My Spanish is not good for a full translation; but for those whose Spanish is better than mine.
But this is a Mexican show about Lebanese immigration to Mexico.
History
The Arab Influence in South America
I do not speak Arabic, but using Google translator, this is a short video about an exhibition about the Arab influence in South America.
The Arab influence in South America is well known in the Arab world.
The West is stupid to ignore this. Right now, this historical connection could be used to smooth out the rought edges between our civilizations; and – Yes! dare I say it? – provide an answer to the Palestine-Israel problem.
People should think outside the box. Rather than seeing this as a threat, view it as an opportunity.
The Latin American Dream
Viva Los Turcos: Latin America and the Arab connection
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Despite the obstacles, Latin Americans of Middle Eastern descent seem to have been disproportionately successful. Carlos Slim Helú, the richest man in the world, according to the Forbes rich list, is a Mexican of Lebanese descent (Slim is a hispanicised version of Salim). Slim is not the only Lebanese Latin American gracing the pages of business magazines, Carlos Ghosn, the current CEO of Renault and Nissan, is a Brazilian of Lebanese descent who was Fortune magazine’s man of the year in 2003.
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MY NOTE: AN ARAB LATIN MUSIC VIDEO…
According to Colombian writer Luis Fayed, whilst the christian supicion of arabs’ endures in Latin America as in all parts of the world, Latin America is probably the place where the Arab community has achieved the most “complete” integration of anywhere in the world. The Lebanese in Colombia feel Colombian not Lebanese, and thus do not feel the need to write about the immigrant experiences as opposed to “Arab immigrants in Europe, or (people) of other nationalities, will always write about how they’ve integrated (into the new society). They always write about that, and the difficulties they’re having, how they’ve accommodated to society. They talk about justices and injustices … They never stop having the feeling of being from (elsewhere),” he said.
The Arabic world has a long history of cultural exchange with Spain that later expanded to Latin America and continues to this day. The next time you see a girl belly dancing in a reggaeton video or a Latin American politician with an arabic last name, you can put it down to brave Middle Eastern immigrants who in spite of difficulties and discrimination have gone on to fulfil their Latin American dream.
Arabs do better in Latin America than they do in the Arab world.
Latino Arab Cultural Connections
Roughly good observations. Except that I would place the amount of Arabic in Spanish at only 10%, not 20%. It would be lower in Portuguese.