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This dissertation investigates the spread of the Northern Cities Shift (NCS) sound change among Arab American high school students in Dearborn, Michigan. The NCS is a set of vowel changes found in speakers from Chicago, IL, to Buffalo, NY. Using data collected during ethnographi…

Insh'Allah, an Arabic phrase meaning “God willing”, is a work of young adult fiction that addresses issues of family, identity, and multiculturalism in the context of mystery and adventure. Set in Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest Arab-American population in North America,…

This study presents an exploratory, descriptive, and analytical study of Yemeni immigrants who came to the United States in four different immigration waves in the late 1960s, the late 1970s, the late 1980s, and the early 1990s. This study investigates how Yemeni immigrants have…