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Kalamazoo
Arab-Americans Aren't Celebrating
(KALAMAZOO, MI) (2003-11-22) Members of the Kalamazoo American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee held an iftar, the dinner that marks the
end of fasting during Ramadan, on Friday. It's usually a time of
celebration for Muslims. But ADC director Ali Labib says anti-Arab
discrimination gives the local community little to celebrate. He says
the community has suffered since the September 11th attacks two years
ago and has been under attack because of the federal government's war on
terrorism. Labib says Arab Americans just want the same constitutional
rights enjoyed by everyone else. Local and federal officials also
attended the iftar at Western Michigan University. Labib says he will
meet with them again in the next two weeks to try to improve relations
between them and Arab-American residents. There are about three thousand
American Arabs living in the greater Kalamazoo area.
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