Zainab is a 20-year-old woman who emigrated from Iraq to Canada with her family in 2008.While she is at home among her extended family and family friends,she dresses and acts as is expected of a young Iraqi woman.When she returns to her university dormitory to live amid her friends who come from many ethnic and religious backgrounds,she dresses and acts according to dominant Western norms.What term best describes Zainab's intergenerational status?

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Zainab's ability to adapt and navigate between the cultural values and expectations of her family's traditional Iraqi culture and the dominant Western culture she experiences at university dormitory is an example of biculturalism. Bicultural individuals are able to effectively switch between multiple cultural identities and integrate them into their daily lives.

Zainab Is a 20-Year-Old Woman Who Emigrated from Iraq to Canada