Washington DC, Nov. 8 -- 'Arab America'...the phrase has gained traction after Michigan's Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed won in the recently concluded United States Midterm elections. Sayed himself alluded to his Arab-American identity in a speech on November 7, when he stated that 'Michigan was the capital of Arab America'.

"I'm honoured to be the next United States senator from the great state of Michigan," El-Sayed said, according to Fox News. "Which, of course, I know we're here in D.C., which, of course, is the capital of the United States of America, but Michigan is the capital of Arab America."

Arab migration to North America (the United States and Canada) has been going on for a couple of centuries, though it gained traction in th...