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  • "We've been hearing that this is the last arabber for 15 years," says Dan Van Allen, an occasional

    Baltimore City Paper 2010

  • But the fact is that journalists have been profiling the "last arabber" for decades.

    Baltimore City Paper 2010

  • Deputy Housing Commissioner Reggie Scriber -- whose father was an arabber -- made a passionate promise to the evicted arabbers: "You have my word today that as long as I have air in my chest, as long as I'm part of this administration, we're going to do all that we can to find a location that is suitable so this won't happen again."

    Baltimore City Paper 2010

  • "I had a bit of a vision of opening an arabber heritage museum," says Courtney Wilson, director of the B

    Baltimore City Paper 2010

  • Like something is coming into this world and you just want to hold it and never leave it, "said Shawnta Chase, arabber.

    Sports Station 2010

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  • See (some of the) comments on arab.

    November 5, 2008

  • In Baltimore, Maryland, an "Arabber" is a person who uses a horse and cart to sell vegetables, fruits, and other food items. Most Arrabers are black males. More information is available on the Arabber Preservation Society Home Page

    August 15, 2009