Arab immigrants originally moved to Detroit to work in the auto industry. When those jobs decreased, they started opening up their own businesses and have created a whole new community. - - Donna Poisl
By Jeff Karoub, Associated Press Writer
DEARBORN, Mich. — With a massive mosque, minarets and scores of Arabic-signed stores and restaurants, parts of this city look like the Middle East.
But Dearborn is a lot closer than Beirut, Damascus or Cairo. And while this Detroit suburb may be better known as the hometown of Ford Motor Co., it's also where the Mideast meets the Midwest. A third of the city's 100,000 residents trace their roots to the Arab world.
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