Argentina
Argentina is a very large country on the southeast of South America, running from the polar south to the tropical north. The population is very European in ancestry, with roughly half being pure-European in background, and another large section being mostly European in background.
It has a large Arab population (9±%), but which is intermarried and assimilated into the country’s larger demographic This is because it is heavily Maronite (Catholic) Lebanese who assimilate well.
Interestingly, Argentina has around 180,000 Jews – the seventh largest Jewish population in the world – and they can be politically active.
Arab Dancing at Al Shark
Apparently, a prominent dance show at Al Shark Restaurant in Buenos Aires.
Shark here comes from the Arabic word for East, not from shark (the fish), which in Spanish is tiburón. Al Shark is a mixture of Arabic and Spanish, which would mean, “to the East/Orient.”
The owner of the restaurant Al Shark (to the Orient) is Gustavo Massoud, which indicates that he is probably NOT an immigrant, but a totally assimilated Argentine.
I would guess he has some Maronite Lebanese ancestry in him, but I am not sure.
The 5th Arab Dance Show in Mendoza, Argentina
Posted on YouTube: November 10, 2012
WHAT A COMMERCIAL!
What is more important is that you see how mainstream this is in South America. Would you see this on American TV?
I added the translation. Please forgive any errors.
May 5, 2021 – Edited: Had to take out dead links. Changed text.
Al Jazeera Reports on Argentine Protests
Street protests in Argentina – Al Jazeera Report Nov 10, 2012
If you are wondering why the Arab goverments are making inroads to South America, it is because they show some interest in these important stories while our own American networks ignore them.
Argentina is going through another economic crisis. Dollars are not allowed to go out of the country.
This is a major story, and Al Jazeera gives it a 25 minute discussion.
Our American networks should be covering this, but they are not.
THIS IS WHY THE ARABS ARE WINNING THE PROPAGANDA WAR!
Our Networks have to get their act together.