一项《华盛顿邮报》-斯尔学院（Post-Schar School）民调显示，阿拉伯裔美国人认为他们的生活能够得到改善的比率，几乎是美国整体民众的两倍。
A Post-Schar School poll reveals Arab Americans think their lives can improve at almost twice the rate of Americans overall.
根据《华盛顿邮报》-斯尔学院的一项民调，绝大多数阿拉伯裔美国人能够设想他们在美利坚合众国拥有更光明的未来，尽管有三分之二的人表示他们对该国的发展方向感到不满。
The overwhelming majority of Arab Americans can envision a brighter future for themselves in the United States, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll, even as two-thirds say they’re dissatisfied with the country’s direction.
在一个极化加剧、开支飙升的时代，那些祖籍远在中东和北非的人并没有粉饰他们所上面临的挑战。
At a time of deepening polarization and soaring expenses, those with ancestral ties across the Middle East and North Africa don’t sugarcoat the challenges they face.
然而作为一个群体，他们表现得惊人地乐观：78%的人表示他们有很大机会提高自己的生活水平，而美国整体民众的这一比例为40%。
Yet as a group, they lean strikingly optimistic: 78 percent say they have a good chance of improving their standard of living, compared with 40 percent of Americans overall.
三分之二的人认为自己是“典型的美国人”，这一比例高于其他在全球其他地方有根基的人。近十分之八的人表示，身为美国人对他们身份认同的重要性，不亚于他们的宗教或祖先血统。
Two in three consider themselves a “typical American,” a higher share than others with roots elsewhere in the world. Almost 8 in 10 say being American is as important to their identity as their religion or ancestry.
根据人口普查局（Census Bureau）的数据，约有350万美国居民的根基可追溯至从西撒哈拉到阿曼等22个阿拉伯国家或地区之一。（伊朗是一个以波斯人为主的国家，未被纳入其中。）《华盛顿邮报》-斯尔学院的民调采用随机抽样方法，访问了该人口群体中的412名成年人，其中大多数结果集中在358名亲自认同为阿拉伯人的受访者身上。
About 3.5 million U.S. residents trace their roots to one of 22 Arab countries or places stretching from the Western Sahara to Oman, according to the Census Bureau. (Iran, a majority Persian country, was not included). The Post-Schar School poll used random sampling methods to reach 412 adults in that demographic, with most results focused on the 358 respondents who personally identified as Arabs.
21%的受访者报告自己有巴勒斯坦血统。大约另有五分之一的人表示他们有埃及血统，而相近比例的人表示他们来自黎巴嫩家庭。少数人的根基与叙利亚、约旦和摩洛哥有关。
Twenty-one percent reported having Palestinian heritage. Roughly another fifth said they had Egyptian ancestry, while a similar percentage said they hailed from Lebanese families. Smaller numbers had connections to Syria, Jordan and Morocco.
针对这一人口群体的民调极其罕见。《华盛顿邮报》-斯尔学院的民调提供了一个具全国代表性的视角，展现了阿拉伯裔美国人对该国及他们在其中所处地位的感受。
Surveys of this demographic are exceptionally rare. The Post-Schar School poll offers a nationally representative look at how Arab-Americans are feeling about the country and their place in it.
《华盛顿邮报》联系了跨越政治光谱的年轻父母、企业主和退休人员。略多于一半的人是移民，27%的人是第二代移民。
The Post contacted young parents, business owners and retirees across the political spectrum. A little more than half were immigrants, and 27 percent were second-generation.
在随后的采访中，几乎所有人都对杂货店和加油站不断上涨的成本感到沮丧。
Practically everyone was frustrated by rising costs at the grocery store and gas pump, they shared in follow-up interviews.
四分之一的人报告称，他们或亲属在过去两年里曾遭遇过移民问题，例如受到机场安检的盘问，或者在出入境时遇到麻烦。
One in four reported they or a relative had struggled in the past two years with immigration issues, such as being questioned by airport security or having trouble entering or leaving the country.
在中期选举之前，一些人对总统唐纳德·特朗普痛斥竞选密歇根州参议员的埃及裔美国人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）为“激进极端分子”（“RADICAL Extremist”）感到不安。不过，许多人很高兴看到更多的穆斯林竞选公职。大多数人表示，他们在表达对政治和其他敏感话题的看法时感到自在。
Ahead of the midterm elections, some were disturbed by President Donald Trump blasting Abdul El-Sayed, an Egyptian American running for Senate in Michigan, as a “RADICAL Extremist.”Many, though, were pleased to see more Muslims running for office. Most said they felt comfortable expressing their opinions on politics and other sensitive topics.
百分之八十七的人感到能够自由地信仰宗教。近一半的受访者是穆斯林，近三分之一是基督徒。然而，十分之八的人认为美国存在“一定程度”或“大量”针对阿拉伯人和穆斯林的偏见——大多数人认为犹育人、西班牙裔和亚裔也面临同样的情况。
Eighty-seven percent felt free to practice their religion. Almost half of respondents were Muslim, and almost a third were Christian. Yet 8 in 10 perceive “some” or “a lot” of prejudice against Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. — and most thought the same was true for Jews, Hispanics and Asians.
两个女孩的母亲阿尔沙米（Alshami）表示，她的父亲三十年前为了追求美国梦，从也门搬到了亚利桑那州。他从在尤马（Yuma）的田地里亲手采摘庄稼，到创办了后来成为她家族的卡车运输公司。“他很快就融入了，”她说。
Alshami, a mother of two girls, said her father moved to Arizona from Yemen three decades ago in pursuit of the American Dream. He went from handpicking crops in the Yuma fields to starting what became her family’s trucking company. “He assimilated quickly,” she said.
她说，现在她觉得自己比什么都更像美国人，她花数小时陪伴在女儿们的T恤棒球（T-ball）和水球比赛场边。作为默塞德县（Merced County）共和党的党团会议主席，她担心其他人把美国的自由视为理所当然。
Now she sees herself as more American than anything else, she said, spending hours on the sidelines of her daughters’ T-ball and water polo games. A caucus chair for the Republican Party of Merced County, she worries that others take America’s freedoms for granted.
“一切都取决于你如何去创造，”她说。“我尽量保持积极。”三年前，他每月支付45美元的医疗保险。随后联邦补贴到期，这笔账单涨到了400美元。而且别跟他提起与伊朗的冲突，这让他的燃料开支几乎翻了一番。
“Everything is what you make of it,” she said. “I try to stay positive.”Three years ago, he paid $45 monthly for health insurance. Then federal subsidies expired, lifting that bill to $400. And don’t get him started on the conflict with Iran, which has nearly doubled his fuel expenditures.
“特朗普上台时喊着‘美国优先！’”自视为政治“自由人”的沙里夫说，“而他做了什么？他挑起了一场战争。”不过，这位育有四个孩子的父亲对他们（年龄在4岁到16岁之间）的前景抱有乐观的看法。他预测，经济曾经大起大落，也必将再次繁荣，但他从未见过巴勒斯坦人遭受如此之多的心碎。
“Trump came in saying, “America first!” said Sharif, who considers himself a political “free agent.” “And what did he do? He starts a war.” Still, the father of four has a rosy outlook for his kids, ages 4 to 16. The economy has sizzled and sagged and will sizzle again, he predicts, but Sharif has never seen so much heartache for Palestinians.
“以前，我们总是‘侵略者’，”沙里夫说，“现在你看到报道把巴勒斯坦人描绘成受害者。”但五角大楼曾宣布将对一次行刑队枪决进行现场直播。在特朗普周三取消这些计划之前，她一直担心她的孙辈们会看到。“这简直太野蛮了，”她说。
“Before, we were always the ‘aggressors,’” Sharif said. “Now you see coverage showing Palestinians as victims.”But the Pentagon had announced that it would live-stream an execution by firing squad. Before Trump scrapped those plans Wednesday, she worried about her grandchildren watching. “It’s just barbaric,” she said.
她的祖父为了寻找更好的生活，从叙利亚搬到了俄亥俄州。美国本应是“山巅之城”，是世界的榜样。但这位总统使用的语言在她看来带有种族歧视。“我们已经偏离轨道太远了，”她说。
Her grandfather moved to Ohio from Syria in search of a better life. America was supposed to be the “shining city upon the hill,” an example for the world. But the president was using language she found racist. “We’ve gotten so far off track,” she said.
她曾带着他们4岁的儿子在芝加哥的一个郊区散步。这次爆发让他想起了母亲在2001年9月11日袭击事件发生后的紧张岁月中忍受的一切。
She’d been out walking with their 4-year-old son in a Chicago suburb. The outburst reminded him of what his mom endured in the tense years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
“既然我已经到了能够为此做点什么的年龄，如果我要入狱，那就随它去吧，”在芝加哥中途国际机场担任行李搬运工的巴勒斯坦裔美国人阿德尔哈利姆说。
“Now that I’m old enough to do something about it, if I go to jail, so be it,” said Addelhalim, a Palestinian American baggage handler at Chicago’s Midway International Airport.
他最近在工作时搬运婴儿车弄伤了肩膀，因此只能待在家中，刷着太多让他生气的视频，其中包括一些关于美国向以色列提供大量资金的视频。他指出，在过去的三年里，加沙已有2万多名儿童丧生。尽管如此，他在自己的巴勒斯坦国旗旁升起了一面美国国旗。
He injured his shoulder recently while lifting a stroller at work, so he’s stuck at home, scrolling through too many videos that make him angry, including some about all the money the U.S. sends to Israel. Over the past three years, he pointed out, more than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza. Still, he flies an American flag next to his Palestinian flag.
“这个国家虽然有很多不好，但也有很多好，”他说。比如他的邻居们，他说，他们是黑人、墨西哥裔美国人和波兰裔美国人。在他等待手术期间，他们一直在给他送饭。“他们给了我希望，”他说。
“As much bad as there is in this country, there is a lot of good,” he said. Such as his neighbors, he said, who are Black and Mexican American and Polish American. They’ve been bringing him meals as he awaits surgery. “They give me hope,” he said.
她表示，如果特朗普政府兑现提议，在2030年的人口普查中删去有关种族和族裔的问题，这项工作将会变得更加艰难。
That will get harder, she said, if the Trump administration follows through on its proposal to cut race and ethnicity questions from the 2030 census.
这位出生于黎巴嫩的巴勒斯坦裔美国人说：“我们应该努力更多地了解彼此。比如为什么拥有阿拉伯血统的人比普通公众更对自己的未来保持乐观。”
We should endeavor to know more about each other, said the Palestinian American, who was born in Lebanon. Such as why those with Arab heritage, more so than the general public, remain optimistic about their futures.
卡亚利从自己的生活中琢磨出了一种理论。这位自称是“单一议题选民”的人对美国政府不支持巴勒斯坦事业感到愤怒。但她已经报名在11月的中期选举中参与投票站工作，并坚称她希望帮助所有人投票，无论他们的政治观点如何。
Kayyali unearthed a theory from her own life. The self-described “single-issue voter” is enraged by the U.S. government’s lack of support for the Palestine cause. But she has signed up to work the midterm polls in November, asserting she wants to help everyone vote, no matter their political views.
她将自己同时具备绝望与希望的能力归因于sumud，这是一个阿拉伯语词汇，意为“坚定不移”。她说：“这个概念是，你要站稳脚跟，度过糟糕的时光，并享受美好的时光。”
She attributes her simultaneous capacity for despair and hope to sumud, Arabic for “steadfastness.”“It’s the idea that you stand firm, ride out the bad times and enjoy the good times,” she said.
《华盛顿邮报》与沙尔学院民意调查于2026年8月20日至9月7日进行，调查对象为一个由412名祖籍来自主要为阿拉伯国家的美国成年人以及358名自认为系阿拉伯人的受访者组成的全国样本。阿拉伯裔美国人调查结果的抽样误差幅度为正负6.7个百分点。
The Washington Post-Schar School poll was conducted Aug. 20-Sept. 7, 2026 among a national sample of 412 U.S. adults with ancestry from predominantly Arab countries and 358 respondents who identify as Arab. Results among Arab Americans have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 6.7 percentage points.