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"Some (Muslims) respect the woman more than the man because the woman grew up the man," she said. "The woman should make good situation for the future. This society doesn't care about this point."
Getting an education
To Jouya and many Islamic women, education is of great importance.
Unlike many KU students who spend four years here preparing for a successful career with hopes of personal and financial gratification, Joya names other reasons for her dedication. Joaya says both her own life and her religion place high importance on education for its own sake.
"My religion says you must every day learn new things," she said.
"We (Americans) think of religion as dealing with morality," Lang said. "Islam unites that with the physical existence of man."
Lang said the Koran commanded Muslims to study, read and learn. He said that was where Americans became confused by Islam. They don't understand that Islam combines economic, social and religious aspects of everyday life into one complete system.
And education is a part of that existence. Joyna and her friends interpret the active social lives of some KU students to mean that many only come here to meet people and don't take their educations seriously.
Jouya says Islamic women often choose fields of study that help people. "Many women learn first aid — anything needed for life," she said.
She received a bachelor's degree in Tehran and is preparing to enter KU's master's program in nursing. She hopes to return to Iran to teach nursing in the same school she attended.
By educating herself, Jouya says she can return to Iran and help her own people rather than remain in Kansas or the United States.
Although the level of education in Iran is equal to and, in some areas, above American schools, Joyya said, schools are limited, and many students must go abroad. Joyya's family is paying for her education. But about half the Muslim students here, from all nations, are sponsored by their governments, said Clark Coan, director of foreign students.
Although most are here just from necessity, Jouya's friends seem to agree that a Western education is useful for broadening and emboldening their minds.
But when she speaks of future employment here or in Iran, Jouya is quick to add, "I like work outside the home, but first I pay attention for my family."
Family and friends
Jouya is here with her Iranian husband, who is studying linguistics at KU, and their 10-year-old daughter, Sarah. For Jouya, family comes first. She said her education would allow her to teach her daughter the correct paths to follow.
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family plays a much more powerful role than in Western society. He said that the close family encompasses uncles, aunts and cousins. And most Muslims are unfamiliar with the nuclear family that Americans have evolved toward.
Jouya's concentration on helping the future of her family and her people by educating herself is daunted by little. She studies for up to 10 hours a day. She has time for little besides religion, family and study.
Lang said that in Islamic society.
The social scene at KU does not interest Joya. "If I think about myself—if I go to the movies, if I go to a movie that happens to the world" she asked.
When asked if she went to parties, Jouya said, "Not like American parties — not dancing."
When she lived in Iran, Jouya said, she enjoyed sports, such as swimming in all-women pools. But here that is impossible. Her religion prohibits her from being seen in a swimming suit, or even shorts and a T-shirt, by men other than those in her immediate family.
She and her friends often get together for a quiet dinner and conversation. Weather permitting, a picnic lunch at Clinton Lake is also a favorite. But college parties and activities don't have a place in her life.
Stereotype or no, Joya is here to get a master's — maybe a doctorate — but that is all. She said the United States was her second choice, and she planned on taking none of the Western culture home with her.
"I don't need anything here but education," she said.
Islam is a way of life, she and others said. Although other religions change with the times, Islam doesn't have to.
LIVING here is a good chance to see other religions and environments, a friend of Jouya's said.
Lang said that Muslims were careful to preserve their beliefs because to them, the only real hope they had was in their religion.
Living in the United States hasn't affected her beliefs, Jouya said. Others say their beliefs have strengthened.
"My religion is stronger. Now I'm satisfied because I know the religion behind the rule. You see what happens to women who are free," she said. "You see the purpose."
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