Andrew Shyrock is an anthropology scholar, and has worked in different projects in this capacity. During his life as a scholar, has been a curator for exhibits in a museum, authored and edited material for teaching for elementary school level, and organized public lectures. He has also been responsible for the writing and holding consultations for grants for community groups and participated in seminars for teachers, lay people, church leaders, communities and other groups of people interested in the debate about the struggles of the Arab populations living in Detroit. He is actively involved in activities referred to as culture work, in which the groups or individuals involved use artistic presentation, as well as cultural education in pushing for the inclusion of Arabs and Arab Americans in public life in terms that are favorable. This in essence means that Shyrock engages in activities that try to create an understanding of the Arab and Arab Americans that are found in Detroit, through the deconstruction of stereotypes and the replacement of the ignorance of people about the American Arabs, with knowledge that provides a good background for understanding them. From this information, Shyrock emerges as a champion of the rights of the minority in the American society and a promoter of multiculturalism. He represents a group of scholars, leaders and individuals who strive to promote the image of America as a land of opportunity in which people from diverse cultural origins can live cohesively and realize their dreams. .
The motivation behind the passion that Shyrock displays in this study about the Arabs and American Arabs in Detroit springs from the developments following the 9/11 attacks in the Washington. Following the terrorist attack, there were many developments on the security structures in the United States. The drastic measures that were taken to safeguard the security of the nation needed to be addressed carefully.