Arab Americans have long been a part of life in the United States .
阿拉伯裔美國人長期以來一直是美國生活的一部分。
A small museum in Dearborn , Michigan is trying to tell their stories .
密西根州迪爾伯恩的一家小型博物館正試圖講述他們的故事。
Called the Arab American National Museum , it has an exhibit about Joseph Haggar .
這家博物館名為阿拉伯裔美國人國家博物館，館內有一個關於約瑟夫·哈格的展覽。
He was a Lebanese immigrant who founded Haggar's clothing company in 1926 .
他是一位黎巴嫩移民，於1926年創立了哈格服裝公司。
Diana Abouali is the museum's director .
戴安娜·阿布阿里是該博物館的館長。
Abouali said , “He settled in Texas , and he started this pant company that was extremely successful in the 20th century .”
阿布阿里說：「他在德州定居，創辦了這家在20世紀非常成功的褲裝公司。」
She added , “He also revolutionized the way that pants and clothing were mass produced .”
她補充說：「他還徹底改變了褲子和服裝的大規模生產方式。」
Haggar came up with the word “slacks ” to describe pants that people would wear while relaxing .
哈格創造了「slacks」（休閒褲）一詞，用來指人們放鬆時穿的褲子。
His slacks were worn by many American men including the 36th U.S . president , Lyndon Johnson .
他的休閒褲受到許多美國男性的喜愛，其中包括美國第36任總統林登·詹森。
Stories like Haggar's are important to the museum's mission to show how Arab Americans have been part of American life since the late 19th century .
像哈格這樣的故事，對於博物館呈現阿拉伯裔美國人自19世紀末以來一直是美國生活一部分的使命非常重要。
“We communicate the American narrative in the voices of Arab Americans .
「我們用阿拉伯裔美國人的聲音講述美國的故事。
They express their experiences in their own words ,” Abouali said .
他們用自己的話講述自己的經歷。」阿布阿里說。
“This provides people with a more authentic and real representation of what it means to be Arab American .”
「這讓人們能更真實地了解身為阿拉伯裔美國人意味著什麼。」
The museum attempts to share the Arab American experience , including the path to America , home and work life , and service in the U.S . Armed Forces .
博物館試圖分享阿拉伯裔美國人的經歷，包括來到美國的歷程、家庭和工作生活，以及在美軍中服役的經歷。
The offerings include an exhibit about the hundreds of Syrian and Lebanese immigrants in North Dakota between 1890 and World War I .
展覽內容包括1890年至第一次世界大戰期間數百名在北達科他州的敘利亞和黎巴嫩移民。
Thousands of their descendants still live in the north central state today .
如今，他們的數千名後代仍生活在這個中北部州。
Another exhibit includes lists of Arab American passengers on the Titanic , which sank in 1912 .
另一個展覽列出了1912年沉沒的鐵達尼號上的阿拉伯裔美國乘客名單。
The museum also tries to change religious misunderstandings .
博物館還試圖改變人們在宗教方面的誤解。
“Half of the Arab American community is Christian ,” Abouali said .
「阿拉伯裔美國人群體中有一半是基督徒。」阿布阿里說。
“And in fact , the earlier immigrants , who came in the late 19th century , early 20th century , were predominantly Christian .”
「事實上，19世紀末、20世紀初來到這裡的早期移民主要是基督徒。」
A “wall of fame ” shows other well-known Arab Americans .
一面「名人牆」展示了其他知名的阿拉伯裔美國人。
They include reporter Helen Thomas , known as the first woman to end a White House press conference by saying , “Thank you , Mr . President .”
其中包括記者海倫·湯瑪斯，她以第一位用「謝謝您，總統先生」結束白宮記者會的女性而聞名。
Stories of Arab immigrants are often misunderstood among Americans .
阿拉伯移民的故事常常被美國人誤解。
Another harmful idea , she said , is “the oppressed Arab woman .”
她說，另一個有害的觀念是「受壓迫的阿拉伯女性」。
The museum tries to correct these false narratives about Arab Americans .
博物館試圖糾正這些關於阿拉伯裔美國人的錯誤敘事。
But Abouali said the museum also tries to present Arab Americans as “ourselves .”
但阿布阿里說，博物館也努力把阿拉伯裔美國人呈現為「我們自己」。