If the government gives her the choice of checking a new "Middle East/North Africa" box on a census form, would she? The Census Bureau on February 28 for the first time recommended including the new category, which would mostly affect Muslims. The Census Bureau said that when it tested a new MENA category in 2015, people of Middle Eastern or North African descent tended to check off that box. The Arab American Institute estimates as many as 3.7 million people in the United States have Arab roots. The Census Bureau estimates there are 1.8 million Arab Americans in the US, according to data it has collected.

Source: Egypt Independent March 20, 2017 17:37 UTC