ue bla , ▁Mexico ▁City ▁and ▁the ▁Northern ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁( main ly ▁in ▁the ▁states ▁of ▁B aja ▁California , ▁T ama ul ip as , ▁Nue vo ▁Leon , ▁Son ora , ▁ ▁S inal oa , ▁Ch ih u ah ua , ▁Z ac ate cas , ▁Co ahu ila , ▁and ▁Dur ango ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁cities ▁of ▁T amp ico ▁and ▁Gu adal aj ara ▁. ▁They ▁also ▁came ▁for ▁slave ▁trade ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century . ▁The ▁term ▁" A rab ▁Mexican " ▁may ▁include ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁that ▁do ▁not ▁in ▁fact ▁identify ▁as ▁Arab . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Israel - L eb anon ▁war ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁and ▁during ▁the ▁Six - Day ▁War , ▁thousands ▁of ▁Leb an ese ▁left ▁Leb anon ▁and ▁went ▁to ▁Mexico . ▁They ▁first ▁arrived ▁in ▁Ver ac ru z . ▁Although ▁Arab s ▁made ▁up ▁less ▁than ▁ 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁imm igr ant ▁population ▁in ▁Mexico ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁they ▁constit uted ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁imm igr ant ▁economic ▁activity . ▁ ▁Im m igration ▁of ▁Arab s ▁in ▁Mexico ▁has ▁influenced ▁Mexican ▁culture , ▁in ▁particular ▁food , ▁where ▁they ▁have ▁introduced ▁K ib be h , ▁T abb ou le h ▁and ▁even ▁created ▁reci pes ▁such ▁as ▁T ac os ▁Á rab es . ▁By ▁ 1 7 6 5 , ▁dates , ▁which ▁origin ated