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Introduction: The Arab diaspora in the Americas, Latin America, the United States, and Canada / Darcy A. Zabel -- pt. 1. Arriving in the Americas -- The passage from west to south : Arabs between the Old and New World / Carol Fadda-Conrey -- Margins of memory on the Rua 25 de Marco : constructing the Syrian-Lebanese past in Sao Paulo, Brazil / John Tofik Karam -- The Syrian world in the New World : the contextual beginnings of Arab American literature and the part it played in identity formation / Hani Ismaeal Elayyan -- pt. 2. The experience of the Americas -- Multiple identities : Lebanese Arab Christians in the American West / Kirk Scott -- Stereotypes, popular culture, and school curriculum : how Arab American Muslim high school students perceive and cope with being the "other" / Nader Ayish -- Arabs in Honduras : immigration, integration, and the Palestinian presence / Sharon Lopez and Katharine Speer -- pt. 3. Assessing the Americas -- Gazing east from the Americas : assessing the cultural significance of Arab American literature / Steven Salaita -- Belly dancing for liberation : a critical interpretation of reclamation rhetoric in the American belly dance community / Amira Jarmakani -- Not just Disney : destructive stereotypes of Arabs in children's literature / Carolyn Speer Schmidt -- pt. 4. After 9/11 -- Arab, Canadian, Muslim? : a question of identity / Omar Alghabar -- Apologies and amnesias : remembering and responding after 9/11 / Deirdre King Hainsworth -- Being Arab : growing up Canadian / Rula Sharkawi.