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Figures from the 2000 U.S. Census suggest the number of Arab Americans is at least 1.2 million, reflecting a 40% increase between the 1990 and 2000 Census. Many Arab American groups estimate the number of Americans with Arab ancestry is closer to 3.5 million. School psychologists may work with these children as 25% of the Arab American population is under 25 years of age.

The 2000 Census identified Arabs as those individuals whose ancestry originates in Arabic speaking countries, even though not all individuals from these countries consider themselves Arab. Arabs emigrate from 22 countries in the Middle East (including Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait) as well as from North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, Algiers, Sudan, and Libya). Palestinian Arabs reside within various Middle Eastern countries including Lebanon, Israel, and Syria. Considerable variability exists regarding the economic, political, ethnic, and religious composition...

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  1. Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.A.

    Karen L Haboush

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  1. Department of Educational Psychology, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, U.S.A.

    Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology) (Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology)

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Haboush, K.L. (2010). Arab American Children. In: Clauss-Ehlers, C.S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71799-9_26

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