Summary
A civil rights organization that advocates for Arab Americans as a distinct, cross-national ethnic group in the United States, with a Chicago chapter in which Palestinian Chicago secular activists were prominent (Palestinian Chicago — Identity in Exile, PDF p.85, p.97-98).
Details
- Musa helped found the Chicago chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and became, through it and Fatah-leaning organizations, an important mediator across political and sectarian lines in the immigrant community (PDF p.85).
- Mahmoud joined after seeing ADC spokesperson James Zoghby defend Arabs and Muslims on national television following the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995; within a year he was serving on the board of the Chicago chapter, and at Zoghby’s invitation he took part in an ADC fact-finding trip to Palestine in support of the Oslo process (PDF p.97-98).