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Arabs in the Netherlands العرب في هولندا
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] predominantly
Randstad (
Amsterdam ,
Rotterdam and
The Hague )
Arabic language
Dutch language Mainly
Islam and minority
Christianity
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 .
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
Khadija Arib , politician
Maryam Hassouni , actress
Laïla Abid , journalist
Ali B , rapper
Badr Hari , super heavyweight kickboxer
R3hab , DJ and electronic musician
Ramses Shaffy , singer
Hany Abu-Assad , film director
Arjan El Fassed , politician
Ramsey Nasr , writer
Kim Ghattas , journalist
Karim Rekik , footballer
Marouan Azarkan
Mohamed Al-Daradji , film director.
Mohamed Ihattaren
Mohamed Mallahi
Mounir El Hamdaoui
Naoufal Bannis
Osama Rashid , footballer
Imaan Hammam , fashion model
Yes-R , Dutch rapper
Amir Zeyada , kickboxer
Youssef Idilbi , Dutch actor
Marwan Kenzari , actor
Mourad Bouzidi , kickboxer
Karim Bridji , footballer
Rania Zeriri , singer
Rodaan Al Galidi , writer
Mariwan Kanie , writer
Ibrahim Afellay , footballer
Fouad Idabdelhay , footballer
Tahseen Jabbary
Yassine Azzagari
Younes Taha
Zakaria Labyad
Zakaria Aboukhlal
Mo Hamdaoui
Ismaïl Aissati
Redouan El Yaakoubi
Abdallah Aberkane
Anass Achahbar
Anouar El Azzouzi
Anwar El Ghazi
Anwar Bensabouh
Anouar Kali
Anass Achahbar
Anis Yadir
Hakim Ziyech
Hilal Ben Moussa
Mimoun Eloisghiri
Mohamed Nassoh
Saïd Boutahar
See also
References
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"Population; sex, age, generation and migration background, 1 January" . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
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"We zijn de valse beloftes zat (We are fed up with false promises)" , de Volkskrant , 2001-08-11, retrieved 2010-06-02
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"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
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