ABOUT US

ADC is a grassroots civil rights organization, which welcomes people of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnicities as members.

• The Anti-Discrimination Committee was founded by U.S. Senator James Abourezk in 1980
• Advisory Board members include: Muhammad Ali, Her Majesty Queen Noor, several U.S. Congressmen, Edward Said & Casey Kasem among others
• ADC has members in all 50 states - and it is the largest Arab American organization of its kind

The three cities with the largest concentrations of Arab Americans are: Los Angeles, Detroit, & New York.

Three-fourths of Arab Americans are Christian according to AAI.

There are 3 million Americans with Arab heritage and approximately 7 million Muslim Americans (by comparison there are 5.2 million Jewish Americans)

• Famous Arab Americans include: Ralph Nader, Salma Hayek, Casey Kasem, Doug Flutie, Shakira, Paula Abdul, Spencer Abraham and many more (click here to see an illustrated brochure)
• The Arab American market is considerable. Arab American consumers have a buying power of $104 billion.
• The Arab World is made up of 22 countries with a combined economy of $1.2 trillion annually. It's population is slightly larger than the US (300 million people) most of whom live in Africa (click here for maps of the region)
• Communications Director, Hussein Ibish has made over 3,000 radio & television appearances to date
• Our legal department handles over 2000 complaints/cases per year
• The ADC National website averages well over 1 million hits per month and is ranked number one in Google for both "Arab American" and "Discrimination"