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Palestinian women in American societyessay 1994 • Cainkar, Louise
Arab Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This essay examines the relationship between gender, class, ethnicity, socio-political context and the Palestinian immigrant experience. After providing a general profile of Palestinian women immigrants in the United States (with a focus on Chicago),...Palestinian-American Muslim womenessay 1991 • Cainkar, Louise
Arab Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a study of the difficult experience of growing up female for Palestinian-American women, whose lives were severely constrained by traditional sexual mores and gender ideals. It is based on participant observation, informal interviews, and for...Immigrant Palestinian women evaluate their livesessay 1996 • Cainkar, Louise
Arab Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This article describes the assessment by immigrant Palestinian women of the quality of their own lives not only as women but as Palestinian women in particular. The study is based on the author's fieldwork in Chicago's Palestinian community, which re...