Arabs in the Netherlands

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Arabs in the Netherlands
العرب في هولندا
Total population
Moroccans 414,186 (2021)
Syrians 113,126 (2021)
Iraqis 66,216 (2021)
Egyptians 28,399 (2021)
Tunisians 10,940 (2021)
Algerians 8,849 (2021)
Lebanese 7,950 (2021)
Saudis 4,860 (2021)
Jordanians 2,719 (2021)
Kuwaitis 2,669 (2021) [1]
Regions with significant populations
predominantly Randstad (Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague)
Languages
Arabic language
Dutch language
Religion
Mainly Islam and minority Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Arabs, Arab diaspora

Arab Dutch (Arabische Nederlanders), also referred to as Dutch Arabs (Nederlandse Arabieren), are citizens or residents of the Netherlands whose ancestry traces back to the Arab World.

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Politics

In 2001, two Arab immigrants to the Netherlands, Egyptian-born Farouk Ibrahim (58) and Moroccan-born Mustafa Aboustib, set up the Arab Democratic Party (Arabische Democratische Partij), complaining that Arabs were not well represented in mainstream political parties except as "pretty Arab faces". [2] In 2007, a group of Arab Dutch complained about the television network Al Jazeera's effective monopoly on Arabic broadcasting in the country. [3]

Notable people

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References

  1. "Population; sex, age, generation and migration background, 1 January". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. "We zijn de valse beloftes zat (We are fed up with false promises)", de Volkskrant, 2001-08-11, retrieved 2010-06-02
  3. "Arabische Nederlanders in actie tegen Al Jazeera (Arab Dutch defy Al Jazeera news coverage)", De Pers, 2007-11-22, archived from the original on 2011-09-30, retrieved 2010-06-02