April is National Arab American Heritage Month. Arab Americans have ancestors from Arab nations in North Africa or Southwest Asia. Let’s look at the contributions of some Arab Americans.
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This is Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. She works in Flint, Michigan. In 2014, Flint changed where they got their water. As a doctor, she noticed more children getting sick. She studied the water. She discovered it was unsafe. She let everyone know about the unsafe water.
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