- Arab Mexican
Infobox Ethnic group
group=Arab Mexican
"Árabe Mexicano"
flagicon|Arab Leagueflagicon|Mexico
poptime=
popplace=Puebla ,Baja California , Guadalajara,Coahuila ,Mexico City
langs=Mexican Spanish , Arabic
rels=Christianity ,Islam ,Judaism
related=Arabs, Jews,Spanish Mexican sAn Arab Mexican is a Mexican citizen that is Arab. Arab immigration to Mexico started as early as the 19th and 20th centuries. [ [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-536840/Marin-Guzman-Roberto-and-Zidane.html Marin-Guzman, Roberto and Zidane Zeraoui. Arab Immigration in Mexico in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Assimilation and Arab Heritage.(Book Review) Industry & Business Article - Research, News, Information, Contacts, Divisions, Subsidiaries, Business Associations ] ] They came mostly from
Lebanon ,Syria ,Palestine , andIraq and are present in significant numbers inPuebla .Immigration of Arabs in Mexico has influenced Mexican culture, in particular food. Where they have introduced
Kibbeh ,Tabbouleh and even created recipes such as Arab taquitos. The fusion between Arab and Latin food, has highly influenced theYucatecan cuisine. [ [http://www.discoverymexico.com/Culture/Arab-Influence-in-Yucatecan-Cuisine/ Discovery Mexico: Travel Guide and Booking - Discovery Mexico ] ]Another concentration of Arab-Mexicans is in
Baja California facing the US-Mexican border, esp. in cities of Mexicali in the Imperial Valley US/Mexico, and Tijuana across from San Diego with a largeArab American community (about 280,000), some of those families have relatives in Mexico.Regardless of whether their surnames are Arabic or Spanish, Arab Mexicans are sometimes considered
Spanish Mexican s, since many Spaniards have Arab blood, as long as their religion isChristianity .In religion, the majority of Arab-Mexicans are Christians whom belong to the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and
Eastern Rite Catholic Churches , but the rest areMuslims and a scant number are Jews of Middle Eastern origins.Notable Arab Mexicans
*Carlos Slim Helú, businessman
*Capulina , actor
*Salma Hayek , actress born to a Mexican mother and Mexican father of Lebanese descent
*Mauricio Féres Yázbek (Garcés), actor
*José Murat Casab , politician and a member of theInstitutional Revolutionary Party also formerGovernor of Oaxaca
*Mohammed Yussuf , footballer
*Victor Nacif , Vice President of Design Business Aspects for Nissan Design America
*Jeff Becerra , Heavy metal musicianee also
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Arab diaspora
*Immigration to Mexico
*Arab Brazilian
*Arab Argentine External links
* Arab Mexican Chamber of Industry and Commerce http://www.camic.org/
References
Category:Arab Mexican
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