Featuring reflections on identities of groups belonging to the Arab community in Foz do Iguaçu, it is intended, in this article, to show that being Arab, in this context, is not a clearly defined identity. In a game of constant reordering, making mobile its limitations, this identity frontier is established by different meanings, including and excluding this heterogeneous group, within the process of the local interaction. The exclusion is visible in the cultivation of language, of religions and political movements (support for the Palestinian movement) and the inclusion becomes visible in public festivals and rituals. As mental representations, acts of perception, knowledge and recognition, such identities have its limits constantly reordered by the organization, classification and valuation of different levels of experience lived in this context.
identities; immigration; social classification; Foz do Iguaçu