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Article: First National Study of Arab-American Women Counters Stereotype; UC Irvine Researcher Shows Majority of Arab-American Women Are Highly Educated and Christian.
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- August 9, 2004
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Byline: University of California, Irvine
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today's Arab-American women look a lot more like their American counterparts than popular post-Sept. 11 stereotypes suggest, according to a University of California, Irvine sociologist.
In the first national study of Arab-American women, Jen'nan Ghazal Read, assistant professor of sociology in UCI's School of Social Sciences, has found these women are much more diverse and progressive than the commonly held view of them as Islamic traditionalists - veiled, submissive and secluded within the home. Using data from the U.S. Census and her study, Read compared the cultural ...