Editing Anti-Arab racism (section)

{{Short description|Discrimination against Arab people}}
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'''Anti-Arab racism''', also called '''Anti-Arabism''', '''Anti-Arab sentiment''', or '''Arabophobia''', refers to feelings and expressions of hostility, hatred, discrimination, fear, or prejudice toward [[Arabs|Arab people]], the [[Arab world]] or the [[Arabic|Arabic language]] on the basis of an irrational disdain for their [[Arab culture|ethnic and cultural affiliation]].

Notable historical instances of anti-Arab racism include the [[expulsion of the Moriscos]] from 1609 to 1614, the [[pacification of Algeria]] from 1830 to 1875, the [[Libyan genocide (1929–1934)|Libyan Genocide]] from 1929 to 1934, the [[Nakba]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]] from 1947 to 1949, and the [[Massacre of Arabs during the Zanzibar Revolution|Zanzibar massacre]] in 1964. In the modern era, anti-Arabism is apparent in many nations, including the [[United States]] and [[Israel]], as well as parts of [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Africa]] and the [[Americas]]. In the United States, anti-Arab racism surged after the [[September 11 attacks]], resulting in widespread racial profiling and hate crimes against [[Arab Americans]]. [[Arab citizens of Israel]] and [[Palestinians]] in the [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli-occupied]] [[Occupied Palestinian territories|Palestinian territories]] face [[Israeli apartheid|institutionalized segregation and discrimination]], which several scholars have characterized as a form of [[Crime of apartheid|apartheid]]. Various advocacy organizations have been formed to protect the [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] of [[Arab Americans|individuals of Arab descent in the United States]], such as the [[American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee]] and the [[Council on American–Islamic Relations]].