The Children of Wadi Salib and the 1959 Moroccan Jewish Protest in Haifa

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ID8966469
AuthorsMoshe Naor (0000-0002-0153-2100, University of Haifa, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume56
Issue3
Pages424-445
Publication date2024-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002074382400093x
OpenAlexW4406772525
LanguageEN
References cited15

This article examines the Wadi Salib protest that erupted in Haifa in the summer of 1959 against the background of the history of the children in the neighborhood during the 1950s. One of the main causes of the protest, which was led by Jewish migrants from Morocco, was the educational and social condition of the children in Wadi Salib. During the Mandate period, Wadi Salib and the surrounding areas had already emerged as a focus of poverty and deprivation. Among other aspects, the article examines the changes that occurred in the character of the neighborhood after 1948 and the essence of Wadi Salib, with its street steps, as a liminal space between downtown Haifa and the Hadar HaCarmel neighborhood. The liminal character of Wadi Salib was manifested in its status as an impoverished migrant area, in the participation of children in the protest of the summer of 1959, and in the educational, social, and health problems that faced the children. This character was also manifested in the manner in which the children of Wadi Salib challenged the physical and symbolic boundaries that enclosed the neighborhood

Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Judaism · Wadi · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East Politics and Society

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