Libyan Americans

Libyan Americans
Total population
	By ancestry or ethnic origin (2020 US Census); 13,681:
Regions with significant populations
	California
Languages
	Arabic (Libyan Arabic), American English, Amazigh languages, Hebrew (Jewish population)
Religion
	Sunni Islam, Judaism

Libyan Americans (Arabic: الليبيون الأمريكيون, romanized: al-Lībīyūn al-Amirīkīyūn) are United States citizens of Libyan descent or Libyan citizens who also have United States (US) citizenship.

Most Libyan Americans speak Arabic and English. According to the 2020 Census there were 13,681 Americans who claimed Libyan ancestry.^[1]

Some Libyan American associations are the Libyan American Organization,^[2] Libyan American Friendship Association (LAFA),^[3] Libyan American Association in Southern California^[4] and Libyan American Association of Georgia.^[5]

The Libyan American Organization have as goal the Libya defense, promote political awareness among its members and integrate to all community in the association. In addition, the organization wants to improve education, health care and infrastructure of Libya. The association hopes to have the community support in order to "rebuilding our beloved country".^[2]

Libyan American Friendship Association (LAFA) have as goal promote friendship between the Libyan and U.S., making dialogue the two peoples by holding international meetings and symposia, for the creation of programs and projects that help both peoples to establish ties. The organization celebrates coordinate visits between institutions of "economic, social, scientific and national / civil joint".^[3]

Notable people

Saddeka Arebi (d. 2007), social anthropologist, author
Don Coscarelli (b. 1954), film director, producer, screenwriter
Sadeg Faris, engineer, entrepreneur
Fadwa El Gallal, journalist
Mohamed Hrezi (b. 1991), marathon runner
Khaled Mattawa (b. 1964), poet
Esam Omeish (b. 1967), surgeon
Noor Tagouri (b. 1993), journalist, activist, motivational speaker
Khalifa Haftar (b. 1943), general, commander of the Libyan National Army

References

^ ^a ^b "2020 US Census Bureau: 3.5 Million Reported Middle Eastern and North African Descent in 2020".
^ ^a ^b "Libyan American Organization – wplao". Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Society and Culture – Organizations – Libyan American Friendship Association (LAFA). – Libya Yellowpages – Part of LibyaOnLine Network". Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^ "Libyan expats in California celebrate liberation". 24 October 2011.
^ "Find of Company: Libyan American Association of Georgia". Retrieved 13 August 2015.

External links

[ancestry2020-1] "2020 US Census Bureau: 3.5 Million Reported Middle Eastern and North African Descent in 2020".

[libyanamericanor-2] "Libyan American Organization – wplao". Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[libyanamerifriend-3] "Society and Culture – Organizations – Libyan American Friendship Association (LAFA). – Libya Yellowpages – Part of LibyaOnLine Network". Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[4] "Libyan expats in California celebrate liberation". 24 October 2011.

[5] "Find of Company: Libyan American Association of Georgia". Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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[note_n0-7] Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church

[note_n6-8] Those are traditions and denominations that trace their history back to the Protestant Reformation or otherwise heavily borrow from the practices and beliefs of the Protestant Reformers.

[note_n3-9] This denomination is the result of a merger between Lutheran, German Reformed, Congregational and Restorationist churches.

[note_n1-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak Part of the National Association of Evangelicals

[note_n4-11] This refers to the denomination's heritage and not necessarily to the language in which the services are conducted in.

[note_n5-12] This is a reformed synod within the United Church of Christ that is distinct in heritage, doctrine and practice from the rest of the denomination.

[note_n2-13] Outside the Anglican Communion

[note_n8-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f This is more of a movement then an institutionalized denomination.

[note_n10-15] Denominations that don't fit in the subsets mentioned above.

[note_n7-16] Those are traditions and denominations that trace their origin back to the Great Awakenings and/or are joined together by a common belief that Christianity should be restored along the lines of what is known about the apostolic early church.

[note_n9-17] The Holiness movement is an interdenominational movement that spreads over multiple traditions (Methodist, Quakers, Anabaptist, Baptist, etc.). However, here are mentioned only those denominations that are part of Restorationism as well as the Holiness movement, but are not part of any other Protestant tradition.

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Berber diaspora
Berber homeland	Algeria Canary Islands Libya Mali Morocco Niger Tunisia
Diaspora elsewhere in Africa	Burkina Faso Egypt Mauritania Western Sahara
Europe	France Paris Belgium Netherlands
North America and Oceania	Canada New Caledonia United States

Arab Americans by state of origin
Africa	Algerian Egyptian Libyan Mauritanian Moroccan Somali Sudanese Tunisian
Asia	Emirati Iraqi Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Palestinian Saudi Syrian Jews Yemeni
By location	Detroit
Based on state membership in the Arab League.

North Africans in the United States
By nation	Algerian Egyptian Canarian in Louisiana Libyan Mauritanian Moroccan Somali Sudanese Tunisian
By ethnicity	Arab Berber Coptic

Libyan Americans

Notable people

See also

References

Further reading

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