Rawia Hayik
Biographic Data
| ID | 792983 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rawia Hayik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rawia |
| FAMILY NAME | Hayik |
| SIGNATURE | HAYIK R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sakhnin College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7676-0135 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Voice and silence in linguistic landscapes
Situated at the intersection of the visual and verbal, graffiti serves as an artistic form of political expression, offering marginalized communities a means to assert their voices in the public sphere. Often associated with pride, defiance, and resistance, graffiti functions as a potent tool for the disenfranchised to challenge dominant narratives and reclaim space. This article examines graffiti created in response to the killing of Palestinian…
Photos and voices of Arab female students in higher education
This study examines how 40 Palestinian-Arab women pursuing master’s degrees in education negotiate intersecting structures shaping their lives as minoritized, gendered subjects. Using Photovoice and focus groups, the research analyzes how participants articulate experiences across overlapping roles – Palestinian-Arab, mothers, teachers, students – within sociopolitical conditions marked by patriarchy, inequality, and linguistic domination. Photov…
Accurate minority Language Representation in the Public Space
Trauma in Palestinian Israeli English Teacher Art as Linguistic/Semiotic Citizenship
Amid the ongoing war in Israel that began on October 7, 2023, Palestinian Israeli English teachers are navigating sociopolitical pressures and trauma. In classrooms and public discourse, Palestinian voices are surveilled, silenced, and criminalized, revealing dynamics of oppression (Marmarosh, 2025). The paper brings Elizabeth Povinelli's (2016) concept of the otherwise in conversation with linguistic citizenship —discussed by Stroud & Williams (…
Theory Into Practice in Teacher Education
PhotoVoice invites students to capture photos of concerning issues, elaborate on them in writing, and share the photos and written accounts with the community, hoping for change. Inspired by critical pedagogy, it challenges teaching English as a set of linguistic skills/standards detached from students' life challenges. As a teacher‐educator and pedagogical advisor, I invited 18 Palestinian‐Israeli third‐year English studentteachers to implement …
Raising awareness to the representation of a minority language through engaging pedagogies
Rosa parks visits the Middle East
When invited to respond to the story of Rosa Parks through describing whether they encountered similar events within their Israeli context, the minority Palestinian-Israeli EFL ninth-grade students in this teacher research narrated stories resonating with Rosa’s story. Evident in their narratives were events that left an immense impact on them. A critical events analysis of those stories shed light on minority students’ feelings, beliefs, identit…
A ballerina with a hijab
Although teaching is a heavy responsibility and the efforts to reach the highest achievements are tremendous, I’m not going back. I will sustain the same enthusiasm, agility, and creativity in teac
Through their lenses
Using the empowering tool of PhotoVoice, this study invites a group of Palestinian-Israeli high-school students to document and report problems in their environment to an invited audience of influential figures from their community. In a context where the focus is on teaching linguistic skills and standards detached from students’ lives, students are engaged in literacy activities that are connected with environmental activism. What drives this r…
Prospective Arab teachers’ emotions as mirrors to their identities and culture
Exploring the perceptions of passers-by through the participatory documentary photography tool PhotoVoice
Research in the linguistic landscape (LL) field underscores the need for investigating the passers-by’s perspectives. To explore how the passers-by perceive LLs, researchers often use questionnaires or interviews. This article suggests the use of an innovative research tool named PhotoVoice ( Wang, Burris & Xiang, 1996 ), to shed light on the perception of signs by Israeli-Arab college students in their ideologically-laden area. After familiarizi…
What Does This Story Say About Females
Grounded in critical literacy theory, this teacher research in a Middle Eastern EFL classroom addresses the traditional female positioning in literature, media, and pop culture. Adolescent students are encouraged to challenge the traditional Cinderella fairy tale through various critical literacy engagements. A content analysis of sample written and oral responses against the four dimensions framework of critical literacy reveals emerging critica…
Diverging from Traditional Paths
Framed by transactional and critical literacy theories, this teacher-research introduces practical examples of implementing antisexist pedagogy in an EFL Middle Eastern classroom. After a short preview of the gender-biased educational messages abundant in literature and pop culture, the article focuses on students’ transaction with Cinder Edna, an emancipatory picture book that provides students with an alternative way of being and acting. A cont…
Addressing Religious Diversity through Children's Literature
Conflicts between different religious groups occasionally arise in my Christian and Muslim Israeli-Arab EFL students' school and area. In an attempt to increase students' knowledge of and respect for other faiths in the region, I conducted practitioner inquiry research in my religiously diverse Middle-Eastern classroom. Grounded in critical literacy, I used a book set of religion-based literature alongside critical literacy engagements to effect …
Through their lenses
Using the empowering tool of PhotoVoice, this study invites a group of Palestinian-Israeli high-school students to document and report problems in their environment to an invited audience of influential figures from their community. In a context where the focus is on teaching linguistic skills and standards detached from students’ lives, students are engaged in literacy activities that are connected with environmental activism. What drives this r…
Prospective Arab teachers’ emotions as mirrors to their identities and culture
Diverging from Traditional Paths
Framed by transactional and critical literacy theories, this teacher-research introduces practical examples of implementing antisexist pedagogy in an EFL Middle Eastern classroom. After a short preview of the gender-biased educational messages abundant in literature and pop culture, the article focuses on students’ transaction with Cinder Edna, an emancipatory picture book that provides students with an alternative way of being and acting. A cont…
Addressing Religious Diversity through Children's Literature
Conflicts between different religious groups occasionally arise in my Christian and Muslim Israeli-Arab EFL students' school and area. In an attempt to increase students' knowledge of and respect for other faiths in the region, I conducted practitioner inquiry research in my religiously diverse Middle-Eastern classroom. Grounded in critical literacy, I used a book set of religion-based literature alongside critical literacy engagements to effect …
Raising awareness to the representation of a minority language through engaging pedagogies
Diverging from Traditional Paths
Framed by transactional and critical literacy theories, this teacher-research introduces practical examples of implementing antisexist pedagogy in an EFL Middle Eastern classroom. After a short preview of the gender-biased educational messages abundant in literature and pop culture, the article focuses on students’ transaction with Cinder Edna, an emancipatory picture book that provides students with an alternative way of being and acting. A cont…
Addressing Religious Diversity through Children's Literature
Conflicts between different religious groups occasionally arise in my Christian and Muslim Israeli-Arab EFL students' school and area. In an attempt to increase students' knowledge of and respect for other faiths in the region, I conducted practitioner inquiry research in my religiously diverse Middle-Eastern classroom. Grounded in critical literacy, I used a book set of religion-based literature alongside critical literacy engagements to effect …
What Does This Story Say About Females
Grounded in critical literacy theory, this teacher research in a Middle Eastern EFL classroom addresses the traditional female positioning in literature, media, and pop culture. Adolescent students are encouraged to challenge the traditional Cinderella fairy tale through various critical literacy engagements. A content analysis of sample written and oral responses against the four dimensions framework of critical literacy reveals emerging critica…
Exploring the perceptions of passers-by through the participatory documentary photography tool PhotoVoice
Research in the linguistic landscape (LL) field underscores the need for investigating the passers-by’s perspectives. To explore how the passers-by perceive LLs, researchers often use questionnaires or interviews. This article suggests the use of an innovative research tool named PhotoVoice ( Wang, Burris & Xiang, 1996 ), to shed light on the perception of signs by Israeli-Arab college students in their ideologically-laden area. After familiarizi…
Prospective Arab teachers’ emotions as mirrors to their identities and culture
Through their lenses
Using the empowering tool of PhotoVoice, this study invites a group of Palestinian-Israeli high-school students to document and report problems in their environment to an invited audience of influential figures from their community. In a context where the focus is on teaching linguistic skills and standards detached from students’ lives, students are engaged in literacy activities that are connected with environmental activism. What drives this r…
Rosa parks visits the Middle East
When invited to respond to the story of Rosa Parks through describing whether they encountered similar events within their Israeli context, the minority Palestinian-Israeli EFL ninth-grade students in this teacher research narrated stories resonating with Rosa’s story. Evident in their narratives were events that left an immense impact on them. A critical events analysis of those stories shed light on minority students’ feelings, beliefs, identit…
A ballerina with a hijab
Although teaching is a heavy responsibility and the efforts to reach the highest achievements are tremendous, I’m not going back. I will sustain the same enthusiasm, agility, and creativity in teac
Raising awareness to the representation of a minority language through engaging pedagogies
Theory Into Practice in Teacher Education
PhotoVoice invites students to capture photos of concerning issues, elaborate on them in writing, and share the photos and written accounts with the community, hoping for change. Inspired by critical pedagogy, it challenges teaching English as a set of linguistic skills/standards detached from students' life challenges. As a teacher‐educator and pedagogical advisor, I invited 18 Palestinian‐Israeli third‐year English studentteachers to implement …
Voice and silence in linguistic landscapes
Situated at the intersection of the visual and verbal, graffiti serves as an artistic form of political expression, offering marginalized communities a means to assert their voices in the public sphere. Often associated with pride, defiance, and resistance, graffiti functions as a potent tool for the disenfranchised to challenge dominant narratives and reclaim space. This article examines graffiti created in response to the killing of Palestinian…
Photos and voices of Arab female students in higher education
This study examines how 40 Palestinian-Arab women pursuing master’s degrees in education negotiate intersecting structures shaping their lives as minoritized, gendered subjects. Using Photovoice and focus groups, the research analyzes how participants articulate experiences across overlapping roles – Palestinian-Arab, mothers, teachers, students – within sociopolitical conditions marked by patriarchy, inequality, and linguistic domination. Photov…
Accurate minority Language Representation in the Public Space
Trauma in Palestinian Israeli English Teacher Art as Linguistic/Semiotic Citizenship
Amid the ongoing war in Israel that began on October 7, 2023, Palestinian Israeli English teachers are navigating sociopolitical pressures and trauma. In classrooms and public discourse, Palestinian voices are surveilled, silenced, and criminalized, revealing dynamics of oppression (Marmarosh, 2025). The paper brings Elizabeth Povinelli's (2016) concept of the otherwise in conversation with linguistic citizenship —discussed by Stroud & Williams (…
Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (7 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Narrative (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Political science (4 works)