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((Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Arab Cubans<br/>''Árabes Cubanos''
| image            = File:Memorial to the Arab Immigrants.jpg
| caption          = Memorial to the Arab Immigrants
| pop              = ''1,000,000''
| popplace         = [[Havana]], [[Holguín]], [[Santiago de Cuba]]
| langs            = [[Cuban Spanish]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
| rels             = Majority [[Christianity]], Minority [[Islam]]
| related          = [[Arab people|Arabs]], [[Syrians]], [[Lebanese_people|Lebanese]], [[Palestinians]]
| native_name      = 
| native_name_lang = 
))
'''Arab Cubans''' refers to [[Arab people|Arab]] immigrants and their descendants in [[Cuba]] and the Cuban diaspora. Most of Cuba's Arab community come from Syrian, Lebanese or Palestinian backgrounds.<ref name=":0">((Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316221166|title=Los árabes en Cuba|last=Menéndez Paredes|first=Rigoberto|date=2007|publisher=Ediciones Boloña : Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad|isbn=9789597126690|location=La Habana|language=Spanish|oclc=316221166))</ref>

== History ==
While Arabic culture first came to Cuba through Spanish colonization, namely in the architecture and language, the Arab communities migrated to the island in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. Many of the immigrants were economically motivated, but other elements including civil unrest and famine resulted in the emigration from their home countries. Most Arabs settled in Havana, with a significant number in Holguín and Santiago de Cuba, where they began establishing their businesses and institutions.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Iglesia de San Judas y San Nicolas.png|left|thumb|Church of San Judas Y San Nicolás de Bari|203x203px]]
The neighborhood today known as Los Sitios, near Centro Habana and Habana Vieja, was home to nearly 25% of Cuba's Arab community during the migration periods of the early twentieth century. The Church of San Judas y San Nicolás near Calle Monte was a base for the Arab Maronite Catholic community in Havana during the early 20th century and is in continued operation until today.

Estimating the religious composition of Arab Cubans is difficult because of a lack of records. However, the Embassy of Lebanon last conducted a census on Lebanese descendants in Cuba in 1951. Most of the Lebanese-Arabs practiced the Maronite Catholic faith, while many adhered to other faiths including Orthodox Christian, Sunni Muslim, and Shia Muslim.<ref name=":0" />

Arabic and Arab-centered newspapers existed in Cuba up until the 1970s, such as ''El Cercano Oriente'' (The Near East), ''El Árbol del Líbano'' (The Tree of Lebanon), ''Al-Etehad'' (The Union), ''Al-Faihaa'' (The Spacious), ''Al-Sayf'' (The Saber), and ''La Unión'' (The Union).

== Arab Union of Cuba ==
Arab organizations and associations began appearing during their immigration and existed in nearly every urban area in Cuba. Founded in 1979, The [[Arab Union of Cuba]] is the most notable and established Arab association in Cuba and it still operates today. Among the Arab Union of Cuba's work is the development of the Memorial to Arab Immigrants in the Park of the Arab Immigrant on Calle Monte in Havana's Los Sitios neighborhood.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://unionarabecuba.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612091144/http://unionarabecuba.org/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-06-12|title=Unión Árabe de Cuba|date=2017-06-12|access-date=2019-04-03))</ref>

== Figures ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="5" |Cities of Arrival for Arab Immigrants<ref name=":0" />
|-
!City
!Percentage
|-
|Havana
|25.5%
|-
|Holguín
|5.6%
|-
|Santiago de Cuba
|3.9%
|-
|Camagüey
|3.3%
|-
|Matanzas
|3.1%
|-
|Guantánamo
|2.9%
|-
|Ciego de Ávila
|2.8%
|-
|Santa Clara
|2.7%
|-
|Puerto Padre
|2.7%
|-
|Cárdenas
|2.4%
|-
|Marianao
|2.3%
|-
|Guanabacoa
|2.2%
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="5" |Arab migration to Cuba from 1920 to 1931<ref name=":0" /> 
|-
!Year
!Total
|-
|1920
|682
|-
|1921
|275
|-
|1922
|232
|-
|1923
|1342
|-
|1924
|1954
|-
|1925
|1795
|-
|1926
|1139
|-
|1927
|606
|-
|1928
|646
|-
|1929
|426
|-
|1930
|180
|-
|1931
|60
|}

== Notable Arab Cubans ==

* [[Yamil Chade]], sports manager
*[[Cucu Diamantes]], singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist
* [[Emilio Estefan]], musician and producer
* [[Emily Estefan]], music artist
* [[Lili Estefan]], model and host of ''[[El Gordo y la Flaca]]'' on [[Univision]].
* [[Jamillette Gaxiola]], model and Miss Cuba 2009
* [[Taufic Guarch]], footballer
* [[Fayad Jamís]], poet, painter, designer, journalist and translator

== References ==
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((Arab diaspora))
((People of Cuba))
[[Category:Arab diaspora in the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Demographics of the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Cuban people of Arab descent]]

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