A Study of Acculturation of an Arab-Muslim Community in Dearborn

Abstract

In my thesis I will attempt to analyze the profile of that community by exploring its acculturation, and by investigating such factors as to how this community retained many aspects of Middle East culture, such as preserving its own language, religion, communal institutions and ancestral culture. I will also examine the extent to which the environment of their host country has affected Arab immigrants traditional values. Most important I would like to offer some insights into a people and the problems they face as they deal with the clash of their culture with that of America.