Mohammad Massalha
Biographic Data
| ID | 1700000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mohammad Massalha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mohammad |
| FAMILY NAME | Massalha |
| SIGNATURE | MASSALHA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Open University of Israel |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The impact of school experiences and relationships on high school students’ activism
This qualitative study explores how high schools shape youth activism. • Activist students received implicit and explicit support from school staff. • Supportive schools were rare and did not represent mainstream schooling. • Peer relations were crucial to students’ activist engagements. • Youth actively foster their political socialisation and citizenship education. This article responds to the global rise in activism led by high school-aged you…
Cultural proximity and shared institutional discrimination
This article examines the experiences of Palestinian-Arab social workers in Israel who encounter traditional medicine practices in their work with clients living in poverty. Based on a phenomenological analysis of in-depth interviews with fourteen social workers, the study reveals the emergence of hybrid professional identities shaped by competing loyalties, alongside the development of culturally attuned mediation strategies. The findings highli…
Within and beyond citizenship
In recent years, Arab-Palestinian citizens in Israel are in search of 'a new vocabulary of citizenship', among other ways, by resorting to 'alternative educational initiatives'. We investigate and compare three alternative schools, each challenging the contested conception of Israeli citizenship. Our findings reveal different educational strategies to become 'claimants of rights', yet all initiatives demonstrate the constraints Arab citizens face…
Yaffa
This article is a product of in‐depth research in Yaffa, The Arab Democratic School that was carried out in 2004/05, as part of a study on alternative Arab education in Israel. Its aim, beyond telling the story of Yaffa, is to explicate the motivations that underlay this initiative, and to examine parental choice amongst the disadvantaged. We ask how the Arabs’ parental choice is affected by their (marginalised) social location, by how far they a…
Yaffa
This article is a product of in‐depth research in Yaffa, The Arab Democratic School that was carried out in 2004/05, as part of a study on alternative Arab education in Israel. Its aim, beyond telling the story of Yaffa, is to explicate the motivations that underlay this initiative, and to examine parental choice amongst the disadvantaged. We ask how the Arabs’ parental choice is affected by their (marginalised) social location, by how far they a…
Within and beyond citizenship
In recent years, Arab-Palestinian citizens in Israel are in search of 'a new vocabulary of citizenship', among other ways, by resorting to 'alternative educational initiatives'. We investigate and compare three alternative schools, each challenging the contested conception of Israeli citizenship. Our findings reveal different educational strategies to become 'claimants of rights', yet all initiatives demonstrate the constraints Arab citizens face…
Yaffa
This article is a product of in‐depth research in Yaffa, The Arab Democratic School that was carried out in 2004/05, as part of a study on alternative Arab education in Israel. Its aim, beyond telling the story of Yaffa, is to explicate the motivations that underlay this initiative, and to examine parental choice amongst the disadvantaged. We ask how the Arabs’ parental choice is affected by their (marginalised) social location, by how far they a…
Within and beyond citizenship
In recent years, Arab-Palestinian citizens in Israel are in search of 'a new vocabulary of citizenship', among other ways, by resorting to 'alternative educational initiatives'. We investigate and compare three alternative schools, each challenging the contested conception of Israeli citizenship. Our findings reveal different educational strategies to become 'claimants of rights', yet all initiatives demonstrate the constraints Arab citizens face…
The impact of school experiences and relationships on high school students’ activism
This qualitative study explores how high schools shape youth activism. • Activist students received implicit and explicit support from school staff. • Supportive schools were rare and did not represent mainstream schooling. • Peer relations were crucial to students’ activist engagements. • Youth actively foster their political socialisation and citizenship education. This article responds to the global rise in activism led by high school-aged you…
Cultural proximity and shared institutional discrimination
This article examines the experiences of Palestinian-Arab social workers in Israel who encounter traditional medicine practices in their work with clients living in poverty. Based on a phenomenological analysis of in-depth interviews with fourteen social workers, the study reveals the emergence of hybrid professional identities shaped by competing loyalties, alongside the development of culturally attuned mediation strategies. The findings highli…
Citizenship (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Socialization (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Criticism (1 work) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (1 work) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (1 work)