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| Notables (U.S.): Khalid Khannouchi · David Levy Yulee · Hassan Hakmoun |
| Total population |
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| 77,468(2008 est.)[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| New York City, Washington D.C., Florida (Jacksonville) |
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Moroccan Arabic, Arabic, Tamazight, |
| Religion |
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predominantly Muslim, Non-religious and Jewish minority |
Moroccan Americans are persons of Moroccan ancestry or born in Marocco. Well as a person who have the United States citizenship .
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Moroccan presence in the United States was rare until the mid-twentieth century. The first North African who came to America was Azemmuri, a Moroccan pilot boat, that came to that place before Christopher Columbus. It is also possible that some South American descendants of Sephardic Jews from Morocco emigrated to United States in the early twentieth century, after the decline of the rubber industry in South America in 1910 where their families had been dedicated for generations. After of the II World War, some groups of Sephardic Jews from Morocco emigrated to United States, fleeing of the poverty in North Africa. Most of them be established in zones where already had established Sephardic Jews communities from Spain, Turkey, or the Balkans. Arabized Moroccans, however, not arrived to United States in significative numbers until late of the year 70.
In the late 1990s Morocco experienced problems typical of developing nations: high government spending and inflation, a huge external debt, limited access to health care, poor housing and living conditions, and high unemployment. Morocco experienced an unemployment rate of 16 to 20 percent. Citizens began migrating during this period to relieve the high unemployment rate. Migrants most attempted to enter France, Italy, and Spain. But by the end of the 1990s, the European Union began limiting visas for North Africans and barring illegal migrants from entering Europe. Moroccan with higher levels of and job skills were able to consider emigration to the United States.
To escape their country’s high unemployment rate, Moroccans who immigrated to the United States were typically had more education and better job skills. Most immigrants settled in New York City, New England, the District of Columbia, California, and Texas where they established small businesses or entered professional jobs. By the end of 1990s, most Moroccan immigrants were students or recent university graduates. The 1990 U.S. census counted only 21,529 foreign-born Moroccans residing in the United States; 15,004 census respondents listed Moroccan as their first ancestry, while 4,074 listed it as their second ancestry. [2] During the 1980s and 1990s, many Moroccans entered the United States to attend colleges, universities, graduate schools, and medical schools.
An overwhelmingly majority of Moroccan Americans practice Islam. Those who practice Islam are referred to as Muslim. Most Moroccans are Sunni Muslims of the Malakite order. Despite Morocco’s affiliation with Islam, Morocco has historically allowed women a degree of freedom relatively high in the Islamic world. [3]. However, also there minority of Sephardi Jews Morocco be established in United States.[2]
A small minority of Moroccans identify with Judaism, specifically Sephardic Judaism. [2]
The traditional headgear for Moroccan men is the fez, a close-fitting red felt hat with a flattened top and a tassel worn to the side. The fez is common throughout the Islamic world but it is thought to have originated from Morocco. It is also referred to as tarbush, checheya and phecy. [4]
In earlier years, Moroccan women wore veils to cover their faces in public, like other Islamic countries. However, in recent years this custom has largely disappeared in urban parts of the country. [4]
Family dynamics originate from patriarchal Islamic cultures, with the husband accorded power and the wife relegated to a subordinate status. Families tend to be large because of religious attitudes towards birth control. Among Moroccan American families, many women work outside the home and balance their career with family obligations. Though women tend to enter traditionally "feminine" professions, such as teaching, increasing numbers are training in more competitive fields, such as computer science or business.[2]
Tingis is a Moroccan American magazine which highlights cultural concerns, ideas, and issues of Moroccan Americans. It works against prejudice and cultural divisions, building and expanding bridges between the U.S. and Morocco. [5]
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