Dearborn, Mich., a Detroit suburb in the heart of the district, hosts one of the nation's largest Arab communities: Arab-Americans comprise more than 40percentt of the city's population.
But there was widespread skepticism in the diplomatic community that Arab leaders would choose to leave their countries for fear that they would be ousted in absentia.
"The international community, the Arab world, and most importantly, the people of Lebanon all know that these accusations are simply ridiculous," a senior Israeli official told Reuters.
In 2007, the New York Post ran an article about the community group Arab Women Active in the Arts and Media, which made T-shirts that read "Intifada NYC".
The region is also the scene of a struggle between Libya's minority Tubu community and Arab tribes, particularly over the control of cross-border smuggling routes.
The first three communities are similar to those found in 2002, but now there is also a largely Middle East community (United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia) together with the USA and South Africa.
It is, to be sure, grave, for American Muslims and for my community of Arab Americans, as well.
I know for the Muslim community, the Arab community, the African community, this is another moment that proves that we are actually the ones under attack everywhere we go, verbally and physically.
Throughout this middle-class Detroit suburb, the hub of the nation's largest Arab-American community, immigrants from Arab countries overwhelmingly oppose the prospect of American military action.
Police officials here and in surrounding towns said they have been working to improve communication with the Arab community.
Children bear the brunt Bedouin communities, an Arab ethnic minority group, are deeply tied to agriculture and animal husbandry.
