![Only a small number of Palestinians travelled to America after the Nakhba of 1948. The largest waves of immigrates arrived after 1965 when students and professionals left homes in the West bank and Jerusalem. Roughly six per cent of Arab Americans identified Palestinian heritage in a 2000 survey. Postgraduate student Feda Saleh, 24, was born in New York and has lived in the US for most of her life, but she still sees the towns of Ramallah and Nubira as her true home.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/AYGJGGHI344GPPTKCPXFJBTVIM.jpg?smart=true&auth=c254ff9dfc5668d75d481fdcc500630b917dc91b6e1f437dc2f01cd7cfb92ec1&width=400&height=225)
Roughly six per cent of Arab Americans identified Palestinian heritage in a 2000 survey. Postgraduate student Feda Saleh, 24, was born in New York and has lived in the US for most of her life, but she sees the towns of Ramallah and Nubira as her true home.
Roughly six per cent of Arab Americans identified Palestinian heritage in a 2000 survey. Postgraduate student Feda Saleh, 24, was born in New York and has lived in the US for most of her life, but sheShow more
Arab American Heritage Month: Giving the community its due is called progress
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Dr James Zogby is the president of the Arab American Institute and a columnist for The National
13 April, 2022