Where the Journey Began
From Dearborn to Washington, D.C.. From Community to International Opportunity.
Our previous event in Dearborn, Michigan brought together businesses, exhibitors, community leaders, professionals, and visitors for an experience centered on connection, opportunity, and cultural exchange.
Event Gallery
What Made It Memorable
Business & Exhibitors
Businesses and entrepreneurs showcased their products, services, and ideas.
Connections
Business leaders, organizations, professionals, and community members connected face-to-face.
Speakers & Leadership
Leaders and professionals shared ideas, experiences, and opportunities.
Culture & Community
The event celebrated Arab-American business, heritage, creativity, and community.
Experience the Highlights
Official Dearborn Highlights Video
Coming soon
Speakers, Lectures & Panels
Across four days in Dearborn, our stage hosted public lectures, panels and cultural evenings led by publishers, academics, elected officials, journalists, poets and community leaders. The conversations moved between advocacy and civic life, the future of Arab American media, teaching Arabic in America, cultural identity in the diaspora, and an evening of poetry and music across borders.
Portraits from the 2025 program in Dearborn, Michigan.
The Lecture Program
The Legacy & Future of Arab American Advocacy
A public lecture on the evolution of Arab American civic engagement — representation, policy and the next generation of leadership.
Arab American Media: Challenges & Opportunities Ahead
Publishers and broadcasters on sustaining Arabic-language journalism in America, credibility, and the shift to digital audiences.
Teaching Arabic in America: Challenges & Opportunities
Academics on Arabic language instruction, heritage learners, curriculum design and university-level Arab American studies.
Arab Heritage in the Diaspora: Shaping Cultural Identity
Writers and thinkers on how migration, memory and literature shape cultural identity across generations.
An Evening of Arabic Poetry
Poems and music across borders — a cultural evening pairing contemporary Arabic poetry with live performance.
Countering Islamophobia: Building Bridges Through Dialogue and Understanding
Presented with the Muslim Council of Elders, this lecture brought together scholars from the University of Delaware and Michigan State University to examine the roots of Islamophobia and the role of interfaith dialogue, scholarship and education in building mutual understanding — Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, 2 May 2025.
Exhibitors • Networking • Speakers • Visitors • Entertainment • Community
Dearborn was the beginning.
Washington, D.C. is the next chapter.
Bigger Market. More Countries. More Business. More Opportunity.
Arab-America International Expo 2027
Washington, D.C., USA
October 15–17, 2027