Muslim man with children at mosque, June 12, 1981.
Detroit has long been a destination for immigrants from the Middle East. The earliest arrivals were Lebanese, who first came at the turn of the century to work in the factories settling on the East Side. Today, the Detroit region is home to the largest population of people of Arab decent in North America, with sizable groups of Chaldeans, Iraqui Muslims, Iranians, Syrians, Palestinians and Egyptian
