Media focusing on Arab-American people, which are defined as Americans who can trace ancestry to the Arab Worldnote as well as characters from surrounding countries that claim Arab descent. We ask to list Arab-Americans in central roles (as in the story centers around them in some part); a good rule of thumb is to consider is that whether or not the work is about an Arab-American person or Arab-American people as opposed to playing a part in an ensemble.
See Also:
Compare African-American Media, Asian-American Media, Judaism and Jewish Culture in Media, Latino-American Media, Native American and First Nations Media, Pacific Islanders in Media, and American Media.
Comic Books
- Doctor Fate: The Khalid Nassour iteration of the character is Egyptian-American.
- Green Lanterns: One of two co-protagonists (Simon Baz) is Lebanese-American.
Films — Live Action
- All-American Muslim: Reality series following 5 Lebanese-American families.
- Amreeka: About a Palestinian-American family.
- Breaking Fast: Gay rom-com about an Arab-American Muslim man falling in love with a white actor during Ramadan.
- Towelhead: Protagonist is Lebanese-American.
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan: The Israeli protagonist integrates himself with the Arab and Middle Eastern community of Manhattan; the supporting cast is Palestinian.
Literature
- Farah Rocks: The protagonist and her family are Palestinian-American.
- Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People is a book, later made into a documentary film, examining Hollywood portrayals of Arabs.
Live-Action TV
- FBI: Co-protagonist (OA Zidan) is Egyptian-American.
- "The Killer Inside" (Two Sentence Horror Stories episode) has all of the cast being Egyptian-Americans.
- Mo (2022): Protagonist is Palestinian-American.
- Ramy: Protagonist is Egyptian-American.
- Search Party: Protagonist is Iraqi-American.
- Special Ops: Lioness: One of the two protagonists is half Syrian-American.
- Tyrant (2014): Protagonist is from the fictional Arab country of Abuddin, with focus on his family there and kids (whose mom is white).
Music
- Paula Abdul
- 1988 - Forever Your Girl
- DJ Khaled
- Frank Zappa
- 1966 - Freak Out!
- 1967 - Absolutely Free
- 1968 - Lumpy Gravy
- 1968 - We're Only in It for the Money
- 1968 - Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
- 1969 - Uncle Meat
- 1969 - Hot Rats
- 1970 - Burnt Weeny Sandwich
- 1970 - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
- 1970 - Chunga's Revenge
- 1971 - Fillmore East, June 1971
- 1971 - 200 Motels
- 1972 - Just Another Band from L.A.
- 1972 - Waka/Jawaka
- 1972 - The Grand Wazoo
- 1973 - Over-Nite Sensation
- 1974 - Apostrophe (')
- 1974 - Roxy & Elsewhere
- 1975 - One Size Fits All
- 1975 - Bongo Fury note
- 1976 - Zoot Allures
- 1978 - Zappa in New York
- 1978 - Studio Tan
- 1978 - Sleep Dirt
- 1979 - Sheik Yerbouti
- 1979 - Orchestral Favorites
- 1979 - Joe's Garage
- 1981 - Tinseltown Rebellion
- 1981 - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
- 1981 - You Are What You Is
- 1982 - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
- 1983 - The Man from Utopia
- 1983/1987 - London Symphony Orchestra
- 1984 - The Perfect Stranger
- 1984 - Them or Us
- 1984 - Thing-Fish
- 1984 - Francesco Zappa
- 1985 - Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
- 1986 - Does Humor Belong in Music?
- 1986 - Jazz from Hell
- 1988 - Guitar
- 1988 - Broadway the Hard Way
- 1991 - The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
- 1991 - Make a Jazz Noise Here
- 1993 - The Yellow Shark
- 1994 - Civilization Phaze III
- 1996 - Läther
Video Games
- Assassin's Creed - The modern day lead of the following games is an Egyptian-American woman of Arabic descent named Layla Hassan.
Visual Novels
- Havenfall Is for Lovers: Razi's route (Arab-American love interest).
Voice Actors
- Casey Kasem (Lebanese-American)
- Ryan Colt Levy (Iraqi-American)
- Nazeeh Tarsha (American of Palestinian and Syrian descent)
Western Animation
- The Rocketeer: Kit is Lebanese.
