Arabs in Mexico. Assimilation and Cultural Heritage
Mexico is a country that has received people from many nationalities along history. The Arab presence in Mexico has been a story of people living behind their homeland with the hope of a better quality of life. Arabs, especially Lebanese, have been adapted to the Mexican culture.
They have reached a point where in present day, they have participation in politics, economy, arts and the whole society. The purpose of this literature research is to find how have been the process of adaptation of the Lebanese in Mexico.
The research done is based on Rosa Garcia’s article Arabs in Mexico. Assimilation and cultural heritage. Further research was done in order to enrich this document with other authors perspectives towards this topic.
- Carlos Barraza
- January 29, 2022
- Professional Development, Thought Leaders
Connection between Arab World and Mexico
Mexico is a country that hosts different nationalities in its land. Different global events during centuries had created huge waves of migration, and Mexico has been a country that has received people from all around the world. One of those people are the Arabs. In order to achieve some findings and understand what the Arabs lived during the migration period to Mexico, it is presented in this paper a methodology based on an extensive research on relevant literature.
This theoretical investigation about the Arab migration to Mexico and their cultural assimilation was made with a non-empirical approach by doing the proper research through different sources mainly published in academic journals. Therefore, in order to get an approach that could lead this investigation to achieve relevant findings, the main targeted journals and books were the ones with a high orientation on migration and Mexican culture.
The literature that was found centers around the migration of the Arab population, specially the Lebanese, into the Mexican country. As well, the literature also explores the relation between how the Arab culture had adapted to a new territory.
Furthermore, the structure of the current paper first gives a general historical context of Mexico and Lebanon which focuses on what was the environment in those countries in the late XIX and early XX century. After, the first wave of Lebanese migrants is described and it is showed how they were assimilating their new home.
As well, their living behavior in Mexico is described through different aspects such as lifestyle, religion and economy. Also, it is exposed the current situation of the Arabs in Mexico. And at last, this research presents the discussion with its conclusion with the key aspects that were found.