Arab Dutch also referred to as Dutch Arabs (Nederlandse Arabieren), are citizens or residents of the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 whose ancestry traces back to the Arab World

Arab world

The Arab world refers to Arabic-speaking states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere.The standard definition of the Arab world comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the...

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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". In 2007, a group of Arab Dutch have complained about the television network Aljazeera's effective monopoly on Arabic broadcasting in the country.

Notable people

Of Moroccan descent:

• Khadija Arib
  Khadija Arib
  Khadija Arib is a Moroccan-Dutch politician and former civil servant, educator and social worker. As a member of the Dutch Labour Party she has been again an MP since March 1, 2007. Previously she was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, focusing on health care issues...
  
  , politician
• Ahmed Aboutaleb
  Ahmed Aboutaleb
  Ahmed Aboutaleb is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party . He has been the Mayor of Rotterdam since January 5, 2009...
  
  , politician
• Maryam Hassouni
  Maryam Hassouni
  Maryam Hassouni is a Moroccan television and film actress. In 2006 she won an International Emmy Award for her role in Offers .-Biography:...
  
  , actress
• Laïla Abid
  Laïla Abid
  Laïla Abid is a Moroccan-Dutch journalist, presenter and news anchor. She studied journalism and between 2001 and 2003 worked as a presenter of crime programma AVRO Opsproring Verzocht. Later she worked for RTV Noord-Holland, Amsterdam FM, SBS Hart van Nederland and since 2007 for commercial...
  
  , journalist
• Ali B
  Ali B
  Ali B is a Dutch rapper of Moroccan descent. He has been noted as the first Moroccan-Dutch star in Dutch pop culture, "perhaps the most popular rapper in the Netherlands", and has performed together with Akon and Dutch artist Marco Borsato.-Personal life:Ali B married his then-manager Breghje,...
  
  , rapper

Of Egyptian descent:

• Nahed Selim, writer
• Ramses Shaffy
  Ramses Shaffy
  Ramses Shaffy was a Dutch singer and actor. He became popular during the 1960s. His most famous songs include Zing, vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder , We zullen doorgaan , Pastorale, Sammy and Laat me...
  
  , singer
• Sabri Saad El Hamus, actor
• Monique Samuel, writer
• Yesser Roshdy, rapper

Of Palestinian descent:

• Hany Abu-Assad
  Hany Abu-Assad
  Hany Abu-Assad is a Dutch-Palestinian film director. His film Paradise Now, about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.-Early life:...
  
  , film director
• Kefah Allush, tv presenter
• Arjan El Fassed
  Arjan El Fassed
  Arjan El Fassed is a Dutch politician, and former human rights activist and development aid worker. As a member of GreenLeft he has been an MP since June 17, 2010...
  
  , politician
• Ramsey Nasr
  Ramsey Nasr
  Ramsey Nasr is a Dutch author and actor of mixed descent .He is Dichter des Vaderlands since January 2009.-Filmography:*Frans en Duits *Thuisfront...
  
  , writer

Of Syrian descent:

• Fawaz Jneid, Muslim leader

Of Algerian descent:

• Hakim Traïdia, artist

External links

• T-shirt project in The Netherlands to create understanding between the Arab Dutch and non-Arab Dutch