Dearborn's ArabDetroit.com becomes hub for Arab-Americans

Thursday, January 22, 2009 | Source: metromode
The center of Arab-American life has been in Metro Detroit for generations, so it's no wonder that ArabDetroit.com is the home of Internet activity for Middle Eastern ex-patriots.

"ArabDetroit.com is the center," says Warren David, founder of ArabDetroit.com.
"It's the hub for Arabs in America."

David is a third generation Arab-American who runs his own public relations firm, David Communications, in Dearborn. He started the website in May, 2007 as a side project. It has since morphed into a destination site.

The website started with 50,000 page views per month. It now takes in 700,000 page views a month and is aiming to break through the 1 million barrier by doubling those views this year. ArabDetroit.com also has 20,000 subscribers to its newsletter, however, only about 60 percent of them are Arab-Americans.

"It's the one place you can find a Muslim or a Christian, a Yemini or a Lebanese all on the same page," David says.

To accommodate this convergence of local cultures, David has expanded his staff to five people. He expects to hire a few more this year to continue support of the rapidly sprawling site.

The site has grown to encompass every facet of the Arab-American online community. There is SoukDetroit.com that is similar to Craigslist. There are social gathering places and an Internet radio station. It's all part of David's serendipitous plan to make the site all things to Arab-America.

"I think it's going to be much more powerful than what it is now," David says.

Source: Warren David, founder of ArabDetroit.com
Writer: Jon Zemke
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