Not Quite American?
The Shaping of Arab and Muslim Identity in the United States

In this essay Yvonne Haddad explores the history of immigration and integration of Arab Muslims in the United States and their struggle to legitimate their presence in the face of continuing exclusion based on race, nationalist identity, and religion.

1 The Arabic-Speaking Immigrants of the United States

Becoming American


2 The "Arab" Experience of America


3 The Encounter with Zionism


4 The Muslim Experience of America


5 Claiming Muslim Space in America's Pluralism


6 The Aftermath of 9/11


Conclusion

Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (Ph.D. Hartford Seminary) is Professor of History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. She is the author or editor for over fifteen books including Muslim Minorities in the West: Visible and Invisible (2002); Daughters of Abraham: Feminist Thought in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (2001); and Muslims on the Americanization Path? (2000).