The reason for the Arabs in Deaborn has nothing to do with Ford and everything to due with Danny Thomas. Danny THomas? Yes people of middle eastern extraction were drawn to Dearborn because Danny Thomas (Lebanese Decent)made it big. They felt if he could make it big from Michigan they could as well. And I forgot to mention Kasee Kasum (top 40 fame) was also from the Dearborn area I believe.
A great deal of Muslims now in Toledo as well, you guessed it Jammie Farr, alias "Clinger" is of Lebanese decent.
As to the Ford Foundation, It has no connection with Ford Motor and Ford Motor here in Michigan in advertisements ALWAYS lets it be known that the Ford Foundation is no part of the Ford Motor Corp.
I knew there were also a lot of Molems in the Toledo area, I once had a (quite blond WASP) girlfriend whose stepfather was a very successful Paki in Toledo. I was more or less kidding about the Ford/Detroit arab connection, finding it more curious than anything else. I mean Italians in the California wine country makes sense, Basques in the sheep country in the Central Valley foothills makes sense, etc., but why Detroit/Dearborn? for the arabs. The Danny Thomas connection makes as much sense as anything I've heard, although I thought he was a Christian Lebanese like one my college classmates. And who the ???? is kasee kasum????