Find Arabic-speaking and Arab American businesses, professionals, and community institutions.

Irvine, CA · Orange County

A regional chamber of commerce serving Arab American professionals, entrepreneurs, and small business owners. States its purpose as "advancing economic opportunity, strategic partnerships, and sustainable business growth within the Arab American community." Board includes President & CEO Farah Kanchar.

Anaheim, CA, Orange County, CA · Orange County

Founded in Dearborn, Michigan in 1992, the American Arab Chamber of Commerce maintains an Anaheim-focused presence describing a national network of 1,800+ businesses across three local clusters: restaurants, food & retail; real estate & services; and tourism & hospitality. No stated street address was found for the Anaheim office as of this listing's creation — the chamber is listed as a service-area organization rather than a storefront.

Westminster, CA · Orange County

Also known as Al-Noor Mosque. Denomination self-tagged as Sunni in OpenStreetMap.

Anaheim, CA · Orange County

Anaheim, CA · Orange County

Located on Brookhurst Street, within the Little Arabia cultural corridor.

Anaheim, CA · Orange County

No street number was tagged on the OpenStreetMap node, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed. An exact number is still needed before this can be treated as a mailing address.

Placentia, CA · Orange County

In the Old Town Placentia neighborhood.

Orange, CA · Orange County

Santee, CA · San Diego County

No street number was tagged on the OpenStreetMap node, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed.

La Mesa, CA · San Diego County

OpenStreetMap itself flags this record with a "check religion" note (its own contributor-added fixme tag), so treat the Islamic-center classification as unconfirmed until verified. No street number was tagged, and Nominatim's reverse geocode files this address under San Diego's unincorporated mail-service area rather than La Mesa's own ZIP — kept under La Mesa here since that's the nearest incorporated city, but worth confirming on claim.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

In the heart of San Diego County's Chaldean/Iraqi-majority community per the blueprint's demographic research. No street number was tagged on the OpenStreetMap node, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed.

Lakeside, CA · San Diego County

No street number was tagged on the OpenStreetMap node, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

The church itself has no address tagged in OpenStreetMap; the number shown is the nearest addressed parcel returned by reverse geocoding its coordinates, not a confirmed street number for the church — treat it as approximate until an owner claims this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean-cuisine restaurant chain location. Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Middle Eastern / Mediterranean cuisine. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Mediterranean cuisine. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing. No official business website found — the phone number is from third-party directory listings, not the business's own site, so treat it as unconfirmed until claimed.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Syrian cuisine; self-described on the business's own site as "The Taste of Damascus." No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean/Levantine restaurant. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing. No geo coordinates yet since it is not present in OpenStreetMap.

El Cajon, CA, San Diego County, CA · San Diego County

Operates as a food truck with rotating stop locations around El Cajon rather than one fixed storefront — this explains the conflicting street addresses found across different delivery/review platforms during research, so no single fixed address is listed here. Halal status is self-described (community-tagged in OpenStreetMap), not an authority certification.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Afghan restaurant (kebab cuisine), included at the site owner's request. Afghanistan is not an Arab country and Dari/Pashto are not Arabic, so no Arab-community affiliation is implied by this listing — it is included here as a Middle Eastern/kebab-cuisine restaurant, not as part of the Arab American or Arabic-speaking community coverage described elsewhere on the site. Halal status is self-described (community-tagged in OpenStreetMap), not an authority certification.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean restaurant on Jamacha Road. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Middle Eastern restaurant on West Douglas Avenue. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Iraqi cuisine restaurant, per East County Magazine's review. No official business website or confirmed phone number was found, so neither is listed here. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean restaurant on Jamacha Road. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Iraqi and Mediterranean restaurant and market, per the business's own site. The business's own website does not list a street address; the address shown here (867 Jamacha Road) comes from a community social-media post referencing the business rather than the business's own site or Google Maps/Yelp, so treat it as unconfirmed until the owner claims this listing. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Turkish charcoal-grill restaurant. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

No official business website or confirmed phone number was found, so neither is listed here. Some third-party directories describe this business as halal, but that claim could not be verified against the business's own site, so no halal status is recorded. No ownership claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean grill and baklava/sweets shop on East Main Street. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Iraqi cuisine restaurant, per multiple third-party menu listings. Opening hours were not listed on the business's own site. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Sweets and dessert shop. No official business website was found — the phone number is from a third-party directory listing, not the business's own site, so treat it as unconfirmed until claimed. No ownership claim is made or implied by this listing.

Spring Valley, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean restaurant in Spring Valley, adjoining El Cajon. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean restaurant on El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego (City Heights/Rolando area) — on the street named El Cajon Boulevard, not within the city of El Cajon itself. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Lebanese/Mediterranean restaurant on El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego (City Heights/Rolando area) — on the street named El Cajon Boulevard, not within the city of El Cajon itself. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean restaurant in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, some distance from El Cajon and the rest of this county's Arab American community cluster. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

North Park restaurant self-described as Middle Eastern, Lebanese, and Persian-inspired fusion. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Clairemont Mesa location — self-described "Mediterranean Flavors" and "exotic flavors of the Middle East." A separate, unrelated Aladdin location in Hillcrest rebranded to "Maïsa Lebanese Cuisine" in 2026 (listed separately). No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Seaport Village restaurant self-described as Mediterranean and Greek cuisine, with menu items including shawarma, dolma, and lamb borak. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Downtown/Gaslamp restaurant rooted in Lebanese Mediterranean heritage, per the business's own site. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Lebanese bakery/restaurant on the El Cajon Boulevard corridor in San Diego (on the street named El Cajon Boulevard, not within the city of El Cajon), self-described as "Old Country Cooking" with fresh-baked flatbreads. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Kearny Mesa location, self-described "authentic Middle Eastern street food" (falafel, shawarma). A second location of this business operates on the UCSD campus. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Liberty Public Market stall self-described as "Mediterranean-Middle Eastern favorites with a California flair." A separate location of this small chain operates in San Juan Capistrano, Orange County. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Midway District Lebanese restaurant and art gallery, open since the 1980s, named for the celebrated Lebanese singer Fairouz. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

University City/UTC restaurant, family-owned since the owners immigrated from Lebanon's Bekaa Valley in the 1990s. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Hillcrest restaurant, family-owned, self-described as Lebanese with imported Lebanese beer and wine and traditional recipes. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Pacific Beach quick-service spot serving shawarma tacos, gyros, and falafel. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

On the El Cajon Boulevard corridor in San Diego (on the street named El Cajon Boulevard, not within the city of El Cajon), explicitly self-described as Greek and Lebanese cuisine, plus a hookah lounge. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

La Jolla location, self-described "fresh and authentic Mediterranean" — shawarma, falafel, hummus, house-made pita. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Kearny Mesa restaurant with a documented Iraqi/Jordanian family history per its own "Our Story" page — one of the few listings so far with a documented ownership claim rather than "not stated." No halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Rancho Peñasquitos-area restaurant serving pita, hummus, shawarma, kabobs, falafel, and shakshuka. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mission Valley location serving shawarma, gyros, falafel, and wagyu-beef variations. A separate El Cajon location of this chain appears to be closed per third-party listings. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Lebanese bakery and restaurant (mana'ish, saj wraps, kebab plates), part of a small chain also present in the Los Angeles area (Granada Hills, Calabasas). No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Family-owned Hillcrest restaurant rooted in Bekaa Valley (Lebanon) traditions. Rebranded from "Aladdin Mediterranean Cuisine"/"Aladdin Hillcrest" to Maïsa Lebanese Cuisine in February 2026 under the same family (now run by the next generation) at the same address — same business, name change only, not a closure. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mission Hills/Uptown restaurant self-described as combining Greek, Italian, and Lebanese cuisine (kabobs, falafel, hummus). Included as a fusion restaurant with an explicitly Lebanese component, not as a purely Arab/Levantine kitchen. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Gaslamp lounge self-described as "Levantine Mediterranean" — mezze, salads, hearty grills, and hookah. This address and phone number were previously used by "Maestro Lounge" (self-described "Arabian Cuisine with a Heritage Twist"); evidence (a recent grand-opening announcement) indicates Dunya Lounge has replaced Maestro Lounge at this location, so only Dunya Lounge is listed here to avoid duplicating what appears to be the same venue under its current name. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA, San Diego County, CA · San Diego County

Food-truck and catering operation (chicken shawarma, vegan falafel, halal options), generally based around the Hillcrest area with rotating pop-up locations rather than a single fixed address, so no street address is listed here.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

International specialty grocery market with a halal-certified meat/poultry department and Middle Eastern products alongside broader international goods — not exclusively an Arab grocer. Shares its address with a separately-branded Persian restaurant (Sufi Mediterranean Cuisine) at the same plaza; the two appear to be co-located rather than the same business. No ownership claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mission Valley location of a fast-casual Mediterranean/kabob chain. Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Clairemont Mesa location, self-described halal Mediterranean (hummus, falafel, kabobs, shawarma, gyros), alongside pizza/pasta/burgers. A second location of this small chain is listed separately in La Mesa. No ownership claim is made or implied by this listing.

La Mesa, CA · San Diego County

La Mesa location, self-described halal Mediterranean (hummus, falafel, kabobs, shawarma, gyros), alongside pizza/pasta/burgers. A second location of this small chain is listed separately in Clairemont Mesa, San Diego. No ownership claim is made or implied by this listing.

La Mesa, CA · San Diego County

La Mesa location, tagged in OpenStreetMap as arab/kebab/mediterranean cuisine and self-described as Middle Eastern (wagyu beef shawarma). Separate locations of this small chain operate in Mira Mesa (San Diego) and as a South Park food truck. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Mission Valley location of the Luna Grill fast-casual Mediterranean chain (also listed separately in El Cajon and elsewhere in San Diego). Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Clairemont location of the Luna Grill fast-casual Mediterranean chain (also listed separately in El Cajon and elsewhere in San Diego). Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Hillcrest location of the Luna Grill fast-casual Mediterranean chain (also listed separately in El Cajon and elsewhere in San Diego). Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

Liberty Station location of the Luna Grill fast-casual Mediterranean chain (also listed separately in El Cajon and elsewhere in San Diego). Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

San Diego, CA · San Diego County

East Village (downtown) location of The Kebab Shop, a Turkish döner-kebab chain founded in San Diego in 2008. This chain has roughly a dozen locations across San Diego County (Mission Valley, Mira Mesa, Point Loma, Little Italy, La Jolla, and several North County cities not yet covered by this site); only this flagship-area location is listed for now. Cuisine tag only — no ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Anaheim, CA · Orange County

Cuisine tagged shawarma/Mediterranean; OpenStreetMap's diet:halal=yes tag is a community-reported signal, not a formal certification, so this is recorded as self-described rather than authority-certified.

Anaheim, CA · Orange County

Cuisine tagged Arab/Lebanese/Mediterranean in OpenStreetMap. Part of the South Brookhurst Street plaza (512/518) within the Little Arabia corridor.

Anaheim, CA · Orange County

Cuisine tagged Arab in OpenStreetMap (mandi is a rice-and-meat dish associated with the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen). Part of the South Brookhurst Street plaza within the Little Arabia corridor.

Anaheim, CA · Orange County

Part of the South Brookhurst Street plaza within the Little Arabia corridor.

Anaheim, CA · Orange County

Name spelling taken as-tagged in OpenStreetMap ("Qahwah" is Arabic for coffee); the linked website spells it "Chapati" — worth confirming the exact name before this listing is claimed. Part of the South Brookhurst Street plaza within the Little Arabia corridor.

Anaheim, CA · Orange County

Named for Jenin, a city in the West Bank. Part of the South Brookhurst Street plaza within the Little Arabia corridor.

Garden Grove, CA · Orange County

Originally geocoded to Anaheim from OpenStreetMap coordinates alone; the business's own website gives its address as Garden Grove, just south of the Little Arabia corridor along the same Brookhurst Street strip, so the city has been corrected here. Its own site states its meats and chicken are "certified by Islamic authorities" without naming the certifying body, so this is recorded as a self-described halal claim rather than an authority-verified certification. No phone number is published on the business's own site.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

In the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. No street number was tagged on the OpenStreetMap node, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed.

Hawthorne, CA · Los Angeles County

No street number was tagged on the OpenStreetMap node, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed.

Inglewood, CA · Los Angeles County

No street number was tagged on the OpenStreetMap node, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed.

Culver City, CA · Los Angeles County

One of the larger, better-known mosques on LA's Westside. No street number was tagged on the OpenStreetMap node, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed.

Santa Monica, CA · Los Angeles County

In Downtown Santa Monica. No street number was tagged on the OpenStreetMap node, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

In the Central-Alameda neighborhood, South LA. No street number was tagged on the OpenStreetMap node, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed.

Long Beach, CA · Los Angeles County

In the Belmont Shore neighborhood. OpenStreetMap did not tag a specific denomination for this church, and no street number was tagged either, so only the street name and ZIP are confirmed.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

In the Palms neighborhood. Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Middle Eastern cuisine with hookah service. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

In Koreatown. Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Middle Eastern cuisine. No street number was tagged, and no phone or website found. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Glendale, CA · Los Angeles County

Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Mediterranean/falafel/Middle Eastern cuisine. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Arabic/kebab cuisine with diet:halal=yes, which is a community-reported signal rather than a named certifying body, so recorded as self-described. No ownership claim is made or implied by this listing.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Mediterranean/Lebanese cuisine. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

In the South Carthay/Pico-Robertson area. Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Middle Eastern cuisine, sidewalk seating. No official website found. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

In the Reseda neighborhood. Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Middle Eastern cuisine, with no street number, phone, or website tagged — this is the thinnest record in this batch and a good early claim candidate. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

In Westwood. Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Lebanese cuisine, a long-running LA institution. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Culver City, CA · Los Angeles County

In the Sunkist Park neighborhood. Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Middle Eastern cuisine, with no street number, phone, or website tagged. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Burbank, CA · Los Angeles County

Named for Aleppo, Syria. Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Arab cuisine — one of the more explicit cuisine tags in this batch. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

In North Hollywood. Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Lebanese cuisine. A second location (SKAF's on York, Eagle Rock) is also listed separately in this directory. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Glendale, CA · Los Angeles County

Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Middle Eastern cuisine, wheelchair accessible. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles County

In Eagle Rock. Tagged in OpenStreetMap as Lebanese cuisine. A second location (Skaf's Grill, North Hollywood) is also listed separately in this directory. No phone number found. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied by this listing.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Located at 1142 E Main St, El Cajon — the same address at which a Syrian restaurant called "Gate of Damascus" was covered by local press and food blogs in 2022, though Tarbosh's own site does not itself confirm a name change, so this is noted as an address overlap rather than a confirmed rebrand. Tarbosh's site describes its kitchen team as drawing on Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi, Turkish, and Jordanian culinary traditions (Turkish being a non-Arab tradition among them) and states the menu is "100% halal." No self-identified Arab-ownership claim is made.

El Cajon, CA · San Diego County

Mediterranean restaurant on E Main St in El Cajon that also operates an attached banquet hall for family and corporate events. No ownership or halal-certification claim is made or implied on the business's own site.