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Matthew Jaber Stiffler

Matthew Jaber Stiffler

Stiffler

Matthew Jaber Stiffler is the Director of the Center for Arab Narratives (CAN), a new national research institution through ACCESS, the largest Arab American community non-profit in the country. Matthew is also the Research & Content Manager at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, MI. Matthew received his Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan in 2010, where he serves as a lecturer in Arab and Muslim American Studies. He is a former board member of the Arab American Studies Association and serves on the executive board of Michigan Humanities. He writes about food and identity.

In-depth: This Arab-American Heritage Month, the fight to add a separate ethnic category for MENA populations to the US Census is gaining momentum following a century-long battle for recognition.

24 April, 2023