[gspetr]

>as would be an Arab immigrant to the US from Egypt

If you want to get *very* technical then it's possible to not be African if you're from Egypt: "Egypt is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia."

[hot_gril]

Continents aren't technical, though. There are different definitions. Like, look into whether Georgia is considered part of Europe or Asia.