organization began in 1960, which, as a reference to the above tables will confirm, coincides with the current increase in immigration. The website also explains that meetings were held monthly, and were designed, in many cases, to help bolster the feeling of pride in being an Arab and the members heard lectures about a catholic range of topics including "Arab Philosophy in Spain, Arabic Contributions to Sicilo-Italian, Arab Contributions to Western Technolo
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