Middle Eastern American

E9082

demographic group diaspora community ethnic group in the United States

Middle Eastern Americans are U.S. residents and citizens with ancestral roots in the Middle East, encompassing diverse ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds.

Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Middle Eastern Americans	0	7
Arab American	0	3
Syrian American	0	2
Arab Americans	0	1
Jordanian American	0	1
Kuwaiti American	0	1
Levantine American	0	1
Middle Eastern American community	0	1
Qatari American	0	1
West Asian American	0	1
West Asian Americans	0	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demographic group → diaspora community → ethnic group in the United States →
citizenshipCountry	United States of America → surface form: United States
countryOfResidence	United States of America → surface form: United States
hasAncestralOriginRegion	Middle East →
hasCulturalPractice	Middle Eastern cuisine in the United States → celebration of Middle Eastern festivals → maintenance of heritage languages →
hasEthnicComponent	Arabs → surface form: Arab American Armenian American → Assyrians → surface form: Assyrian American Azerbaijani American → Bahraini American → Assyrians → surface form: Chaldean American Coptic American → Druze → surface form: Druze American Egyptian American → Emirati American → Iranian American → Iraqi American → Israeli American → Jordanian American → Kurdish American → Kuwaiti American → Lebanese American → Lebanese American → surface form: Maronite American Omani American → Palestinian American → Qatari American → Saudi Arabian American → Syrian American → Turkish American → Yemeni American →
hasHistoricalMigrationWave	early 20th century immigration to the United States → late 19th century immigration to the United States → post-1965 immigration to the United States → post-1979 Iranian immigration to the United States → post-1990 Gulf War immigration to the United States → post-2003 Iraq War immigration to the United States →
hasMigrationPattern	immigration to the United States →
hasOrganizationType	advocacy group → cultural association → religious institution → student association →
hasReligiousComponent	Baha'i Faith → surface form: Baháʼí American Christian American → Druze → surface form: Druze American Jewish Americans → surface form: Jewish American Mandaean American → Muslims → surface form: Muslim American Yazidi American →
isAffectedBy	Islamophobia in the United States → post-9/11 discrimination in the United States → racial profiling in the United States →
isSubjectOf	U.S. Census classification debates →
languageUsed	Arabic → Armenian → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic → English → Hebrew → Kurdish → Persian → Turkish →
residenceCountry	United States of America → surface form: United States
subclassOf	Middle Eastern American self-linksurface differs → surface form: Arab American Asian American → Middle Eastern American self-linksurface differs → surface form: West Asian American

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paterson, New Jersey → ethnicCommunity → Middle Eastern American →

this entity surface form: Arab Americans

Abdullah Hammoud → ethnicGroup → Middle Eastern American →

this entity surface form: Arab American

Asian American → hasPart → Middle Eastern American →

this entity surface form: Syrian American

Asian American → hasPart → Middle Eastern American →

this entity surface form: Qatari American

Asian American → hasPart → Middle Eastern American →

this entity surface form: Kuwaiti American

Bahraini American → isSubsetOf → Middle Eastern American →

this entity surface form: West Asian Americans

Saudi Arabian American → maySelfIdentifyAs → Middle Eastern American →

this entity surface form: Arab American

Saudi Arabian American → maySelfIdentifyAs → Middle Eastern American →

Syrian American → overlapsWith → Middle Eastern American →

this entity surface form: Levantine American

Bahraini American → partOf → Middle Eastern American →