Arabs in the Netherlands (; ), also Arab Dutch () or Dutch Arabs (), are citizens or residents of the Netherlands whose ancestry traces back to the Arab world.
History
Activism
On 8 September 2001, two Arab immigrants to the Netherlands, Egyptian-born film maker Ibrahim Farouk and Moroccan-born writer Mustafa Aboustib, launched a political party to protest what they perceived as poor representation of Arab Dutch people in mainstream political parties, except as "pretty Arab faces".
The Arab European League, a controversial pan-Arabist movement founded in Belgium by Lebanese-born Dyab Abou Jahjah, was active in the Netherlands between March 2003 and December 2010. It was represented by Nabil Marmouch and Abdoulmouthalib Bouzerda, both Moroccan Dutch born in The Hague and Arnhem, respectively.
In November 2007, Iraqi-born journalist Mohammad Mousa led a group of Dutch Arabs in protest against the private-media conglomerate Al Jazeera's effective monopoly on Arabic-language broadcasting in the country.
Notable individuals
Arts and literature
Cinema and television
Music
Politics
Sports
- Tahseen Jabbary (born 1964), football coach
- Karim Bridji (born 1981), football player
- Saïd Boutahar (born 1982), football player
- Amir Zeyada (born 1984), kickboxer
- Mounir El Hamdaoui (born 1984), football player
- Mourad Bouzidi (born 1984), kickboxer
- Badr Hari (born 1984), kickboxer
- Ibrahim Afellay (born 1986), football player
- Fouad Idabdelhay (born 1988), football player
- Ismaïl Aissati (born 1988), football player
- Mimoun Eloisghiri (born 1989), football player
- Anouar Kali (born 1991), football player
- Osama Rashid (born 1992), football player
- Hilal Ben Moussa (born 1992), football player
- Mohamed Hamdaoui (born 1993), football player
- Anass Achahbar (born 1994), football player
- Karim Rekik (born 1994), football player
- Anwar El Ghazi (born 1995), football player
- Redouan El Yaakoubi (born 1996), football player
- Zakaria Aboukhlal (born 2000), football player
- Abdallah Aberkane (born 2000), football player
- Anouar El Azzouzi (born 2001), football player
- Yassine Azzagari (born 2001), football player
- Marouan Azarkan (born 2001), football player
- Naoufal Bannis (born 2002), football player
- Younes Taha (born 2002), football player
- Mohamed Nassoh (born 2003), football player
- Anis Yadir (born 2004), football player
See also
References
External links