In the wake of Sept. 11, an Arab community that saw itself finally becoming a part of the local fabric witnessed that weave unravel, thread by thread.
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Vote of Many Colors
Although Cook County’s 9th Judicial Subcircuit has a sizable Asian population, its diversity meant Sandra Otaka had to reach other voters to win one of its two open judgeships.
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Arab Enclaves
The 2000 census counted nearly 45,000 Arabs in the six-county area, with some of the highest numbers on Chicago’s North and Southwest sides and in the southwest suburbs Bridgeview, Oak Lawn and Burbank. However, estimates from community-based experts put the number at 150,000—one of the largest concentrations nationwide.
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Breakfast with the FedsBy: Mary AbowdAround 6 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 5, Salim Yusef was jolted awake to pounding at the front door. “I heard voices saying, ‘Come on, open up!’” said Yusef, a 22-year-old permanent U.S. resident of Palestinian origin. He had been asleep on the living room sofa in the south suburban home he shares with his brother and sister-in-law.
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Arab Community has Deep Roots in ChicagoBy: Mary AbowdAlthough often portrayed as a new and foreign element, Arabs have been a part of Chicago since the first large wave of Arab immigration to the United States occurred between 1899 and 1921, according to Louise Cainkar, a fellow with the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute.
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