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An unusually diverse group of
investigators included political scien-
tists, sociologists, an anthropologist,
public policy experts and a graduate
student in American studies. Also
unusual, Baker says, is that the
scholars collaborated with over 20
major Arab American organizations
on their advisory panel.
An important factor that made
this study of Arab Americans a
much more scientific and accurate
work, is the number of people inter-
viewed for it, Baker says. More than
1,500 people were interviewed from
Arab American households in the
tri-county area and a "comparison
group" from the general American
group "This is the same number or
sample size we do in a national sur-
vey of all Americans," Baker says.
Other information Gad-Harf
found most interesting is that, like
the Jewish community, Arab
Americans place family in an exalt-
ed, No. 1 position. "They also have
ties to a homeland in the Middle
East," he says. "And while that often
brings us into an adversarial position
with them, it's a value we can under-
stand.
"A third value that's similar to the
Jewish community is on providing
for your children so they can live a
better life — improving one's stan-
dard of living through education
and a career," Gad Harf says.
From a Jewish point of view, he
says, "It would help us to know
from this study whether there are
segments of the Arab Community
amenable to collaborating with us."
This particular study is a begin-
ning point to understand the Arab
and Chaldean communities immi-
grant experience, Shapiro concludes.
The study will help the Jewish com-
munity understand who are our new
partners in America. ❑

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www.umich.edu/news/index.html?
Releases/2004/Ju104/r072904

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