Libyan Americans ( ar, الليبيون الأمريكيون) are
United States citizens of
Libyan descent or Libyan citizens who also have
United States (US) citizenship.
Most Libyan Americans speak
Arabic and
English.
According to the
2000 Census there were 2,979 Americans who claimed Libyan ancestry.
Some Libyan American associations are the Libyan American Organization,
Libyan American Friendship Association (LAFA),
Libyan American Association in Southern California and Libyan American Association of Georgia.
The Libyan American Organization have as goal the Libya defense, promote political awareness among its members and integrate to all community in the association. In addition, the organization wants to improve education, health care and infrastructure of Libya. The association hopes to have the community support in order to "rebuilding our beloved country".
Libyan American Friendship Association (LAFA) have as goal promote friendship between the Libyan and U.S., making dialogue the two peoples by holding international meetings and symposia, for the creation of programs and projects that help both peoples to establish ties. The organization celebrates coordinate visits between institutions of "economic, social, scientific and national / civil joint".
Notable people
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Saddeka Arebi Mohammed Arebi ( ar, صديقة محمد عربيي, ''Ṣaddīqah Muḥammad `Arabī'') (died July 2007) was an American/Arab American social anthropologist and author. Born in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, she immigrated with her family to the U ...
(d. 2007), social anthropologist, author
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Don Coscarelli (b. 1954), film director, producer, screenwriter
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Sadeg Faris
Sadeg M. Faris is a Libyan-American engineer and entrepreneur.
Early life and education
Sadeg Faris was brought up in Tripoli in a poor family. His father died when he was ten years old and he was raised with his mother. He won a scholarship from ...
, engineer, entrepreneur
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Fadwa El Gallal Fadwa El Gallal, also Fadwa Gallal () is a Libyan-American news anchor and journalist. She was born in Boston, USA, to a family originally from Benghazi. She lived in Egypt, where she studied at El Alsson School, then at the American University in ...
, journalist
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Mohamed Hrezi (b. 1991), marathon runner
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Khaled Mattawa (b. 1964), poet
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Esam Omeish (b. 1967), surgeon
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Noor Tagouri
Noor Tagouri (born November 27, 1993) is an American journalist, activist, motivational speaker and producer of the documentary series on the mistreatment of people with mental disabilities titled ''The Trouble They've Seen: The Forest Haven Sto ...
(b. 1993), journalist, activist, motivational speaker
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Khalifa Haftar (b. 1943), general, commander of the Libyan National Army
See also
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Libya–United States relations
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Arab Americans
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Berber Americans
Berber Americans, American Berbers or Amazigh Americans, are Americans of Berber (or Amazigh) descent. Although a part of the population of the Maghreb (in the North Africa) is of Berber descent, only 1,327 people declared Berber ancestry in t ...
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North Africans in the United States
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Libyan Canadians
Libyan Canadians ( ar, الليبيون الكنديون) are Canadians of Libyan descent.
Most Libyan Canadians speak Arabic, English or French. According to the 2020 "Libyan-Canadian", there were 3,570 Canadians who claimed Libyan ancestry.
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References
Further reading
* Stabin, Tova. "Libyan Americans." ''Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America,'' edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2014), pp. 101-109
online
External links
The American-Libyan Council
Libyan American Organization
{{African immigration to the United States
North Africans in the United States
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Arab American
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