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Arts: Women Journalists and Women’s Press: United States
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Abstract

From Afifa Karam to Helen Thomas to Christiane Amanpour, the story of women journalists of Muslim and/or Middle Eastern origins practicing their craft in the United States illustrates three main themes: first, the arc of immigrant families’ degrees of assimilation to the United States, including orientation to …

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Simons, Suzanne, “Arts: Women Journalists and Women’s Press: United States”, in: Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, General Editor Suad Joseph. Consulted online on 07 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1872-5309_ewic_EWICCOM_001462>
First published online: 2013



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