No-Man’s-Land: Hearing the Voices of Palestinian Young Men Residing in East Jerusalem

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2016-06-16Author
Spielberg, Warren
Dajani, Khuloud Jamal Khayyat
Abdallah, Taisir
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Through a qualitative study of adolescents and young men in East Jerusalem, the scope of this study
explores the “crisis in masculinity” that is occurring in East Jerusalem. In the course of this work, we
interviewed 45 young men and 18 young women about their concerns. In addition to violence, there were
other topics of concern that we identified in our prestudy of this work. This included their schools and
their views of sexuality, family, and communal life. This study aims to develop a comprehensive picture
of these struggles of Palestinian male adolescents in East Jerusalem, recognizing that masculine identity
is a key issue.