Muslim/arab population in Orlando, Winter Park

[Wilshire81182]

yes, both are in west Orlando along Pine Hills Rd and Old Winter Garden Road respectively.

[salomea]

Thank you

[arimor]

i thought moraccans were ethnically berber?

[Puddy4LyF]

arimor> they still speak a dialect of arabic quite similar to any other area of the middle east (with the exception of iraqi arabic which i certainly don't understand)

naharak saeed

[arimor]

Originally Posted by Puddy4LyF

arimor> they still speak a dialect of arabic quite similar to any other area of the middle east (with the exception of iraqi arabic which i certainly don't understand)

naharak saeed

someone from yemen said that some are arabs linguisticly and some are genetically

there are many people who are arabicised etc who arent arabs at all.

whats correct?

[salomea]

Originally Posted by arimor

someone from yemen said that some are arabs linguisticly and some are genetically

there are many people who are arabicised etc who arent arabs at all.

whats correct?

Ok, I was making a thread asking about the Muslim population of Orlando, do you have any information about that topic arimor???

[blackgold73]

There is a growing Middle Eastern and South Indian population in the Orlando Metro area. Pine Hills and Eatonville are in the Metro Area but not inside the city proper. Pine Hills is a higher crime area.

[Alphaman]

Originally Posted by salomea

Hello, just wondering if someone could tell me if there is a large population of muslims in and around the Orlando and Winter park areas. On one visit to Orlando I recall seeing a lot of arabs/middle east people. What is your opinion of the diversity of the area? What kinds of people would we encounter living in these areas?
Thank you!

Yes there is, not as large as hispanics but larger then asian or atleast more spread out the asians seem to mostly stay around mills and colonial and the muslims more on the west side around pine hills and kirkman areas.

[Orlando Nigerian]

There's diversity here in Orlando, but I'm afraid you'll only find any Arabs or Muslims in the UCF area, way on the East side of town and occasionally in the suburbs here on the East side of town. You probably would have more luck finding them in the amusement park areas of town and in Kissimmee by Disney. These parts of town are highly diverse, but there also very commercial and not very residential. People from all over the world, including Moroccans (I know Epcot Center has a Morroccan restaurant), work at Disney. Other than that, sorry. You won't have much luck. Orlando, as well as the other Florida cities, are mostly places where you can find Haitians, black Carribeans, and a ton of Latinos. I think the racial majority of Orlando though is white.