Can most MENAs pass in Latin America?

[Borealis]

I feel like they can, in particular North Africans(from what Ive heard) but also Levantines, Turks, Mesopotamians, maybe some gulf Arabs and Iranians too.

I think they have a strong overlap for populations located so far apart with different ethnogenesis.

[Nazarene]

Levantines and North Africans for sure, would cast doubt on the others. Maybe a few Turks. I don't think I could pass in Latin America.

[IrisSelene]

Levantines and North Africans for sure, would cast doubt on the others. Maybe a few Turks. I don't think I could pass in Latin America.

If you can pass in Italy you can pass in Argentina.

[Abdelnour]

I get mistaken for Latin American most of the time here in Florida, so sure.

[FinalFlash]

MENA is a bullshit category. If you mean North Africans, yes they can give pseudo Latino vibes. If you meant the Levant for instance, I doubt most would be typical.

[happycow]

Maybe. My dad could easily pass as Latin American imo. I was told I could pass as Mexican or castizo in South America. My mom however would not pass.

[Oghuz]

MENA has many phenotypes which are different from each other and most would be atypical in Latin America.

[Thambi]

yeah i think so, except for a decent amount of gulf arabs. Most MENAs can blend in the US as latinos or southern euros and there are people that look southern euro in latin america as well.

[Swarthy_Syndicate]

No. Latin Americans aren't named Yousef or Jaleel.

[Kriptc06]

Brazil already has a large MENA diaspora, many are well integrated and are christians and what not, so yeah, for Brazil I'd give this a yep

[Celestia]

Their looks are usually distinguishable although similar.

[Chaos One]

Their looks are usually distinguishable although similar.

More like this. I mean, because skin tone or dark hair or whatever.

But you can spot differences. I got "nice" nicknames all the time because MENA looking and that was only me, not everyone.

[Celestia]

More like this. I mean, because skin tone or dark hair or whatever.

But you can spot differences. I got "nice" nicknames all the time because MENA looking and that was only me, not everyone.

Yeah, I think the eyes and nose area usually what differentiates the two. Although I’ve said before to you that I would guess you as Puerto Rican if I hadn’t known your ancestry.

[Luso]

More like this. I mean, because skin tone or dark hair or whatever.

But you can spot differences. I got "nice" nicknames all the time because MENA looking and that was only me, not everyone.

Mate, I think I look more MENA than you.

[Chaos One]

Yeah, I think the eyes and nose area usually differentiates the two. Although I’ve said before to you that I would guess you as Puerto Rican if I hadn’t known your ancestry.

Which makes some sense maybe because Amerindian. But I don't look Iberian or mixed Iberian, either.


Mate, I think I look more MENA than you.

I agree, but many people here see a big goatee or whatever and spot "Arab".

I don't look MENA in fact, except if you do consider some Central Asian groups as MENA looking (well, some Uzbeks and Turkmens are very MENA looking anyway).

[Luso]

Which makes some sense maybe because Amerindian. But I don't look Iberian or mixed Iberian, either.



I agree, but many people here see a big goatee or whatever and spot "Arab".

I don't look MENA in fact, except if you do consider some Central Asian groups as MENA looking (well, some Uzbeks and Turkmens are very MENA looking anyway).

Yeah, not sure where exactly in the MENA I would place myself, but probably somewhere Levantine on the med.

Also yeah, I mean beard helps in that stereotype department... but even without my features could confuse people.

[Chaos One]

Yeah, not sure where exactly in the MENA I would place myself, but probably somewhere Levantine on the med.

Coastal Berber or Levantine, nothing beyond this.

[chinshen]

I live in Southern Cal, never been mistaken for Latin American.