Table of contents

  • : Acronyms
  • : Introduction
  • : Leaving the Ottoman Empire for the Americas
  • : Pioneers and Adventurers
  • : The Arab World as Seen from Canada
  • : The Struggle Against Anti-Asiatic Migration Laws
  • : Complex Restructuring of the Community
  • : Fragmented Political Mobilizations
  • : Coordinating Struggles
  • : Organizing Under Suspicion
  • : Conclusion
  • : Bibliography
  • : Appendix 1 Biographical Notes
  • : Appendix 2 Primary Sources
  • : Appendix 3 Extract from the McDonald Commission Report

Description

Using archival research, media analysis, laws and statistics, and a series of interviews, Asal offers a thorough examination of the institutions that Arab migrants and their descendants built, and the various ways they expressed their identity and organized their religious, social and political lives. Identifying as Arab in Canada offers an impressively researched, but accessibly written, much-needed glimpse into the long history of the Arab population in Canada.

Reviews

“With rigorous research and a gripping narrative, this book comes to shatter many preconceived ideas and orientalist views about “Arabs,” all in a constructive, historical, and critical way.”

- Monia Mazigh, author, novelist and human rights advocate.